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It's official: Caribbean monk seal is extinct
MSNBC ^ | 7-6-2008 | MSNBC

Posted on 06/06/2008 3:25:16 PM PDT by Westlander

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1 posted on 06/06/2008 3:25:16 PM PDT by Westlander
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To: Westlander

Did you eat one? I didn’t eat one...how about you?


2 posted on 06/06/2008 3:27:01 PM PDT by Chickensoup ( A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.)
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To: Westlander

zzzz

Drill for oil already


3 posted on 06/06/2008 3:27:10 PM PDT by Crazieman (Vote Juan McAmnesty in 2008! Because freedom abroad is more important than freedom at home!)
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4 posted on 06/06/2008 3:29:06 PM PDT by CougarGA7 (Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.)
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The problem I had with the Caribbean monk seals was that it always took more than one to make a decent meal.


5 posted on 06/06/2008 3:29:13 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (De-Globalize yourself !)
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To: Westlander

Because you can’t find one, it doesn’t mean they don’t exist.


6 posted on 06/06/2008 3:29:51 PM PDT by Sacajaweau (N)
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To: Westlander
the species is officially extinct and the only seal to vanish due to human causes.


7 posted on 06/06/2008 3:31:41 PM PDT by andyandval
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To: Westlander

Does this mean that we can drill now?


8 posted on 06/06/2008 3:32:56 PM PDT by Redcloak (The 2nd Amendment: It's not about sporting goods.)
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To: Westlander
Taste like chicken
9 posted on 06/06/2008 3:33:06 PM PDT by Dick Vomer (liberals suck....... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.,)
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Taste like chicken
10 posted on 06/06/2008 3:33:06 PM PDT by Dick Vomer (liberals suck....... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.,)
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the only seal to vanish due to human causes.

What did I do to get rid of a seal I never heard of much less saw?

11 posted on 06/06/2008 3:36:21 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: Redcloak

Had we put up a bunch of off shore platforms out there it would have provided the seals with a birth to rest on and they would have bred better. So by us not drilling we caused them to be extint. We better get some derricks out there before some other helpless sea animal dies out.


12 posted on 06/06/2008 3:37:12 PM PDT by CougarGA7 (Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.)
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Oh wait, as I read deep into the story, even though one hasn’t been seen since 1952, global warming is to blame.


13 posted on 06/06/2008 3:39:34 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: Chickensoup
I did not eat one.

I ate two! They're so good, no one can eat just ONE!

The enviro-idiots ought to be happy! It's just Darwin-ism in action. Adapt or die. The seals did not adapt to humans hunting and eating their asses, so they DIED!

A.M.F., Caribbean Monk seal.

14 posted on 06/06/2008 3:40:17 PM PDT by Mr. Jazzy (The United States Marines. The finest and most feared fighting force in the history of mankind.)
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the species is officially extinct and the only seal to vanish due to human causes.

The Hawaiian population is declining at a rate of about four percent per year, with challenges "such as lack of food sources for young seals (natural cause), entanglement in marine debris, (quite rare) predation by sharks (natural cause), and loss of haul-out and pupping beaches due to erosion (natural cause)," the service said.

So the Hawaiian monk seal population is shrinking mostly due to natural causes but the Carribean monk seal "vanished due to human causes" having last been seen in 1952.

15 posted on 06/06/2008 3:42:37 PM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: Chickensoup

Extinct? Bwaaaah-aaahhh-aaaahhh. So are the dinosaurs and do-do birds.


16 posted on 06/06/2008 3:46:39 PM PDT by pankot
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To: Mr. Jazzy

If they tasted good someone would have raised a bazillion of them they must have tasted awful and not been much of a pest either.


17 posted on 06/06/2008 3:46:46 PM PDT by scottteng (Proud parent of a Life scout.)
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After five years of futile efforts.......

And exactly how much taxpayers money was wasted on this five year futile effort?


18 posted on 06/06/2008 3:47:38 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Westlander

Isn’t government grand?....they take your money and get futile with it. If these f’ing jackasses had to account to someone for all the money they throw away, they would all be in prison!!


20 posted on 06/06/2008 3:50:15 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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