Pretty unlikely I’m a right whale, tho ‘. There’s only a few thousand of us left in the whole world. In fact, I’ve been protected since 1935 when much of the world thought I might become extinct.
Yes, you guys plundered me to the point of extinction. Nowadays some people are conning the world by pretending to do research on whales, but only slaughtering them for a fast buck.
Apologists say “They’re only taking dumdedum per cent, how bad can that be?”
kinda reminds me of ol Saddam Hussein sayin “ look, when I came to power there were 38 million iraquis, now there are over 40 million, so how bad could I be?”
Anyway, we’re happy if you watch us, but could you do us a favor and never hunt us again? Many thanks.
We're going to hunt you -- strictly for scientific research of course -- and fire a harpoon into your slick, greasy side -- strictly for scientific research again -- then haul you alongside the ship. Then we are going to haul you into the port, cut you up, use your blubber for lamp oil and eat your flesh.
All in the name of science, of course.
So have another donut.