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Dolphin runs amok off French coast
The Sydney Morning Herald ^
| 08/30/2006
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Posted on 08/30/2006 12:49:18 PM PDT by oxcart
An enraged dolphin has been terrorising the French Atlantic coast for several weeks, attacking boats and knocking fishermen into the sea.
"He's like a mad dog," said Henri Le Lay, president of the association of fishermen and yachtsmen of the port of Brezellec, in Brittany.
"He has caused at least 1,500 euros ($2,530) worth of damage in the past few weeks."
The dolphin, named Jean Floch, has destroyed rowboats, overturned open boats, flooded engines and twisted mooring lines.
Two fishermen were knocked into the sea after the dolphin overturned their boat.
Jean Floch has been a popular and familiar sight along the coast of Brittany since 2002.
But experts say that he must have been excluded from his group recently to have turned so violent.
According to Sami Hassani, of the Oceanapolis Department of Sea Mammals, "because of their dominant personalities and their sexual maturity, males could become dangerous."
TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: dolphin; france; killerdolphin; porpoisedrivenlife; science; yangtze
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posted on
08/30/2006 12:49:20 PM PDT
by
oxcart
To: oxcart
wow, the french are even afraid of dolphins?
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posted on
08/30/2006 12:50:30 PM PDT
by
absolootezer0
("My God, why have you forsaken us.. no wait, its the liberals that have forsaken you... my bad")
Better headline:
Flipper Flips Out
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posted on
08/30/2006 12:50:47 PM PDT
by
D-fendr
To: oxcart
experts say that he must have been excluded from his group recently to have turned so violent Maybe he converted to Islam.
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posted on
08/30/2006 12:50:47 PM PDT
by
Argus
To: oxcart
The French fisherman have surrendered to King Jean Floch I.
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posted on
08/30/2006 12:50:51 PM PDT
by
Buck W.
(If you push something hard enough, it will fall over.)
To: oxcart
He's a member of Delta Force, and he's trying to teach the French how to fight.
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posted on
08/30/2006 12:50:56 PM PDT
by
American Quilter
(You can't negotiate with people who are dedicated to your destruction.)
To: oxcart
John Kerry must be very upset by this news.
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posted on
08/30/2006 12:51:03 PM PDT
by
RexBeach
To: oxcart
Only Dolphins fight in France.
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posted on
08/30/2006 12:51:18 PM PDT
by
boomop1
(there you go again)
To: oxcart
pretty good sense of humor for a porpoise. i wonder how many of the french fisherman waved white flags after the first hit by jean floch?
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posted on
08/30/2006 12:51:57 PM PDT
by
APRPEH
(id theft info available on my profile page)
To: oxcart
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posted on
08/30/2006 12:53:27 PM PDT
by
CholeraJoe
(USAF Air Rescue "That others may live.")
To: oxcart
Holly cow: now 1 euro = $1.687 ?!?
To: Argus
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posted on
08/30/2006 12:54:41 PM PDT
by
oxcart
(Journalism [Sic])
To: oxcart
"Adieu, and merci for all the fish"
To: oxcart
Maybe he doesn't like the French. Who can blame him?
To: CholeraJoe
The frog surrenders to the dolphin.
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posted on
08/30/2006 12:56:28 PM PDT
by
Hydroshock
( (Proverbs 22:7). The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.)
To: ConvictHitlery
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posted on
08/30/2006 12:56:30 PM PDT
by
reformedliberal
("Eliminate the mullahs and Islam shall disappear in fifty years." Ayatollah Khomeini)
To: oxcart
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If dolphins are so smart then why do they live in igloos?
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To: oxcart
Gimme a fishing boat and net and we'll solve it in time for a nice tuna salad lunch..
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posted on
08/30/2006 12:57:30 PM PDT
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
To: oxcart
"Oceanapolis Department of Sea Mammals?"
A government agency interefering with and engineering the behavior of sea mammals?
No wonder this intelligent creature is upset.
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posted on
08/30/2006 12:58:40 PM PDT
by
unspun
(What do you think? Please think, before you answer.)
To: G8 Diplomat
Maybe he doesn't like the French
Dolphins are very intelligent creatures.
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posted on
08/30/2006 12:59:25 PM PDT
by
wolfcreek
(You can spit in our tacos and you can rape our dogs but, you can't take away our freedom!)
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