Posted on 01/25/2015 7:58:41 AM PST by PROCON
SEATTLE (AP) — A 32-foot gray whale that turned up dead under the Washington state ferry terminal in downtown Seattle died earlier this week because it was struck by the propeller of a large vessel, according to the initial results of a necropsy completed Saturday.
The necropsy found large, deep gashes on the whale's right side and back, indicating the cause of death. The gashes extended into the whale's body cavity and the propeller's force had sheared off one of its ribs.
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Furthermore, gubmint should ban all propeller driven ships.
Bring back oar power and slave ships. Not only will it save our aquatic brethren but it will add millions of jobs to the eonomy. </liberalrant >
Somebody should call the sea shepard socitey stat!!!!
Sounds like a hit and run.
You wouldn’t think the whale would be swimming that close to it ... unless ... that whale was attempting “death by propeller”!
How do they if it was alive or dead when the prop struck the whale?
It won’t take long for the ‘blubbering’ animal rights activists to ‘spout’ off about this.
Outrageous! The poor whale may have been attempting suicide.
Free mental health screening for the whales!
Conservatives don’t like to see animals killed anymore than anyone else. But this particular class of grey whale is no longer endangered and some think it’s population has reached a point that, despite deaths caused by ships, it has recovered to a sustainable number.
How do they if it was alive or dead when the prop struck the whale?
If it had been alive it would have screamed?
ISIS hates whales!
The environmentalists will determine that. The whales are most likely overpopulated on the west coast.
Pray America is waking
If it had hit a sailboat, it would not have made the news, but it killed a WHALE!
“How do they if it was alive or dead when the prop struck the whale?”
Excellent point.
Now its back to rubber propellers.
See what capitalism does to the planet?
Dumb whale apparently.
For all those that worship Darwinsim- here it is in real time.
If Seattle were a conservative city propellers, all shipping, and the ferry service would be shut down immediately. But, since it is liberal, nothing must interfere with the conveniences of Seattle’s liberals.
The whale hit the fan.
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