Beached Whale 8th August 2006

[venus (Lydia)]

I captured some images of the sperm whale that was beached this morning on Dixon Park Beach Newcastle Australia. The pictures were taken around 10am EST.
The images show how difficult the job of removing the huge carcass was and how the Newcastle Council workers had to resort to digging a hole and burying the whale at the 'beached' spot. There was a large crowd of spectators viewing the procedure which was akin to a funeral with a very solemn air.The pictures show how horrific the damages were the whale recieved which may have been caused by 'propellors'?

[ving (David)]

they buried it right there on teh beach? I'd have thought they'd have moved it somewhere where it cant be tampered with.... or something

[GrahamL]

http://www.perp.com/whale/

They just won't blow them up anymore

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

They're probably hoping it will float away with the next high tide so it can be someone elses problem.
Was it just a bit dead or was it very dead?eww

Gross NightStalker
That reminds me of the Whale scene in HitchHikers.

[Mikezoom]

hahaha, that video was funny & no I don't support blowing up animals dead OR alive but it had me in tears.

[netwolf]

I recall seeing a documentary linking the beaching phenomenon to Low Frequency SONAR testing by US military or something like that. Its as far as i know a still unsolved mystery. Its sad to see such beautiful wonderous creatures in such conditions. Perhaps they are trying to let us know that they are on strike against Japanese fisherman.
Regards

[astrogeek (Leon)]

Maybe it was just on a bit of a downer and decieded life wasn't worth living anymore.

That vid was great, what idiots tring to blow it up. Oh well, I suppose they were american

[venus (Lydia)]

Originally Posted by netwolf

I recall seeing a documentary linking the beaching phenomenon to Low Frequency SONAR testing by US military or something like that. Its as far as i know a still unsolved mystery. Its sad to see such beautiful wonderous creatures in such conditions. Perhaps they are trying to let us know that they are on strike against Japanese fisherman.
Regards

" seismic tests, involving so-called sound bombing of ocean floors to test for oil and gas, were carried out in the days before the whales were stranded.

"There is growing evidence that such activities may impact on whales and dolphins, but research data is inconclusive," " more here may have to scroll down a bit........
http://www.jossefordart.com/art_jour...art/index.html


http://www.dcpongo.com/poeco.htm
This is a global problem .....