sylens
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beached whale
at conalep beach in ensenada yesterday. we missed all the fun, as we went 'al otro lado' for a "real" costco run.
ensenada.net says it was a 22 meter long, 40 ton (blue fin?)whale. they buried it in a hurry because of advanced state of decomposition and
putrefaction. apparently dead a couple of weeks, supposition is the current brought it ashore.
i'm surprised they could get it buried as quickly as they did and i am very
grateful.
this and the row of garbage cans that line the beach are giving me hope that some positive changes are occurring more quickly than i ever dared
hope.
lili
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Tomas Tierra
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Interesting if it was a blue whale, that would be the fourth on the coast in the last few weeks.
We had one reported in the Ventura County star this morning. As well as one last week. Last weeks came on shore north of ventura, and todays is still
floating in the channel waiting to come ashore.
I also heard of one in long beach harbor last week. The two off of ventura they think were clobbered by frieghters. bummer...
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On our local news, they said the whale washed up without it's head.
They then showed photos of an excavator breaking a chain trying to move it and another big loader helping. I don't think they moved it far !
It was right in the surf at the tide line - I would think it would have been easier to tow it out to sea ?
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Russ
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Dead Blue Whales of So. Cal.
Got these photos from the la times this morning.
Edit for Photo size
[Edited on 9-22-2007 by Russ]
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#2
[Edited on 9-22-2007 by Russ]
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Last
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woody with a view
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can someone explain how a whale cannot hear a ship in the area? and why it would get hit?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody in ob
can someone explain how a whale cannot hear a ship in the area? and why it would get hit? |
Because it was already dead???
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Russ,
Thanks for the photos.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody in ob
can someone explain how a whale cannot hear a ship in the area? and why it would get hit? |
Maybe for the same reason dogs get hit by cars...
Haven't had a bad trip yet....
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Russ
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The article asked the same question, kind of. That is one of the things they want to look at. Thinking that possibly it may have gotten into a red
tide and got something to mess with it's brain
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Bring that bunch of whale-killing Makia from the Olympic Peninsula. The whale's sick, slow, and tame. Ought to be able to drop that puppy with a few round from their 50 cal. and then sit around and eat blubber for
weeks.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Taco de Baja
| Quote: | Originally posted by woody in ob
can someone explain how a whale cannot hear a ship in the area? and why it would get hit? |
Because it was already dead??? |
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Interesting comments...
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I thought so too but, I'm not sure what it was, been so long ago. Let's see..........Somebody saw my girlfriend on the beach and they wanted to
check her lamp-oil content and....well, the rest is just a blur....I don't know.
Gotta go now.....
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shame on you dennis!!!!!!
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Tomas Tierra
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody in ob
can someone explain how a whale cannot hear a ship in the area? and why it would get hit? |
The frieghters in this part of the Santa Barbara channel are cruising at about 25 knots. The sound of the props is 400 to 500 feet behind the blow
delivering, bulbous bow. They simply can't move fast enough I guess.
We saw at least 30 blue whales on our way out to San Nicholas Isl. on Wed. Unfortunatly, we saw a dead blue whale on the way in yesterday..That makes
five in the last month or so...Bummer!!
They are considering a 10 knot speed limit for the frieghters in the channel..would this help?? they would be easier to dodge at that speed for whales
and humans(in boats)..
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I'm not sure about blue whales but gray whales get hit all the time by boats...when they sleep stretched out on the surface they really are in deep
rem...it's like they leave their bodies...they are out...so are very suseptible to getting run over. In Hawaii, they have patrol zodiacs who radio the
freighters to change course to avoid hitting humpback whales. Slower speeds would help but ships are hard to turn quickly to avoid colliding with a
sleeping whale.
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They sure wasted a bunch of muktuk.
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Cypress...........it's 'Makah' And I think there is abit more to the "hunt" than you SEEM to be understanding.
I watched the first "hunt" years ago glued to my ring side seat (TV, 24/7) living within a few miles, the local (Seattle) station carried it live, up
close and TOO personal, and being of Native American decent myself (not Makah) I think I understood their need to get back a part of their culture and
chose a way that is very sacred to them and apalling to those of us that love Whales.
Did you read about "Sprinnger"? The baby Orca that 'adopted' the ferry boat the at Vashon Island dock (3 miles from my house in Port Orchard?)
Maybe you could share that story too?
Sorry, don't mean to 'dog' on you, although your ".50cal "comment about "dropping" a sick whale kind of stuck in my craw.
Mean people suck!
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