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Narwhals filmed for first time on migration (Save the Narwhals from AGW!)
Telegraph ^
| 2/7/09
| Richard Gray
Posted on 02/07/2009 3:34:45 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
These unusual whales are rarely glimpsed in the fleeting moments they break through the ice that covers their underwater world.
But spectacular aerial footage captured by the BBC shows how the groups of narwhal, with tusks up to eight feet long, crowd their way through narrow gaps between the ice sheets as they attempt a dangerous spring migration in the search for food.
It comes as new research is also revealing how these rare and strange-looking mammals are under threat from changing conditions in the Arctic.
Scientists studying the impact of climate change on the Arctic have concluded that narwhals are even more vulnerable than polar bears, which rely upon the ice to hunt. They claim that without the ice to shelter them, narwhals will become more vulnerable to predators and competition from other whales.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: agw; marinebiology; narwhal
Narwhals, known as ice unicorns for their long tusts, have been filmed for the first time as they make their treacherous migration along the cracks in the Arctic sea ice.
On the one hand, this is a really cool photo of a rarely seen mammal. On the other hand, AGW alarmism is totally incoherent -- the poor narwhals have to make this treacherous migration and pop up through the occasional cracks in the ice, but the disappearing ice due to AGW is endangering them? Typical science writer -- contradicts himself within a paragraph.
To: ProtectOurFreedom; Desdemona; rdl6989; Little Bill; IrishCatholic; Normandy; ...
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posted on
02/07/2009 3:36:05 PM PST
by
steelyourfaith
(BO has been POTUS two weeks and I still have to buy my gas and pay my mortgage. What's up with that?)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Narwhals!!! MMMMMMMMMMM! Delicious!!
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posted on
02/07/2009 3:38:46 PM PST
by
ontap
(Just another backstabbing conservative)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
On the one hand, this is a really cool photo of a rarely seen mammal.I am glad to see the photos of this unusual mammal. I saw a couple of these tusks a few years back. I am sure they were very valuable.
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posted on
02/07/2009 3:47:12 PM PST
by
stripes1776
("That if gold rust, what shall iron do?" --Chaucer)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
I read about Narwhals as a child but this is the first time I’ve ever seen a pic of them. Thx!
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posted on
02/07/2009 4:00:41 PM PST
by
proudofthesouth
(In spite of what's going on in the world, God is still in control.)
To: ontap
Little greasy for my taste, but they do taste like chicken. I said that for the halibut.
....Bob
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posted on
02/07/2009 4:03:01 PM PST
by
Lokibob
(When handed lemons...Refuse to sign for them. Life's lemons can't be delivered without a signature.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Save the whales, collect the whole set.
....Bob
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posted on
02/07/2009 4:04:52 PM PST
by
Lokibob
(When handed lemons...Refuse to sign for them. Life's lemons can't be delivered without a signature.)
To: stripes1776
Theit tusks show up on Antiques Roadshow occasionally....they are twisted.....VERY COOL!!
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posted on
02/07/2009 4:24:17 PM PST
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion.....The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience)
To: Lokibob
Could you repeat that!! I’m a little hard of herring!!!
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posted on
02/07/2009 5:10:58 PM PST
by
ontap
(Just another backstabbing conservative)
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