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Reason #82 You Shouldn't Hunt Whales

Reason #82 You Shouldn't Hunt Whales

Norwegian scientists have found that orcas - aka killer whales - have become the most contaminated mammals in the Arctic.  Because they are at the top of the food chain, these whales ingest all the chemicals that have already polluted the animals they eat.  If these whales are "accidentally" killed, or hunted for "scientific research," their whalemeat may end up on supermarket shelves and ultimately the dinner table.  This delicacy comes fortified with pesticides, flame retardants and PCBs.  Yum!

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Comment from: Siddharth Mehrotra [Visitor]
It seems interesting to a thinker that even as the Whales are victims of fratricide at human guns, the humans who eat them should suffer poison. It is as though humanity's own sins punish the sinners. How appropriate. Word had best get around, though.
Permalink 2005-12-12 @ 14:33
Comment from: Kelly [Visitor]
Well that is Karma or what ever you believe in. If you have no respect for the earth you live with than it will just bite you in the you know what...
Permalink 2006-02-14 @ 13:25

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