Dolphins send more lobbyists to Washington. Case in point: you don't see any "porpoise-safe" labels on tuna, do you?
Posted on 09/17/2011 8:40:16 AM PDT by Second Amendment First
The harbor porpoise that washed ashore last month at San Francisco's Fort Funston was clearly a victim of foul play.
It had two badly broken jawbones, fractured ribs on both sides and a broken scapula, evidence of a sadistic attack. Worst of all, the female porpoise, which had been seen twice before and identified by researchers in Monterey Bay, was lactating when she was killed, according to marine biologists.
It was a clear case of what scientists are calling "porpicide," the deliberate slaying of a harbor porpoise by a surprising and, to most people, unlikely culprit.
"We suspect that it was a bottlenose dolphin," said Bill Keener, a harbor porpoise researcher for the Bay Area chapter of the American Cetacean Society.
The brutal battering wasn't an isolated incident. Scientists say there has been a dramatic increase in dolphin attacks on harbor porpoises along the California coast over the past few years, including an attack Wednesday off Half Moon Bay.
"I've lived here 15 years, and I've never seen anything like that," said Alvaro Jaramillo, a biologist at the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory, who was jogging on the beach near his home in Half Moon Bay when he looked out in the water and saw two dolphins pummeling a porpoise. "They would chase the porpoise, and it looked like they were sandwiching it between them, then they would throw it up in the air. The porpoise just couldn't get away from them."
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I can’t watch those shows with my wife. She understands the real world but can’t stand to watch an animal about to die, or a lion eating an impala while it’s still alive.
What is the distinction between a dolphin and a porpoise
Minorities and women hit hardest...
These dolphins must be devotee’s of the Rick Warren tome....
Tennyson, In Memoriam 1850.
From wiki: The most obvious visible difference between the two groups is that porpoises have shorter beaks and flattened, spade-shaped teeth distinct from the conical teeth of dolphins.
I think dolphins can get to be twice as large also.
Beat me to it!
A lioness was watching an impala which appeared to be up to its torso in water. The impression was that the water was deep. The impala made a major mistake, and stood up. It was obvious at that point that the water was very shallow. The lioness immediately attacked and grabbed the impala. Suddenly the were BOTH in deep water, but the lioness struggled on and reached the shore. Then, the lioness was confronted by 5 other lionesses. She growled at them and they hesitated, but only for a moment. Then they charged, and in seconds, the impala, which had been a living breathing creature, was torn into ragged chunks of meat.
Dolphins send more lobbyists to Washington. Case in point: you don't see any "porpoise-safe" labels on tuna, do you?
Nice HHGTTG reference.
And you aren't the least bit ashamed, are you?
stale joke
Courtesy *PING*
How would a dolphin acquire a white sheet and hood? For them, trying to burn a cross is a real exercise in frustration.
Lets not forget wolves who love to play with other animals intestines whether they are hungry or not.
Did those dolphins happen to be wearing turbans and dirty nightshirts?
There must be a way for 0bama to get food stamps to the dolphins.
Dolphins are also rapists.
http://scienceray.com/biology/marine-biology/not-so-cute-dolphin-gang-rape/
Hey, maybe they are as intelligent as humans!
“We suspect that it was a bottlenose dolphin,”
So THAT’S why “They Called Him Flipper”!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flipper_(1964_TV_series)
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