Whales: great news
After 400 years of absence they are going to attempt to reintroduce grey whales to British waters. Apparently the grey whale population of southern california is flourishing and 'experts' hope to ship a few over here to start a breeding group. Now the tiny bit of cynic in me questions how happy a whale will be at being forcibly relocated to the radioactive soup that is the Irish sea, but the rest of me cries WooooHooo. I think this is just fantastic. Sometimes we are a great species.
Full story here
As a minor aside the story has a follow on in the Fish News section of the practical fishkeeping website. Here we learn that a grey whale is 50% longer than a london double decker bus and weighs more than 51 Fiat Uno's. Ok Ed, first off whales aint fish. Second off, whilst london busses are a standard unit of measurement (although whether you need a double decker to measure length is debatable) Fiat bloody Uno's? Since when was weight measured in Fiat bloody uno's? Use mini's you damn fools.
Full story here
As a minor aside the story has a follow on in the Fish News section of the practical fishkeeping website. Here we learn that a grey whale is 50% longer than a london double decker bus and weighs more than 51 Fiat Uno's. Ok Ed, first off whales aint fish. Second off, whilst london busses are a standard unit of measurement (although whether you need a double decker to measure length is debatable) Fiat bloody Uno's? Since when was weight measured in Fiat bloody uno's? Use mini's you damn fools.
posted by Old Man Rich at 12:46 PM
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Mind if I add you as a link? We could all use more big fish stories.
I'd be overjoyed. I will also add you unless you object.
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