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Researchers Say Dead Gray Whale Filled With Garbage
KIRO TV ^
| April 19, 2010
Posted on 04/20/2010 2:39:07 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Researchers said a dead gray whale discovered on West Seattle’s Arroyo Beach last Wednesday was filled with a variety of debris, reported KIRO 7 Eyewitness News.
Cascadia Research Collective, which has performed hundreds of whale necropsies, said it has never seen so much debris in the stomach of a gray whale.
Researchers said items found inside the gray whale included small towels, sweatpants, plastic bags, surgical gloves, a golf ball and small bits of plastic.
Though the volume of junk was unusual, scientists said the debris was probably not what killed the whale. The cause of the whale's death is still being investigated.
TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: garbage; goat; michaelmoore; whales
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To: nickcarraway
Give it a rest with the Kennedy stories, willya?
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posted on
04/20/2010 2:40:32 PM PDT
by
Darkwolf377
(Conservative Bostonian, atheist pro-lifer, outnumbered by the clueless)
To: nickcarraway
...a golf ball ...Titleist?
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posted on
04/20/2010 2:42:24 PM PDT
by
gundog
(Outrage is anger taken by surprise. Nothing these people do surprises me anymore.)
To: nickcarraway
What a strange story. It’s like the whale took a bite out of a garbage dump.
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posted on
04/20/2010 2:42:25 PM PDT
by
boop
("Let's just say they'll be satisfied with LESS"... Ming the Merciless)
To: nickcarraway
Don’t click on the slide show if you’re eating. Blech!
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posted on
04/20/2010 2:42:45 PM PDT
by
T Minus Four
(Abortion: one dead, one wounded.)
To: gundog
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posted on
04/20/2010 2:43:02 PM PDT
by
gundog
(Outrage is anger taken by surprise. Nothing these people do surprises me anymore.)
To: nickcarraway
Not a very discriminating diner.
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posted on
04/20/2010 2:43:05 PM PDT
by
skr
(May God confound the enemy)
To: nickcarraway
I would think a whale living along the lefty coast would be filled with love and flowers not junk, those liberal pigs!
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posted on
04/20/2010 2:43:06 PM PDT
by
Dem Guard
To: nickcarraway
Maybe he was going by the Green mantra: “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” or somesuch ... I say we name him “Fat Albert” in honor of a certain former VP.
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posted on
04/20/2010 2:43:28 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/backroom/2312894/posts?page=242)
To: boop
They crossbred a whale and a goat?
To: skr
Too much salt in the salt water.
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posted on
04/20/2010 2:45:30 PM PDT
by
boomop1
To: Darkwolf377
Can't anthropomorphized whales enjoy pica just like their zoomorphized counterparts?
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posted on
04/20/2010 2:45:46 PM PDT
by
dhuffman@awod.com
(The conspiracy of ignorance masquerades as common sense.)
To: nickcarraway
“Whale Wars” teaming up with “Hoarders”?
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posted on
04/20/2010 2:45:54 PM PDT
by
Wissa
(Gone Galt)
To: nickcarraway
“Gray Whale Filled With Garbage”
Who knew whales work for MSNBC? ;-)
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posted on
04/20/2010 2:46:02 PM PDT
by
Kartographer
(".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
To: gundog
Are you a Marine Biologist?
To: nickcarraway
Literally “junk” food. What would Michelle say?
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posted on
04/20/2010 2:47:34 PM PDT
by
throwback
( The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid)
To: nickcarraway
When did whales start eating junk food?
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posted on
04/20/2010 2:48:33 PM PDT
by
OB1kNOb
(When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty. - Thomas Jefferson)
To: martinidon
No time to be picky...is anybody here a marine biologist?
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posted on
04/20/2010 2:48:40 PM PDT
by
gundog
(Outrage is anger taken by surprise. Nothing these people do surprises me anymore.)
To: nickcarraway
Was the whale cruising just off of the Jersey Shore?
To: nickcarraway
In other news, the east coast has a big, white house filled with garbage.
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posted on
04/20/2010 2:49:20 PM PDT
by
loungitude
( The truth hurts.)
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