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19th-century weapon found in whale
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| By ERIN CONROY
Posted on 06/12/2007 3:38:41 PM PDT by 11th_VA
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To: Dumpster Baby
Nice teeth on Moby Dick...
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posted on
06/12/2007 4:36:16 PM PDT
by
John123
(Bill barely mentions Hillary in his memoirs... I will now light myself on fire)
To: EQAndyBuzz; 11th_VA
Killed an 130 year old whale. Just something wrong with that. Not the hunt itself. I don't know. The Alaskan natives hunt of whales is a tradition. Certain species did not become endangered because of these natives hunting proclivities (thank modern man).
I don't know the lifespan of whales but it has never been uncommon for a predator to attack a weak (young, injured or old) prey. The hunt of these whales appears to be monitored and sanctioned (thus the "bag" limit). I do wonder at the age of some of the whales that were killed with this device 130 years ago.
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posted on
06/12/2007 4:38:59 PM PDT
by
Toadman
((molon labe))
To: 11th_VA
“The bomb lance fragment, lodged a bone between the whale’s neck and shoulder blade”
That whale probably always knew when the weather was about to change.
To: SoldierDad
Oh, God no!! Please don’t tell me she might live that long!!!!
Did you know that, except for humans, virtually all mammals live for the same number of heartbeats? Thus, in terms of heartbeats, a shrew lives about as long as an elephant.
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posted on
06/12/2007 4:39:50 PM PDT
by
aruanan
To: 4Liberty
thar she blows!Hopefully, not in a Clintonian sense!
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posted on
06/12/2007 4:40:54 PM PDT
by
llevrok
(“No more nice guys in the WH! I want a real SOB in there!” - R. Limbaugh)
To: llevrok
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posted on
06/12/2007 4:42:15 PM PDT
by
4Liberty
(The Great Injustice: Tax laws are enforced, Immigration laws aren’t. Result?: USA = world's ATM.)
To: John123
Melville went to such great lengths to insure his masterpiece rang true, then Hollywood goes and slaps some cheesy dinosaur teeth on his sperm whale... *sigh*
To: llevrok
Elizabeth Hasselbeck hit that particular whale in a ‘non-lethal’ spot, as well.
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posted on
06/12/2007 5:09:50 PM PDT
by
Tallguy
(Climate is what you plan for, weather is what you get.)
To: 11th_VA
Maybe the whale was only recently wounded. Maybe someone just likes hunting with 100 year old weapons.
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posted on
06/12/2007 5:19:05 PM PDT
by
Jaysun
(It's like people who hate corn bread and hate anchovies, but love cornchovie bread.)
To: LibWhacker
I don't know, LW, check the photos found
here ; they look pretty real to me....
To: Tallguy
Yeah, but in that case, she smacked the whale and the whale is now being courted by NBC for a new show.
Go fig.
To: schlockandflaws
OMG, you’re right! Good thing I didn’t direct that movie, huh? I would had Moby Dick looking like a baleen whale, lol.
To: 11th_VA
Thar she blows! Boats away boys, away!
To: 11th_VA
Thar she blows! Boats away boys, away!
To: 11th_VA
"After it is analyzed, the fragment will be displayed at the Inupiat Heritage Center in Barrow, Alaska."Uuhhh, Inupit indians were using explosive harpoons to hunt anything in 1890?
Should this piece of someone's heritage not return to New Bedford instead?
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posted on
06/12/2007 6:09:33 PM PDT
by
norton
To: Savage Beast
For your post #18
Moby Dick, Chapter 58
To: Dumpster Baby
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posted on
06/12/2007 6:53:14 PM PDT
by
11th_VA
(Ross was right, and so was Pat !!!!)
To: 11th_VA
"Was it a whiiiiite whaaaaale?!"
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posted on
06/12/2007 7:04:04 PM PDT
by
Dumpster Baby
("Hope somebody finds me before the rats do .....")
To: 11th_VA
I bet that was a pain in the neck
To: 11th_VA
on what other thread could I possibly invoke a reference to a “Nantucket Sleighride?”
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