Posted by
Catmman on Saturday, November 22, 2008 2:26:30 PM
The ice wasn't supposed to be there. Haven't we been told again and again arctic ice was melting? It would be gone this year? I think I even read a few stories saying the arctic was ice free this year for the first time in decades? As it turns out, not so much.
At least 200 narwhal whales in Canada's Arctic, trapped by winter ice and facing starvation or suffocation, must be culled, officials say.
Community elders and officials feared the whales would die from a lack of oxygen as the ice grew thicker around them, Pelley explained.
What tickles my funny bone? I can't help but think of all the shows I've seen where people extol the intelligence of whales and other sea mammals. These whales live in the arctic and they couldn't see this one coming? I hate to slaughter a dead whale here, but, c'mon! I suppose what this incident really boils down to:
Al Gore lied, whales died.