http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDQ1GAZZk6E&feature=related
P for perspective.
Never, NEVER let Orca's get ahold of lasers.
P for perspective.
Never, NEVER let Orca's get ahold of lasers.
I'm in the filthy hippie corner with this one. Regardless of how sustainable it is, they shouldn't be harvested simply out of respect for how fucking awesome they are. They are incredibly intelligent animals, having complex hierachies and are among the only "self-aware" animals in the world. This is proof that they really are magnificent creatures, unlike other creatures that are revered by some cultures.
Sink their boats!
As for the magnificent creature argument, fucking please. The Hindus have worshipped cows for thousands of years, and I'm pretty sure if they started violently demanding the end to us harvesting all things bovine most people here wouldn't be too impressed. Besides, it's a bit hypocritical when AUSTRALIA was in a large part to blame for the mass destruction of Southern Ocean whale populations, NOT the Japanese.
proof please, before you go insulting Hindus, with references!
"among the only" WTF does that mean? either its 'among the few' or its 'the only'
http://www.wdcs.org/dan/publishing.nsf/allnews/713EDD5FDA2E042B802571FB0057B0DF
I think "among the only" is grammatically correct. "Only" applies to a single entity, but that entity can be a group. Amongst that group you have a number of entities, that all share one or more things in common that lead to them being placed in a group together. In this case, it's self awareness in animals.
however I have seen cattle exhibit those behaviors, which I'd not really consider a particularly inteligent animal.
Self awareness is usually defined by finding behaviours that exhibit an awareness that the creature itself is a living/existing entity. For dolphins, this is usually done with a mirror and a marker pen.and then there is the whole issue of how self aware is defined.
Yeah, well.., when I'm that drunk I don't really consider myself a self aware individual either!Baring your arse and throwing faecal matter at strangers could hardly be the attributes of a self-conscious individual.
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ok i don't know if I'm high or just incredibly stupid but the kids at school call me terrorist so i think i could convince my Leader whose name i cannot say as ill get caught and get him to plan an attack on those whalers but i need my destructo license before i can do any of MUMBLE MUMBLE MUMBLE MUMBLE...
We have no idea what the pre whaling size of Minke, Finn and Humpback whale populations were, what the effective recruitment rate is, what the level of genetic structuring is, etc etc etc. in other words, no one knows how endangered they are, all we really know is we killed a lot of them and they stopped being abundant sudddenly, which is not good evidence for absolute and outright bans, or for a quota to be established. Like I said originally, we need the science to be done and an end put to the chest beating shitfight that is currently the status quo at the IWC.
I went to a conference a few years back where the head of NSW DPI fisheries was asked what he would do if it was found that a Minke/Finn harvest was sustainable. He said he'd investigate negotiating a fishing licence system with the Japanese fleet. Makes bloody good sense to me.
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i remeber one of the jap dudes saying it's a part of i supose what thay just love doing maybe we should just drop a atomic bomb on em that will stop the killing ay