Whale dies in New Jersey bay after ramming into boat, sending man overboard

Not The Bee ^ | August 04, 2025 | Harambe Harambe

[steve in DC]

Fur never went out of style in Montreal.

It is f-ing cold up there all winter, every winter. People noticed this. And even back to pre-Columbian years, animal furs helped the populations endure those winters.

It is relatively easy for So Cal residents to repudiate animal fur “and all it represents”.

But those above 54.40, that is a luxury believe that is trumped by the luxurious warmth of honest to God animal fur.

[Red Badger]

WE HAD A FOOT OF SNOW ON THE GULF COAST BACK IN JANUARY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN KNOWN HISTORY.

Maybe real fur will become a commodity again!...............

[Colt1851Navy]

Chris Christy in Sable, what a fashion statement.

[Red Badger]

Chris Christy in a Stable.....................

[fidelis]

What’s his name-Ahab?

Either that or Jonah.

[packrat35]

Seen the video and the boat did not strike the whale. The whale struck the boat repeatedly.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Red Natural Fibers....Yucca, Hemp, Spider Web, Asbestos. (Natural, but not all recommended for daily use.)

[steve in DC]

We live in hope!

[Rio]

My dad had a plan to make his fortune raising chinchillas for fur. This was maybe 1967 or so. I was just a lad. Built a separate room for them with big fancy cages. Kept it cold in there all the time so they’d grow thick coats.

I think that the chinchillas did their job (make more chinchillas and fur), but something went wrong with the making-money part. Maybe the guys who sold him the fancy cages and the animals promised to buy the pelts, but then didn’t.

Anyway, the whole venture lasted maybe a year. He had a big stack of chinchilla pelts in the closet for a while that he couldn’t sell.

[woodbutcher1963]

My daughter had a pet Chinchilla. He was kind of a nice little creature because he didn’t smell. He would take dust baths to keep his fur nice and fluffy. He lived to be about 12.

[Red Badger]

Fur was being denigrated even at that time............

[logi_cal869]

My thought as well.

[Rio]

I do remember the dust baths.

[Afterguard]

Typical stupid journalism. It’s not a mink whale, it’s a minke whale (if indeed it isn’t some other species).

[Sicon]

Here's a better picture of the whale, taken shortly before this incident:

[Hyman Roth]

Was Rosie swimming there?

[Does so]

“Poor whale didn’t deserve to die”.
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Some observers on FaceBook noticed the whale had a calf nearby. (Late in the video).

[DennisR]

Do you live in Oregon? 🤣

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Not now, but I did then. If I’d known ahead of time about that whale disposal incident, I’d have gone over to the coast that day to see it, but I didn’t, to my lasting regret.

[clearcarbon]

"ANOTHER whale made CRAZY by wind turbine vibrations along the eastern coastline.. Guidance system gone bad."

When in the presence of whales, avoid making any sounds or motions vaguely resembling a wind turbine.