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Blowing the Japanese <ahem> "research whaling fleet" <ahem/> out of the water is not an option... however tempting... Nor does it seem possible to physically halt the destruction of the world's shark populations. In my own country, critically endangered marine mammals are still subject to human predation
under native hunting rights.
Now it looks as though Bush has done a dirty, under the table, deal to stay silent on Japan targeting Humpbacks, in return for allowing US beef back into Japan. Nice one for the planet, George.
How to stop all this? Make their meat stink. Make the eating of their flesh cause a gag reflex. Make the act of cooking their flesh result in a reek of foul smells.
By diverting all resources currently used to combat these activities into the production and delivery of harmless and nutritious stink pellets to be spread around the world and scattered wherever whales, sharks, dugongs, manatees, dolphins, loggerheads, etc, etc, are being taken.
Stick that on your hibachi and smoke it.
Meth Dye
http://www.foxnews....2933,129663,00.html
This dye that they put in ingredients that make up meth. In association with this, we can catch all whale eaters pink handed. [Blumster, Apr 22 2005]
Garment care label politics
http://john.hoke.or..._and_do_not_bleach/
For [dentworth] - here's a US company that did apologise. [wagster, Apr 22 2005]
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If you've ever been offered fermented bean curd then you'll be aware the Japanese seem not to possess a sense of taste, to the thinking of most people who try it. |
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Bun for the idea, though. The practice of harvesting most wild animals, including fish, is becoming decreasingly viable. |
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I believe it is simply a matter of time before regulation limits the culture of foodstuffs to highly controlled, efficient operations. That way there is a sustainable output and, presumably, less chance of soil salinisation and breedstock depletion. |
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Or you could start a whale farm. |
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Are whales hunted to eat the flesh? I thought it was more for the fat and parts of their bodies unknown to me, such that can be used in the cosmetics industry, or are basic ingredients for potions. |
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+ for the idea, it must be possible to make them eat something that does not harm them but makes their flesh undesireable. |
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it was rumored [zeno] that the corndogs we could buy from street vendors in Japan, were actually whale meat. sweeter than pork, very fatty. |
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and also, + [consul] for a passionate rant. wish I could apologize for Bush, too. |
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I like the notion of whale farming, on a similar, if slightly larger, model to salmon farming. |
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The penetrating odor of durian comes to mind, now only to find a way to apply it so it stays that way like festering limburger.Now I think I understand why the pale yellow large sections within are simply called "phuu" |
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Presumably, when the whale population
becomes small enough, it will become
economically feasible to outnumber
them with robotic simulated decoy
whales. And if it doesn't work, well,
we'll still have a bunch of robotic
whales. |
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Yes, but can we put lasers on their heads? |
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Perhaps we could entice the Japanese to take to whaler sushi, rather than whale sushi? |
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Does anyone know whether the Japanese consume the dolphins their tuna netters take as bycatch, in place of whale meat? |
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I have it from a reliable source, an old salt, that dolphin tastes like veal. Couldn't say, myself, never having tried either one. |
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I do take my share of lobster and calico bass, however. |
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What of the poor Eskimos, who hunt whale to survive, not profit? |
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Leatherback turtles, the largest turtles on Earth, have been around for 100 million years. They survived the extinction of dinosaurs but appear likely to become extinct because of our longline fishing practices, within the next 25 years. |
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Would this make them less likely to breed? "Oh honey, what did you eat, anyway?" |
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This is like the best implementable idea I think I've ever seen on this website. I can only pray that some greenpeace crazies happen upon it and do it. |
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Rather than trick the whales into eating some sort of loathsome pellet, I think it would be better to shoot them with a dart of some sort that leaches out stink. This will get the stink into the unwily whales who are the most likely to be caught by the japanese. Wily whales who avoid the stink darts will also probably avoid the whalers. |
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I wonder what becomes of the dolphin bycatch. I guarantee that no caught fish goes to waste. Do the dolphins get processed into fishmeal with the rest of the bycatch? |
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It occurs to me that even better than stink would be to inoculate the whales with some sort of disease which would not hurt them, but would hurt people which ate their meat. Maybe cysticercosis? I think the knoweldge that the whales might carry disease should put people off eating them. |
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Something that dyes people pink who eat it, kinda like they did with crystal meth, by adding dye to a vital ingredient. Link. |
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[bung] - "Ugh - the whales are carrying disease! We must exterminate them immediately..." |
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If some apparently-reputable scientist
were to 'discover' mad whale disease,
then the Japanese government could
reassure the public that whale products
were still perfectly safe to eat. That
should knock whalemeat sales on the
head for a while. |
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I like the idea of tainting them with quinine or another organic bittering agent. |
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They're wavering on this year's cull of Humpbacks and Fin Whales, thankfully. Still taking 950 Minkes, though. |
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