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Global warming is blamed for walrus stampede deaths
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| Dec. 14, 2007
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Posted on 12/14/2007 7:16:53 PM PST by digger48
Global warming is blamed for walrus stampede deaths
Associated Press - December 14, 2007 4:23 PM ET
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Some scientists blame the deaths of thousands of Pacific walruses on the disappearance of sea ice caused by global warming.
The walruses died in stampedes earlier this year as they crowded on shorelines along the Asian side of the Bering Strait, which separates Alaska from Russia.
An expert with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says the lack of sea ice during the late summer and early fall led to a "pretty sobering year" that was "tough on walruses."
A Russian biologist estimates that as many as 4,000 walruses out of a population of some 200,000 died this year, a death rate that's two or three times the usual number.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: globalwarming; walrus; walrusstampede; weredoomed
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To: digger48
Oh my, another thing caused by global warming to put on the list of hundreds! Don’t have the link right now of the list, but Rush had it on his web site. Incredible!
To: digger48
And just how do we know that walruses haven’t been doing this for centuries? Did they tell Algore?
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posted on
12/14/2007 7:45:40 PM PST
by
BallyBill
(Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
To: digger48
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posted on
12/14/2007 7:47:31 PM PST
by
sheik yerbouty
( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
To: digger48
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posted on
12/14/2007 7:47:33 PM PST
by
sheik yerbouty
( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
To: digger48
So now the starving polar bears have something to eat. See how nature works?
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posted on
12/14/2007 7:52:13 PM PST
by
Perchant
To: digger48
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posted on
12/14/2007 7:52:15 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Only one consistent conservative in this race and his name is Hunter.)
To: digger48
Is this going to affect the running of the walruses in Paloma?
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posted on
12/14/2007 8:07:47 PM PST
by
Jeff Chandler
("Liberals want to save the world for the children they aren't having." -Mark Steyn)
To: Perchant
So now the starving polar bears have something to eat. See how nature works?Kind of like feeding the homeless to the hungry.
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posted on
12/14/2007 8:08:30 PM PST
by
Jeff Chandler
("Liberals want to save the world for the children they aren't having." -Mark Steyn)
To: Jeff Chandler
Is this going to affect the running of the walruses in Paloma?
Its all fun and games till somebody gets Gored.
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posted on
12/14/2007 8:09:24 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Only one consistent conservative in this race and his name is Hunter.)
To: digger48
Global warming is blamed for walrus stampede deaths uuuuum...and just how hard would it be to throw Algore in front of a walrus stampede ??
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posted on
12/14/2007 8:13:42 PM PST
by
StnCldTruth
(A gun in your hand is better than a cop on the phone !!!!)
To: digger48
global warming washed away mah buckit
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posted on
12/14/2007 8:17:17 PM PST
by
faq
To: cripplecreek
*LOL*....your too quick CC
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posted on
12/14/2007 8:17:22 PM PST
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: digger48
Maybe we’ll start seeing some commercials of walruses drinking Coke soon.
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posted on
12/14/2007 8:24:32 PM PST
by
Jaysun
(It's outlandishly inappropriate to suggest that I'm wrong.)
To: digger48
No kidding. When I read this article this morning at work, the first thing that came to mind was,
“I bet the retards try to blame this on global warming.”
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posted on
12/14/2007 8:25:08 PM PST
by
Proud_USA_Republican
(We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
To: digger48
Dumb down the population, and they will believe anything, ex specially Global Warming... thank you NEA
To: digger48
You’d think the global warming cultist would come to the realization that most people are tuning them out now. Way to much “boy that cried wolf” going on.
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posted on
12/14/2007 9:00:05 PM PST
by
kb2614
(Hell hath no fury than a bureaucrat scorned)
To: Dutch Boy
BTW - The deaths are an estimate. This raises my BS Flag. Whenever I see the word estimate these days I substitute it with made up. I may not be right every time but chances are very good I am most of the time. Let me give you more reason to raise the BS flag higher.
From the article - "A Russian biologist estimates that as many as 4,000 walruses out of a population of some 200,000 died this year, a death rate that's two or three times the usual number."
If 4000 walruses die every year in a population of 200,000, that means the life expectancy for a walrus is 50 years.
But if that 4000 is 2-3 times the "normal number" then with normal numbers of deaths, the life expectancy for a walrus is 100-150 years.
The unnamed scientist is obviously full of crap.
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posted on
12/14/2007 9:14:55 PM PST
by
TN4Liberty
(A liberal is someone who believes Scooter Libby should be in jail and Bill Clinton should not.)
To: CodeMasterPhilzar
"Third, can they prove that sea ice conditions caused the deaths?"
Well, since we know that UN scienticians never lie, apparently a 1 degree increase in temperatures over the last century completely melts every chunk of ice in the ocean.
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posted on
12/14/2007 11:16:20 PM PST
by
boop
(Who doesn't love poison pot pies?)
To: digger48
Global Warming is all Bush’s fault and Bush got elected because of Global Warming. It’s so simple!
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posted on
12/15/2007 3:52:55 AM PST
by
RoadTest
("It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law. - Psalm 119:26)
To: digger48
Oh, I thought it was cell phones.
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