I was literally frightened at the news. If you search at Google's mass animal death map, you will see that there are many unusual deaths of animals accounted in mass. If we lost bees, birds and fish, then I would think our very being would be in some danger. Wouldnt you agree?
Exploratory lab tests signaled they died from multiple blunt force trauma. Animals are our friends and our pets are like family. If you look at Google's mass animal death map, you will see that there are many weird deaths of animals reported in mass. Wouldnt you agree? Blunt trauma means that the birds hit something. This all changed as whaling around the world exploded in the 17th century turning our seas red with the innocent blood of whales. Because whales are often slow moving and are forced to the surface for air, they became easy targets for ruthless hunters who made their fortunes of selling their oil, blubber, and meat taken from whales. This series will examine a history and impact of whaling both past and present. Harassing the whales and running them inland towards the shore where the whales would become beached and unable to escape was the main technique of choice for slaughtering whales. This method was generally only used for smaller species of cetacean (whales and dolphin) such as porpoises, narwhals, belugas, and pilot whales. In 1611, Greenland introduced the first ship designed specifically for the hunting, killing, and processing of whales known as a whaler. The introduction of the new whaling vessel helped Greenland to become dominant in the arctic whaling grounds. Europeans were not the only ones who were engaging in this assault against whales, Japan to was beginning their long history of whaling. There are written references to the killing of whales for their meat in ancient writings of the 7th and 8th century. The Japanese first began employing a hand held harpooning technique to kill whales in 9th century and this hunting method became used in wide spread, organized whaling by the 12th century. Japanese whalers also used a netting method of capturing and killings the whales. These methods allowed the Japanese fleets to go after larger whales than many of the European associates and their hunts focused primarily on humpback whales, north pacific right whale, gray whales, and fin whales, although they did at times hunt blue whales and sperm whales as well. By the close of the 17th century, whaling was firmly established in most parts of the world with whale oil being used for lighting and lubricants in a variety of manufactured goods. The baleens and bones of whales were also in high demand and a few nations still used whale meat for food. Gray whales, humpbacks, blue whales, dolphins, porpoises and other sensitive species off the coast of California are at risk. According to the NRDC, the worlds leading whale biologists examined the link between navy sonar and whale stranding and concluded that the evidence of sonar causation is ˜very convincing and over whelming. Whales from all over the world have been found dead or dying following exposure to mid-frequency sonar. Evidence of sonar effects on marine mammals began to emerge in 2000 when whales of four different species stranded themselves in the Bahamas after a U.S. Naval battle group used active sonar in the surrounding area. Investigators found that the whales were bleeding internally around their brains and ears.. Since then, the areas population of beaked whales has disappeared. Upon investigation, sonar stranded marine mammals had developed large emboli in their organ tissues. Whales stranded on shore are only the visible symptom of a much larger problem affecting huge numbers of marine life. Active sonar can also impact marine mammals and fish that use sonar to follow migration paths, locate individuals, find food, and care for their young. "Both whales were female, and both were not lactating," it said. This disputes any notion that whales die instantly, and without suffering," said Darren Kindleysides, campaigns manager for the International Fund for Animal Welfare. Related Articles : Weird Animal News Animal Articles Nature Articles
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