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More Blue Whale Facts
How big is a blue whale?
A blue whale is so big that a person can swim through it’s largest  blood vessels.  A blue whale is so big that there are cars smaller than  its heart.  The blue whale is the largest animal on earth, now or ever,  as far as we know.  Its tongue is as large as the largest land animal on  the present day earth (elephant).  Oh, and it can go faster than most  ships.
A blue whale is so big that when it dies, it takes YEARS to rot.  And it smells REALLY bad (click through to see why Cananda wishes this weren’t the case)

quickwitter:

More Blue Whale Facts

How big is a blue whale?

A blue whale is so big that a person can swim through it’s largest blood vessels. A blue whale is so big that there are cars smaller than its heart. The blue whale is the largest animal on earth, now or ever, as far as we know. Its tongue is as large as the largest land animal on the present day earth (elephant). Oh, and it can go faster than most ships.

A blue whale is so big that when it dies, it takes YEARS to rot. And it smells REALLY bad (click through to see why Cananda wishes this weren’t the case)

Hisaronu Dolphins: Born Free Foundation

visit www.bornfree.org.uk (via Dolphinarium in SW Turkey closed after NGO campaign - Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review
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In Taiji, there are only 13 boats, with two men each, and they have been doing the dolphin hunt since 1933. That is hardly cultural or traditional. A while ago, before ‘The Cove’ came out, I stood in Ginza one day and interviewed 100 people on the sidewalk. Not one of them knew about this dolphin slaughter or the mercury contamination in dolphin meat. How can it be part of the culture if Japanese people don’t even know about it? There should be warning labels on dolphin meat saying it is highly contaminated with mercury and PCBs. If labels were there, nobody would buy the product. Japanese people are just as concerned about food safety as anyone else, but the government doesn’t give them the information.

Viewing dolphins as Taiji could show them | The Japan Times Online
BBC News - Japan gives anti-whaling activists suspended sentences

Facebook | Sea Shepherd Conservation Society

Annual Dolphin Hunt Begins in Taiji, Japan… | Gather
here’s a #dolphin drive boat, u can clearly see the 2 po… on Twitpic
2 full boats pulled into #thecove around 545am yesterday, her… on Twitpic