[JustAmy]

Today we have two holidays we can celebrate ........
Whale Day and
National Hamburger Day

Happy Whale Day!!

[MEG33]

Good Morning To Amy's Place
*Have A Whale Of A Day Everyone*

[OESY]

I hope this doesn't catch on as a way to celebrate our combo-holidays:




Japan puts whale burger on menu
By Jonathan Head, BBC News, Tokyo

A small chain of restaurants in northern Japan has started serving whale burgers.

The chain said it hoped to increase whale meat's popularity among locals.

The new dish coincides with Japan's failure to overturn a ban on commercial whale hunting at a meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC).

Japan has said it will double the number of whales it kills for scientific research, a move that was opposed by an IWC vote on Wednesday.

The chain of restaurants, on the island of Hokkaido, said the burgers were selling well. A spokeswoman said the timing of the new dish, coinciding with the annual meeting of the IWC in South Korea, was accidental.

But she said she hoped it would give more young people a chance to try whale, which was once commonplace on the menu, but has declined in popularity over the years.

All of Japan's whale meat comes from the 700 or so it is allowed to kill every year for research purposes.

Conservationists condemn this cull as unnecessary and unscientific.

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[OESY]

The Whaling Wall, situated in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, is passed by some
local burgers. Created by the artist Wyland in 1994, it's a spectacular mural,
showing bowhead whales, belugas, seals - the marine life of the state.

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[La Enchiladita]

Oh wow, I am a huge fan of cetaceans, Amy. I have only seen one whale up close though. Every time I have gone "whale-watching," either out at sea or from land, they hide:). I have seen countless dolphins though.

Whales are fascinating and I met the gal who founded "Save the Whales." I also met the fellow who founded the Whale Rescue Team.

California Gray Whale~~Eschrichtius robustus