The Antarctic minke whale

Giraffoto
Giraffoto Posts: 2,078
edited April 2014 in The cake stop
I've just read this intriguing article about the Antarctic minke whale. It begs the question: how come the Japanese whaling fleet, in the course of its "research" specifically aimed at the minke whale, never discovered this?
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  • bdu98252
    bdu98252 Posts: 171
    It is really hard to do research on dead animals looking for their sounds. Where they do post mortems is usually a quiet place of work outside power tool use.
  • nathancom
    nathancom Posts: 1,567
    Foie Gras vs Minke Whale: guilty pleasures deathmatch
  • florerider
    florerider Posts: 1,112
    but at least foie gras is farming and is sustainable (not getting into the argument on cruelty), unlike whaling

    can't say eating whale was a pleasure (yes I have, cultural requirement at the time)

    at least with both you know what it is - plenty of times in China and Japan where it has been better not to ask.

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