Boycott Iceland

This story is all over the news. Iceland has resumed murdering whales, calling the atrocity "whaling," as if historical murdering of whales qualifies the behavior as other than criminal.

The whale that was killed this weekend, aside from being a 'red list' endangered Fin Whale, according to reports, suffered horribly.

Besides the fact the Fin whale is being carefully monitored for being near to eradicated, this whale has a brain that weighs in at 15 lbs, a frontal lobe at least as developed as homo spapiens, a six-phase neocortex (same as homo sapiens), and twice the number of brain folds as us. All of these are indicators of potential intelligence and capacity.

There is every indication that the fin whale is at least as intelligent as any land-based human, yet one was murdered this weekend to sell and eat.

How there is any doubt that two separate species of homo sapiens now occupy the planet earth - one remarkably more similar to our simian ancestors - is beyond me.

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http://science.reddit.com/

Reddit is like the news of the moment for the entire world.

But due to an unusually popular request this morning on the site itself, a new "sub-reddit" has been created.

Introducing science.reddit.com.

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Jean-Michael Cousteau "rides" Great White

You have to see it, not only to believe it, but to make sense of it.

In a nutshell, Cousteau is a trained professional in his element and "in the zone." He hitched on what I would describe as a "zen-state," and then commented on the worthiness of the Great White, and on the shark's importance to the general environment (as a cleaner) and of being as non-judgmental as possible with regards to this majestic and powerful species.

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Great White Shark Cam - LIVE at Monterey

This is one of the most exhilarating uses of internet technology yet.

It's a live web-cam, with no delay in streaming, of a captive Great White Shark at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, the second time ever one has been key in captivity

Here's the link.

Man Kisses Shark - Shark Bites Man

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Dave Marcel is his name, and he lives in Key Largo (not Key West).
Here's the direct link!

Guy Gets Attacked By An Octopus

Not exactly true - the guy made first contact - but fun to watch anyhow!

Link (via Netscape).