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AMERICAblog: Forty-four right whales spotted off the coast of Maine. Only 325 survive.

  • Webster · 11 months ago
    Let's hope they're feeding and breeding well.

    And let's hope Bush's EPA doesn't find out they're there.
  • SomeStones · 11 months ago
    On Dec. 10th, new regulations have reduced the speed limit for 65" or larger ocean vessels within 23 miles of the coast to 11 1/2 miles per hour to help protect the right whales.

    The Charleston, SC Post & Courier had a good article about local right whale sightings: http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/dec/30/rare... . Looks like a few are going to survive... at least by now.
  • Berken · 11 months ago
    Never mind the Bushies, make sure the Japanese don't find out. They still want to kill them all and eat them.
  • cowboyneok · 11 months ago
    Don't tell "Team Obama!" They will have the Japanese come to the Inauguration and give a huge speech about the joys of whaling after Rick Warren's prayer followed with free samples of "Right Whale sushi" to ensure "all points of view are included at the table."
  • Gridlock · 11 months ago
    *snort* :P
  • RitornaVincitor · 11 months ago
    Then there shall be whaling and gnashing of teeth.
  • cowboyneok · 10 months ago
    chortle..

    Happy New Year, Ritorna!!!
  • RitornaVincitor · 10 months ago
    Happy New Year to you too, Cowboy in east Oklahoma!
  • Deacon_Blues · 11 months ago
    What IS wrong with the Japanese, seriously? They don't strike me as a stupid nation. Ah well, I guess they can say that about us, too.
  • cowboyneok · 11 months ago
    44? A herd!
  • RainbowPhoenix · 11 months ago
    The proper term is "pod."
  • cowboyneok · 11 months ago
    A pod! A pod! LOL

    I'm used to our cattle, horses and sheep here in Oklahoma. Moooooo!
  • Jim Olson · 11 months ago
    Whoo hoo! Whale porn!
  • acorvid · 11 months ago
    Doesn't seem to be mentioned anywhere in the article, but surely this indicates the possibility that population estimates are low. Not saying they should be any less protected, but we should have and acknowledge the best data we can.
  • foxy · 11 months ago
    Oh and I thought that this was a political joke.
  • Theropod · 10 months ago
    They're getting organized. Be very afraid.
  • preznit_giv_me_turkee · 10 months ago
    how much you want to bet aWol is begging poppy to let him borrow the Kennebunkport speedboat for a strafing run?
  • Older_Wiser · 10 months ago
    Is this really a good thing, or a function of climate change? A Dec. 7 article in the Atlanta Journal Constitution says right whales generally migrate and spawn along the GA and FL coast at this time of year. Ships must slow to 10 knots along the east coast to avoid colliding with them.
  • RainbowPhoenix · 10 months ago
    That is something to be considered, but it's not unheard of for whales to lag behind or go the wrong direction. Of course the number is definately something to worry about.
  • Hannah · 10 months ago
    With a marine biologist, Dr. Jane Lubchenco, tapped by Obama to head the NOAA, we can all be hopeful for the survival and increasing numbers of these whales.
  • oakleafmold · 10 months ago
    ....the Japanese government quickly announced plans to harvest 323 of the estimated 325 survivors as part of a "research" hunt, in hopes of better understanding the endangered creatures.

    http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/edito...
  • bob_h · 10 months ago
    I hope that 325 number just refers to a particular type of Right whale. When I visited the Valdez Peninsula in Argentina recently, there were masses of them to see.
  • gorhamguy · 10 months ago
    I hope that the plans to put floating wind farms off the coast of maine doesn't interfer with their breeding habitat! I know we need alternative energy.....but it really worries me that the new sources will do as much damage to the earth as the old ones.
  • jprfrog · 10 months ago
    Aside from the facts in the story, take another look at the headline. It seems to mean that 325 out of 44 survived. That would be truly remarkable, even in a Harry Potter adventure.