80 Whales Die on Aussie Island...
 

Eighty Whales, Dolphins Die on Australian Island

Somebody should check to see if there were naval exercises in the area at the
time. Several scientific theories are now exploring the relationship between
mega-powerful sonar pulses and beached marine mammals.

You don't suppose the whales caught sight of our Ms. Smith, ..........

Why not give it a rest?

"Gould 0738" wrote in message
...
Eighty Whales, Dolphins Die on Australian Island

Somebody should check to see if there were naval exercises in the area at
the
time. Several scientific theories are now exploring the relationship
between
mega-powerful sonar pulses and beached marine mammals.


Then that theory can't be right- Our submarine is in for repair (a constant
state of affairs) and our other warship was probably in Sydney ;-)

Peter HK

"Peter HK" wrote in
Then that theory can't be right- Our submarine is in for repair (a
constant
state of affairs) and our other warship was probably in Sydney ;-)

Peter HK

Probably one of George W's subs spreading destruction around the planet.

Hello Don,

Is it possible the marine creatures were all distraught over Bush's
re-election and took matters into their own hands, errrr, fins, errr,
flippers....

Franko

"Don White" wrote in message
...

"Peter HK" wrote in
Then that theory can't be right- Our submarine is in for repair (a
constant
state of affairs) and our other warship was probably in Sydney ;-)

Peter HK

Probably one of George W's subs spreading destruction around the planet.

"Gould 0738" wrote in message
...
Eighty Whales, Dolphins Die on Australian Island

Somebody should check to see if there were naval exercises in the area at
the
time. Several scientific theories are now exploring the relationship
between
mega-powerful sonar pulses and beached marine mammals.

You don't suppose the whales caught sight of our Ms. Smith, ..........

Why not give it a rest?

Maybe they saw her and thought she was one of the Sirens.

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 00:58:08 +0000, Gould 0738 wrote:

Eighty Whales, Dolphins Die on Australian Island

Somebody should check to see if there were naval exercises in the area at
the time. Several scientific theories are now exploring the relationship
between mega-powerful sonar pulses and beached marine mammals.

Some suspect sonar may give whales the bends.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...halebends.html

http://community.oceana.org/displays.../26/14342/3105

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?

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

That's very sad. I hope this was some natural cause and not
sonar or some other man-made thing messing with these whales.



You don't suppose the whales caught sight of our Ms. Smith...

For someone with some obvious intelligence, Harry, you
are often so very very small.

Gary Warner wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote:

Eighty Whales, Dolphins Die on Australian Island


That's very sad. I hope this was some natural cause and not
sonar or some other man-made thing messing with these whales.



You don't suppose the whales caught sight of our Ms. Smith...


For someone with some obvious intelligence, Harry, you
are often so very very small.



I have to work at it. I find it mildly interesting that you don't seem
to comment about Ms. Smith's negative comments about those she disagrees
with here....

"Franko" wrote in message
...
Hello Don,

Is it possible the marine creatures were all distraught over Bush's
re-election and took matters into their own hands, errrr, fins, errr,
flippers....


I wish the flippin' liberals would follow their lead...

Jack

"Harry Krause" wrote:

I have to work at it. I find it mildly interesting that you don't seem to
comment about Ms. Smith's negative comments about those she disagrees with
here....

You might find it strange, but it's because I have more respect for you.

As an example, I found the way that you took the time to respond to each and
every poster who gave their thoughts in your Catty Wampus thread to be
classy
of you. And it's all the more sad when you then attack someone when not
directly provoked. Also, to be fair, many people here attack you out of the
blue in threads that are not about you and in which you've made no comments.
(Such as the ones that use every opportunity to question the validity of
your boat
claims in threads where that is totally irrelevent.) I don't say anything
about their
habits either, most of them don't seem to be worth it.

Oh well. None of us are without flaws. And that's a good thing. ~ One of my
"flaws" may be that from time to time I feel the need to point out other's
flaws.

In many ways all this is what makes people and this group interesting. If it
were
just about boats, as some seem to want, it'd be quite boring.

Gary

Gary Warner wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote:

I have to work at it. I find it mildly interesting that you don't seem to
comment about Ms. Smith's negative comments about those she disagrees with
here....


You might find it strange, but it's because I have more respect for you.

As an example, I found the way that you took the time to respond to each and
every poster who gave their thoughts in your Catty Wampus thread to be
classy
of you. And it's all the more sad when you then attack someone when not
directly provoked. Also, to be fair, many people here attack you out of the
blue in threads that are not about you and in which you've made no comments.
(Such as the ones that use every opportunity to question the validity of
your boat
claims in threads where that is totally irrelevent.) I don't say anything
about their
habits either, most of them don't seem to be worth it.

Oh well. None of us are without flaws. And that's a good thing. ~ One of my
"flaws" may be that from time to time I feel the need to point out other's
flaws.

In many ways all this is what makes people and this group interesting. If it
were
just about boats, as some seem to want, it'd be quite boring.

Gary



Indeed.

We still are mourning the loss of that cat. She really was special,
smarter than any other cat we've encountered.

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 22:08:24 -0500, "Gary Warner"
wrote:


None of us are without flaws.

Speak for yourself.

Modesty prevents me from pointing out my own most excellent personage
as being all that one can aspire to be.

Flawless is merely descriptive. :)

Later,

Tom

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 22:08:24 -0500, "Gary Warner"
wrote:


"Harry Krause" wrote:

I have to work at it. I find it mildly interesting that you don't seem to
comment about Ms. Smith's negative comments about those she disagrees with
here....

You might find it strange, but it's because I have more respect for you.

As an example, I found the way that you took the time to respond to each and
every poster who gave their thoughts in your Catty Wampus thread to be
classy
of you. And it's all the more sad when you then attack someone when not
directly provoked. Also, to be fair, many people here attack you out of the
blue in threads that are not about you and in which you've made no comments.
(Such as the ones that use every opportunity to question the validity of
your boat
claims in threads where that is totally irrelevent.) I don't say anything
about their
habits either, most of them don't seem to be worth it.

Oh well. None of us are without flaws. And that's a good thing. ~ One of my
"flaws" may be that from time to time I feel the need to point out other's
flaws.

In many ways all this is what makes people and this group interesting. If it
were
just about boats, as some seem to want, it'd be quite boring.

Gary

Some of us have witnessed Harry's name-calling and personal attacks so
often that we don't bother reading his posts anymore. We just assume
they're more personal attacks. Thus, the responses to his posts may
not fit the thread.

Of course, Harry has probably not brought this upon himself, so that
would make us 'not worth' your comments.

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!