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09-02-2010, 11:37 PM
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Perth, Australia: Euthanizing Whales with Explosives: Quick Humane Efficient.
Explosives were reportedly used in Perth, Australia, to euthanize a terminally ill baby humpback whale that had been stranded for two weeks on the country's western coast. The whale, about 30 feet long, was given a "lethal explosion" to the brain, according to local news reports. "It's ugly but it's also a fast and one of the few ways to euthanize a whale that's stranded and in distress for too long," said Ken Balcomb, the executive director and research biologist for the Center for Whale Research since 1985. The Center, located on the Pacific Northwest's San Juan Island, is nonpolitical. Balcomb, who has euthanized several whales, said there are essentially two ways to end the mammal's life if there is no hope of healing it and freeing it. One can either exact a controlled explosion or cut the throat. "If a whale has been in that spot for two weeks, you have to assume that its brain is not functioning, that it's in a twilight zone, and isn't really aware of what's happening," Balcomb said. The longer a whale is out of water the more pressure builds on the mammal's organs, he said. "These are sad things, but they happen and the public should know that there's nothing else sometimes that can be done." |
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09-02-2010, 11:39 PM
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 ✖ The Antique Christ ✖ Poster Rank:106 Gonzo Punk Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 15,478
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Re: Perth, Australia: Euthanizing Whales with Explosives: Quick Humane Efficient.
Australia, Europes Alabama.
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09-02-2010, 11:42 PM
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Re: Perth, Australia: Euthanizing Whales with Explosives: Quick Humane Efficient.
australia is at the other end of the earth,pick up an atlas sometime,perhaps you meant the south pacifics alabama  |
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09-02-2010, 11:48 PM
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| ✖ The Antique Christ ✖ Poster Rank:106 Gonzo Punk Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 15,478
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Re: Perth, Australia: Euthanizing Whales with Explosives: Quick Humane Efficient.
I think if most New Zealander's are like you (or Mr. Arthur Cradock for that matter), then New Zealand would be the swamps of Alabama.
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09-02-2010, 11:51 PM
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Re: Perth, Australia: Euthanizing Whales with Explosives: Quick Humane Efficient.
nice still dosen't explain how you placed something the size of the united states in europe though. is the united states somwhere east of japan?  |
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09-02-2010, 11:54 PM
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| ✖ The Antique Christ ✖ Poster Rank:106 Gonzo Punk Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 15,478
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Re: Perth, Australia: Euthanizing Whales with Explosives: Quick Humane Efficient.
No dumb ass! It's north of Japan. Duh! |
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09-02-2010, 11:55 PM
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Re: Perth, Australia: Euthanizing Whales with Explosives: Quick Humane Efficient.
did you get aussie confused with austria tell us the truth,you are really jessica simpson aren't you  |
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09-02-2010, 11:56 PM
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| TROLLBEGONE!!!!! Poster Rank:23 female Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 59,613 59,613Posts 34,256Thanked 10,860Quoted 70Mentioned 0Contrib. |
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Re: Perth, Australia: Euthanizing Whales with Explosives: Quick Humane Efficient.
thanks smackem. hadn't seen that thread.
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