Paul Schilter wrote:
Harry,
Do ya think that might be a reason to invade them? Could be it was WMD
that beached them critters! :-)
Paul

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Eighty Whales, Dolphins Die on Australian Island

CANBERRA (Reuters) - At least 80 whales and dolphins have died after
beaching themselves on a remote island between the Australian mainland
and the country's island state of Tasmania.

The number of deaths on King Island could be higher as some bodies might
have been washed back out to sea, said Warwick Brennan, a spokesman for
Tasmania's Department of Primary Industry, Water and Environment.

"What we found at first light this morning...was 80 animals strewn along
several hundred meters of beach. All those animals were dead," Brennan
said on Monday.

"There was a mixture of adults and juvenile animals. So it was a very
grim sight," Brennan told Australian radio.

He said there were 55 dead long-finned pilot whales and 25 dead
bottle-nosed dolphins on King Island beach, around 250 km (160 miles)
south of the Victorian state capital Melbourne. A further 17 whales were
swimming around 1 km offshore.


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You don't suppose the whales caught sight of our Ms. Smith, queen of the
Hydras? For those unfamiliar, the Hydra, which lived in the swamps near
to the ancient city of Lerna in Argolis, was a terrifying monster with
the body of a serpent and many heads (the number of heads deviates from
five up to one hundred there are many versions but generally nine is
accepted as standard), of which one could never be harmed by any weapon,
and if any of the other heads were severed another would grow in its
place (in some versions two would grow). Also the stench from the
Hydra's breath was enough to kill man or beast (in other versions it was
a deadly venom). When it emerged from the swamp it would attack herds of
cattle and local villagers, devouring them with its numerous heads. It
totally terrorized the vicinity for many years.




You think Ms. Smith is ugly enough to be a WMD?