Posted on 02/13/2015 7:39:41 AM PST by smokingfrog
Conservationists are racing to try to save more than 170 whales stranded on a remote beach on New Zealand's South Island.
Twenty-four of the 198 pilot whales stuck on the beach have already died, New Zealand's Department of Conservation said Friday.
The department's staff, helped by 140 volunteers, were planning to try to refloat the giant mammals as the tide rose Friday evening, it said.
The whales are stuck on Farewell Spit, a thin claw of land that reaches out into the sea from the northern tip of the South Island.
The spit forms the top of Golden Bay, which is known as a stranding hotspot because of its protruding coastline, gently sloping beaches and system of currents.
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“THIS way!!”
*Crunch*
“What’s that noise?”
A lot of captains lost their commands and their bars for that one.
Actually there was a massive court martial trial but the lead Captain accepted ALL the blame and the rest were let off light.
Each Captain was charged as tradition says all are responsible for their ship, it was the largest group of officers ever court-Martial by the navy to that point.
Captain Watson, the lead commander of the exercise was stripped of his seniority, 3 others were admonished but the rest were acquitted because he took all the blame. How cool was he to do that? Apparently he came out of it looking good for taking all the blame - like a boss(?)
lol
Read that after the fact.
Interesting.
You wouldn’t see that happen these days.
yep. Very rare.
So they really are democrats?
Bwahahaha! OMG! Look at her feet! They have to hurt carrying that load!
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