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Earth's Uncanned Crusaders: Will Sardines Save Our Skin?
NY Times ^ | November 23, 2004 | CORNELIA DEAN

Posted on 12/01/2004 8:28:52 PM PST by neverdem

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1 posted on 12/01/2004 8:28:53 PM PST by neverdem
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To: MississippiDeltaDawg

King Oscar is deeply saddened.


2 posted on 12/01/2004 8:34:14 PM PST by dighton
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To: neverdem

So, sardines are going to be a protected species now? Oops, I just ate a bunch of them for supper! (Tomorrow night: Spotted Owl Kabobs...)


3 posted on 12/01/2004 8:34:38 PM PST by LibFreeOrDie (A Freep a day keeps the liberals away.)
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To: neverdem

Save the sardines! Bash the skull in of an evil sardine eating baby seal!


4 posted on 12/01/2004 8:36:47 PM PST by Rightwing Conspiratr1 (Lock-n-load!)
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To: neverdem
Holy mackerel!

We cause the number of cattle in the world to increase, and it's killing the environment!
We cause the number of fish in the world to decrease, and it's killing the environment!

We're just evil. We should all die. That would make the enviro-wackos happy.

5 posted on 12/01/2004 8:42:42 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (The fourth estate is a fifth column.)
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To: fourdeuce82d; El Gato; JudyB1938; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Robert A. Cook, PE; lepton; LadyDoc; jb6; ...

FReepmail me if you want on or off my health and science ping list.


6 posted on 12/01/2004 8:49:28 PM PST by neverdem (May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
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To: neverdem

What about anchovies?


7 posted on 12/01/2004 8:52:09 PM PST by Cicero (Nil illegitemus carborundum est)
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To: neverdem; abbi_normal_2; Ace2U; adam_az; Alamo-Girl; Alas; alfons; alphadog; amom; AndreaZingg; ...
Rights, farms, environment ping.
Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from this list.
I don't get offended if you want to be removed.
8 posted on 12/01/2004 8:52:32 PM PST by farmfriend ( In Essentials, Unity...In Non-Essentials, Liberty...In All Things, Charity.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Bizarreeee!


9 posted on 12/01/2004 8:54:26 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
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To: ClearCase_guy
My recommendation is kill all the terrorists; chum 'em up and feed 'em to the sardines.

On second thought, check that decision. Feed 'em to the hogs; put the hogs through the Saddam's shredders and airdrop the remains over Baghdad, Falujah, Mosul, and the rest of that rat infested country. Part two is to do the same over Mecca.

10 posted on 12/01/2004 8:55:31 PM PST by Cobra64 (Babes should wear Bullet Bras - www.BulletBras.net)
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To: neverdem

What BS!!!

Those tiny fish still have to poop.

Decomposing gas will still occur.

DUUH enviro's


11 posted on 12/01/2004 8:56:06 PM PST by kennyboy509 (Ha! I kill me!)
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To: neverdem

Sorry Charlie


12 posted on 12/01/2004 8:56:08 PM PST by FireTrack
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To: neverdem
I find the idea entirely plausible.

We have no idea of how delicate the balance is in our world.

One thing I do know for sure... We are terrible... wasteful stewards.
13 posted on 12/01/2004 8:58:49 PM PST by bikewench
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To: kennyboy509

That's what I was thinking. And, what about the flatulence? Shouldn't we be calling for an international sardine flatulence tax on all sardine fishermen and consumers?


14 posted on 12/01/2004 8:59:41 PM PST by FlyVet
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To: neverdem

Slow news day?


15 posted on 12/01/2004 9:22:05 PM PST by My2Cents ("Well...there you go again.")
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To: neverdem
But when sardines are scarce, the phytoplankton survive uneaten, only to sink to the bottom, decompose and produce methane and hydrogen sulfide gas that rise to the surface in giant clouds.

Man, these people really know how to shoot themselves in the foot, as usual. Plankton, particularly the dinoflagellate Foraminifera, also provide the planet's largest carbon sink. Their skeletons are primarily calcium carbonate. They are the principal constituent of limestone.

16 posted on 12/01/2004 9:36:28 PM PST by Carry_Okie (The environment is too complex and too important to be managed by central planning.)
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To: bikewench

Wasteful stewards? Nonsense!

Every time I lightly flour and snap fry a pan of fresh sardines, dusted with just a bit of paprika and drizzled with lemon juice upon reaching the table, I eat everything, including the heads.


17 posted on 12/01/2004 10:36:19 PM PST by Kiss Me Hardy
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To: neverdem

I like sardines in tobasco. Hard to find those..


18 posted on 12/01/2004 10:38:59 PM PST by Kornev
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To: Carry_Okie

I think they've been shot in the head.


19 posted on 12/01/2004 10:49:34 PM PST by B4Ranch (((The lack of alcohol in my coffee forces me to see reality!)))
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To: Carry_Okie
Their skeletons are primarily calcium carbonate.

What about the remainder of their carcass? Could that generate the methane and hydrogen sulfide as they claim?

20 posted on 12/01/2004 11:05:52 PM PST by neverdem (May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
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