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Offline thundley4

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Humpback whale struck, lodged on bow of oil tanker
« on: June 03, 2009, 06:37:07 PM »
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Wildlife officials say an oil tanker struck an endangered humpback whale and carried its carcass on its bow into Alaska's Port Valdez.
Crewmen on an escort vessel spotted the 40- to 50-foot whale along the water line of the tanker Kodiak when the ship docked late Tuesday.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrationspokeswoman Sheila McLean said the whale was lodged on the bulbous protrusion of the ship's bow.
RoadKill: Alaskan Style

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Re: Humpback whale struck, lodged on bow of oil tanker
« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2009, 06:37:56 PM »
And some folks think only Texans do things BIG.

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Re: Humpback whale struck, lodged on bow of oil tanker
« Reply #2 on: June 03, 2009, 09:10:39 PM »
Whale-B-Q! :yum:
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Re: Humpback whale struck, lodged on bow of oil tanker
« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2009, 11:04:44 AM »
I see they think it "may" have been dead already. However, some DUmbass watchdog group is investigating.  :bs:

In other news I saw that David Carradine passed.  :(

http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=412683&GT1=28103


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Re: Humpback whale struck, lodged on bow of oil tanker
« Reply #4 on: June 06, 2009, 09:10:27 AM »
I watched "Whale Wars" on Animal Planet for a few minutes last night.  They showed the season 1 finale, before the start of the second season.

I think I wanted to slap those whale fanatics  :thatsright:
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Re: Humpback whale struck, lodged on bow of oil tanker
« Reply #5 on: June 06, 2009, 09:31:02 AM »
Quote from: rich_t on June 03, 2009, 06:37:56 PM
And some folks think only Texans do things BIG.

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Aw heck, that weren't nothing.  I remember back a few years ago when a Texan hit a 40 foot catfish on the Trinity River with an 18 foot john boat and pushed it all the way to the Gulf O' Mexico.

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Re: Humpback whale struck, lodged on bow of oil tanker
« Reply #6 on: June 07, 2009, 09:30:37 AM »
Quote from: Gratiot on June 06, 2009, 09:10:27 AM
I watched "Whale Wars" on Animal Planet for a few minutes last night.  They showed the season 1 finale, before the start of the second season.

I think I wanted to slap those whale fanatics  :thatsright:

Two of my sons and I watched a marathon of it Friday, mocking them mercilessly.  That ship is a case study in rotten leadership and why hippies are never going to be a threat in the 'armed rebellion' department.
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