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Man Caught Cutting Beached Whale's Tail Off
NBC Miami ^
| Thu, Sep 2, 2010
| BRIAN HAMACHER
Posted on 09/02/2010 11:01:27 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Delray man in custody after hacking tail off for food
A Delray Beach man is in custody after he reportedly tried to cut the tail off a whale that washed ashore early Thursday morning.
Florida Fish and Wildlife agents are questioning James Hogan after he was found hacking away at the tail end of the whale, estimated to be between 10 and 12 feet long, according to the Palm Beach Post.
"I didn't know it was illegal," Hogan told the Post, before he was hauled away. Hogan said he was fishing early Thursday morning when a passerby told him about the washed-up whale.
He said he started cutting off the tail so he could eat it.
"I apologize to the state of Florida," Hogan told the FWC agents as he was hauled off. "I pay my taxes and I didn't know it was illegal. I do now."
TOPICS: Food; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: seafood; whale; whales
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To: tnlibertarian
Ah man!! Am I the only one to get that?
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posted on
09/02/2010 12:31:15 PM PDT
by
ontap
To: Jewbacca
Disgusting. The third-brake-light contraption, that is.
Oh, and those US-mandated rubber bumper extensions (lower left hand corner).
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posted on
09/02/2010 12:35:29 PM PDT
by
Moltke
(panem et circenses)
To: ontap
I couldn’t believe that there were 24 posts before mine and no one had used it.
To: nickcarraway
Well it was a better idea than
this!
44
posted on
09/02/2010 12:50:48 PM PDT
by
mc5cents
(God was, is and always will be.)
To: antiRepublicrat
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posted on
09/02/2010 1:35:47 PM PDT
by
Jewbacca
(The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
To: Jewbacca
Ninties pop group called Whale.
To: Stoat
I'm delighted that you like it :-) I love the movie too....made during a time when they still knew how to make movies without swearing, gratuitous sex and endless explosions and car crashes taking the place of good writing and acting.
I've got two or three CDs of music from Disney movies. Most of it is really good (forget the Burl Ives and Haley Mills songs). The Little Mermaid has some good songs (Under the Sea and Poor Unfortunate Souls). And Angela Lansbury sings beautifully in Beauty and the Beast.
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posted on
09/02/2010 2:22:29 PM PDT
by
aruanan
To: The Comedian
in-trouble-for-getting-a-little-tail ping. I'm guessing it was a big tail, being a whale and all...
To: TotusTuus; The Comedian; Lazamataz
I'm guessing it was a big tail, being a whale and all... Laz would hit it.
Twice
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posted on
09/02/2010 9:24:00 PM PDT
by
Grizzled Bear
(Does not play well with others)
To: IncPen
whale ping
Wonder why this is not treated like road kill
To: nickcarraway
Maybe there is health issues, or was it alive?
51
posted on
09/02/2010 9:38:55 PM PDT
by
A CA Guy
( God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: November 2010
Well, haven’t we all made that mistake? I mean under English common law whales that wash ashore are the King’s property, but really I’m clueless about American law on the subject. It's Obama's, haul it up on to the White House lawn, it's still hot out.
To: tnlibertarian
This happened several years ago (I think it was on FR... and failed that time too with about the same results IIRC)
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posted on
09/08/2010 8:30:10 PM PDT
by
JSteff
((((It was ALL about SCOTUS. Most forget about that and HAVE DOOMED us for a generation or more.))))
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