Posted on 06/15/2007 3:29:17 PM PDT by SmithL
Los Angeles (AP) -- Four dead dolphins have washed ashore with fatal bullet wounds and fifth with lacerations on its pectoral fin, said authorities who have offered a reward for information on the slayings.
The long-beaked common dolphins were all discovered between Carlsbad State Beach and Oceanside Harbor between May 29 and June 5. Photos showed their normally sleek gray skin mottled and stained with blood from the bullet wounds.
"It's a horrendous thing that happened," said Mark Oswell, spokesman for the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration. "That someone would go out there and shoot four dolphins."
Necropsies revealed that the dolphins, which were healthy with bellies full of fish, may have been shot at the same time with the same gun. Four had between one and three bullets of the same caliber in the same part of their heads.
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Fish rustling will get you dead. I thought dolphins were smart enough to know that.
This never would have happened if the government simply placed some buoys with a GUN FREE ZONE sign on them./s
You’re right. It happened in a “school” zone. Poor little fishes that got eaten.
“Laces out Dan!!)
...OK thats a bit obscure...
If only so much importance was given to children vacuumed out of the womb.
What kind of asshat shoots Dolphins for the fun of it ?
As predictable as:
Ann Coulter threads with comments on her weight (overs and unders holding at 27)
Any Thread on California with someone spelling it "Kalifornia" ( +/- 17)
Any thread on evolution vs. creation leading to insulting comments directed at one side or the other (+/- 35)
I’m guessing that a grouchy fisherman got fed up with his catch getting snatched by those sneaky critters. The “belly full of fish” line is the big clue here.
LMAO!!!! I caught the reference.
Because they are predators they should be shot?
Wow, you sure are crabby.
Well stated! I hope they find the person who shot the poor trusting animals and put them away for a very long time.
This wasn’t a conservative that shot them. This was evil. And I don’t have any regard for those that think that this was just fine.
IF it was a fisherman, this would be no different than shooting coyotes who are killing your sheep.
Since the fish puns are bound to abound, I will post the lyrics for Kip Adotta’s 80’s hit, “Wet Dream”.
Lyrics:
It was April the forty-first
Being a quadruple leap year
I was driving in downtown Atlantis
My barracuda was in the shop
So I was in a rented stingray
And it was overheating
So I pulled into a Shell Station
They said I’d blown a seal
I said, “Fix the damn thing
And leave my private life out of it
Okay pal?”
While they were doing that
I walked over to a place called the Oyster Bar, a real dive
But I knew the owner
He used to play for the Dolphins
I said “Hi Gil”
You have to yell, he’s hard of herring
Think I had a wet dream
Cruisin’ thru the Gulf Stream
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Wet dream
Gil was also down on his luck
Fact is he was barely keeping his head below water
I bellied up to the sandbar
He poured me the usual
Rusty snail, hold the grunion
Shaken not stirred
With a peanut butter and jellyfish sandwich on the side
Heavy on the mako
I slipped him a fin
On porpoise
I was feeling good
I even dropped a sand dollar in the box for Jerry’s squids
For the halibut
Well the place was crowded
We were packed in like sardines They were all there to listen to the big band sounds of Tommy Dorsal
What sole
Tommy was rockin’ the place with a very popular tuna
Salmon Chanted Evening
And the stage was surrounded by screaming groupers
Probably there to see the bass player
One of them was this cute little yellowtail
And she’s giving me the eye
So I figured this is my chance for a little fun
You know, piece of Pisces
But she said things I just couldn’t fathom
She was too deep, seemed to be under a lot of pressure
Boy, could she drink
She drank like a . . .
She drank a lot
I said “What’s your sign”
She said “Aquarium”
I said “Great, let’s get tanked”
Think I had a wet dream
Cruisin’ thru the Gulf Stream
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Wet dream
I invited her to my place for a midnight bait
I said “Come on baby, it’ll only take a few minnows”
She threw me that same old line
“Not tonight, I gotta haddock”
And she wasn’t kidding either
Cause in came the biggest, meanest looking haddock
I’d ever seen come down the pike
He was covered with mussels
He came over to me and said
“Listen, shrimp, don’t you come trollin’ around here”
What a crab
This guy was steamed
I could see the anchor in his eyes
I turned to him, I said
“A-balone, you’re just being shellfish”
Well, I knew it was going to be trouble and so did Gil
‘Cause he was already on the phone to the cods
The haddock hits me with a sucker punch
I catch him with a left hook
He eels over
It was a fluke but there he was
Lying on the deck, flat as a mackerel
Kelpless
I said “Forget the cods Gil
This guy’s gonna need a sturgeon”
Well, the yellowtail was impressed with the way I landed her boyfriend
She came over to me, she said
“Hey, big boy, you’re really a game fish
What’s your name”
I said “Marlin”
Think I had a wet dream
Cruisin’ thru the Gulf Stream
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Wet dream
Well, from then on we had a whale of a time
I took her to dinner, I took her to dance
I bought her a bouquet of flounders
And then I went home with her
And what did I get for my trouble
A case of the clams
Think I had a wet dream
Cruisin’ thru the Gulf Stream
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Wet dream
Cruisin’ thru the Gulf Stream
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Wet dream
Cruisin’ thru the Gulf Stream
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Yeah they’ll have that smiley cute face of theirs in that same expression as they pound the tar out of you
I cannot believe how horrible the posts here are. Dolphins are very intelligent creatures and will often help humans in distress.
Most of these responses are simply DISGUSTING! I would never want to be part of a group who finds pleasure in such cruelty.
yep...dos dolphins are now sleeping with da fishes
I don't know. Half the jerks here don't even know that dolphins are mammals. The United States Navy have been working with them for half a century. Dolphins are tame, protect swimmers from sharks, and smarter than some of the people here.
I wonder how these people would feel if their cat were set on fire. Would there be little Friskies jokes?
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