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Global whale "hot spot" discovered off East Timor

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Adsos Letter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Dec-31-08 01:06 AM
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Global whale "hot spot" discovered off East Timor
Source: Reuters

Source: Reuters
By Rob Taylor

CANBERRA, Dec 31 (Reuters) - One of the world's highest concentrations of dolphins and whales -- many of them protected species -- has been discovered off the coast of East Timor, local and Australian researchers said on Wednesday.

A "hot spot" of marine cetaceans migrating through deep channels off the Timor coast, including blue and beaked whales, short-finned pilot whales, melon headed whales and six dolphin species was uncovered in a study for the Timor government.

"We were all amazed to see such an abundance, diversity and density of cetaceans. Most of them are actually protected," principal scientist Karen Edyvane told Reuters.

"It's among the world's hot spots for cetaceans," she said. The survey was done by East Timorese researchers and experts from the Australian Institute of Marine Science, working from a traditional 20-metre wooden Indonesian vessel.

Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SYD418157.htm
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   Don't tell the Japanese whaling fleet......  PearliePoo2   Dec-31-08 01:10 AM   #1 
   That's really interesting.  Tandalayo_Scheisskopf   Dec-31-08 01:11 AM   #2 
   Off of shipping lanes?  pfitz59   Dec-31-08 01:25 AM   #3 
   Once Andy Dick shows up, all the whales will leave. n/t  IanDB1   Dec-31-08 01:28 AM   #4 
   ssshhhhhhhh.  robinlynne   Dec-31-08 01:44 AM   #5 
   bet you a nickle there will be a fleet there faster than james bond can get into someones panites  zelta gaisma   Dec-31-08 01:57 AM   #6 
   The Japanese "Research" Fleet is steaming in that direction at full speed  IndianaGreen   Dec-31-08 02:34 AM   #7 
   Yeah...no kidding...  S_E_Fudd   Dec-31-08 06:02 PM   #12 
   Imagine that E. Timor declares this area to be a whale sanctuary...  Barrett808   Dec-31-08 02:38 AM   #8 
   Dont tell the Japanese!!!! nt  and-justice-for-all   Dec-31-08 06:35 AM   #9 
   World Heritage Site  byeya   Dec-31-08 10:15 AM   #10 
   Hide them, protect them, keep everyone away from them, have the Navy protect them.  The Stranger   Dec-31-08 12:15 PM   #11 
   I do believe Australia protects  KCdemocrat   Dec-31-08 06:09 PM   #13 
   I'll have a vodka and krill at the Cetacean Bar & Grill  LiberalEsto   Dec-31-08 06:32 PM   #14 
 
PearliePoo2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Dec-31-08 01:10 AM
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1. Don't tell the Japanese whaling fleet......
:-(
K&R
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Dec-31-08 01:11 AM
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2. That's really interesting.
I once worked with a melon-headed guy. I wonder if he is there?
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pfitz59 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Dec-31-08 01:25 AM
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3. Off of shipping lanes?
My guess is minimal ship traffic = whale-friendly passage between Pacific and Indian Oceans. I may be wrong...
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Dec-31-08 01:28 AM
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4. Once Andy Dick shows up, all the whales will leave. n/tUpdated at 5:48 PM
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Dec-31-08 01:44 AM
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5. ssshhhhhhhh.
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zelta gaisma (202 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Dec-31-08 01:57 AM
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6. bet you a nickle there will be a fleet there faster than james bond can get into someones panites
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IndianaGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Dec-31-08 02:34 AM
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7. The Japanese "Research" Fleet is steaming in that direction at full speed
May they join Davy Jones!
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S_E_Fudd Donating Member (880 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Dec-31-08 06:02 PM
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12. Yeah...no kidding...
Almost wish the news hadn't been made public...

I'm sure the Japanese will figure a way to declare these "international waters"
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Dec-31-08 02:38 AM
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8. Imagine that E. Timor declares this area to be a whale sanctuary...
...and then the Nisshin Maru appears to do its "lethal research".
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and-justice-for-all Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Dec-31-08 06:35 AM
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9. Dont tell the Japanese!!!! nt
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byeya (209 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Dec-31-08 10:15 AM
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10. World Heritage Site
I hope this area, assuming the research is correct, is declared a World Heritage Site and the East Timorese make it a wildlife refuge. I would contribute annually to the protection of the area.
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The Stranger (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Dec-31-08 12:15 PM
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11. Hide them, protect them, keep everyone away from them, have the Navy protect them.
Please, do something before some pieces of shit go try to kill them.
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Seedersandleechers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Dec-31-08 06:09 PM
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13. I do believe Australia protects
their wildlife with a vengeance. Maybe I'm assuming wrong, but I believe the whales are possibly in a good place. At least I hope so.
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LiberalEsto Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Dec-31-08 06:32 PM
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14. I'll have a vodka and krill at the Cetacean Bar & Grill
What are you having?
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