NO little disappointment in the new Government league table that puts British dolphin schools rock bottom of the EU zone.
Proof of our dolphins’ lack of intelligence comes on the Sun’s front page where we learn of “Dolphingate” and are asked: “WAS IT THE NAVY OR KILLER WHALES?”
The Sun says “marine experts” believe the 26 dolphins stranded on the Percuil River near Falmouth, Cornwall, may have been driven to their fate by a killer whale.
If it was murder then good and right of the Sun to cover the best part of a page with a mugshot of a killer whale. If you see this whale, do not approach it but tell the police.
While killer whales get a bad press, and the Sun finds someone to say “Hanging’s too good for ‘em”, the Mail asks on its front page: “So what really did drive the dolphins to their death?”
“Were dolphins killed by the Navy?” Are killer whales now working for GCHQ? MI6? ORCA (Organisation for Revenge Crime And Arson)?
The Mail creates a “FACTFILE” and looks at five “possible causes of the dolphin tragedy”, none of which turn out to be fact, more possibilities.
The list includes: Sonar equipment scrambling their brains, an explosion, a killer whale, an injury to the group and chasing fish.
Of course, it may be that the dolphins, these British dolphins are just not all that bright, or giulty of a cry for help that went too far..?
Posted: 11th, June 2008 | In: Tabloids Comments (22) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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July 23rd, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Beached whales killed by Man’s abundant stupidity - Though the debate is by no means raging, as dolphins, whales and seals harmed by our military and oil exploration activities continue to die, because of us, but here is a tonne of evidence about what has been going on for far too long. - have your say
Ignoring the plight of dolphins and whales for over 5 years - We have been aware of the damage we can do to marine mammals since at least 2002, but we are more interested in sucking every bit of energy out of the planet and arming ourselves to the teeth tha we are with looking after the world which keeps us alive. - have your say
Mass stranding of dolphins - Only a couple of months ago, 20 dolphins died in Cornwall because of human stupidity. Did YOU notice? No. What a cold hearted person you are. - have your say
UK Military denies dolphin massacre - Just the other day our brave soldiers murdered a bunch of innocent dolphins
http://www.politicsdebate.co.uk/politics33.html
June 12th, 2008 at 10:51 am
I had to wait until I got to Knutsford services where I nipped in to wash my brushes
M and A
Yampster (double top) 360
June 12th, 2008 at 10:38 am
sorry for the inferences yampster - so the question should really be… it took you 21 minutes to check - was that long enough or just sufficient for a superficial analysis…?
June 11th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
M&A
The rumour was about penster not yampster
Please just put it down to a senior moment and not a generally struggling brain…
June 11th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
yampster
what? while posting on anorak?
Oh sorry
of course today isn’t a bank holiday or a sunday so work must be kept to a minimum 
June 11th, 2008 at 10:54 pm
No, I was painting white lines on the M6 just north of J19
June 11th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
Dairy
perhaps he didn’t have immediate access to a microscope?
June 11th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
of course - wouldn’t want you to get yourself arrested….
June 11th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
I had to wait for a break in traffic, sorry
June 11th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
..it took you 21 minutes to check…? wow….
June 11th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
No I was right the first time
June 11th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Hang on, I’ll check
June 11th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
yampster
recent romour in forums said you were a ’sheila’
we should be told.
M and A
EH? so should we , we start the rumours….
June 11th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
Another theory is ‘mass suicide’ but none yet voiced the theory that ‘it’s so long and thanks for all the fish’ from the second most intelligent species (whatever their nationality) as they escape the doomed earth after giving the third most intelligent species (us humans) a series of warnings. Unless you believe in the afterlife their bodies and ’spirits’ are sadly dead
Apparently the theory has been floated before when large numbers of dolphins were found dead in Iran.
Guardian reports today
‘The dolphins that died after beaching in Cornwall had ingested debris and mud, leading one of the scientists who examined them to compare their deaths to “mass suicide”. Vic Simpson, a pathologist who examined some of the 26 dead mammals, said today: “On the face of it, it looks like some sort of mass suicide - but the question is why? The dolphins had swallowed and inhaled big chunks of mud from the estuary. Their lungs and stomachs were full of it. That is very bizarre indeed.”
June 11th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
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dairy
Yes, I am a bloke after all
7
Noseycow
Yes, I am a bloke after all
June 11th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
Yampster
Do you stop and ask directions or stubornly press on regardless of having no idea where you are?
June 11th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Yampster - did you end up on the beach as well..?
June 11th, 2008 at 11:59 am
But dolphins play follow the leader, so it only needs one to be hypersensitive and get his sense of direction screwed and off the pod will go behind him. Then the lost ones call out in distress and other pods then follow……
Thats how the Faroe Islanders ‘persuade’ them into shore for slaughter. The japanese of course prefer trail nets and harpoons.
June 11th, 2008 at 9:51 am
The English channel is one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world. Every ship of any size going through it will have it’s ‘Sonar’ pounding out the rhythm of the seas. It’s not just the navy looking for subs it’s supertankers looking for the bottom. This concentrated bottom searching has been going on for years. I doubt if it is causing a problem now. I think they were just visiting Cornwall and took a wrong turning. It happens to me down there all the time
June 11th, 2008 at 9:43 am
Yampster, that is sooo bad!
Now I know a lot about dolphins .
In the nineties I went to the Turks and Caicos Islands to see the release site for the three Brit ex-theme park dolphins put back in the wild (Virginia Mckenna) and to the therapy park in Key Largo where I met Flippers trainer Rick O’Barry (wow! I hear you say) and my money is on sonar signals from vessels screwing up their sense of direction.
June 11th, 2008 at 9:41 am
Or not
June 11th, 2008 at 9:29 am
Never mind eh, plenty more fish in the sea.