New whale species may have been found

iansmith · Nov 19, 2003

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/11/19/japan.whale.ap/index.html [Broken]

Japanese scientists say they have identified a new species of whale -- a remarkable discovery if confirmed.

The animal is a type of baleen, the family of whales that strain tiny plankton and other food from seawater, the researchers say.

Monique · Nov 19, 2003

Unbelievable you scooped me!

I was just going to start a thread on this..
here is the Nature article:

Shiro Wada et al.: A newly discovered species of living baleen whale. In: Nature, Vol. 426, p. 278-281 (2003)

Another God · Nov 19, 2003

"Hey look, a new animal we ain't never seen before. Quick, get the harpoon, Lets kill it!"

Read the quote ||
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iansmith · Nov 19, 2003

Originally posted by Monique
Unbelievable you scooped me!

I'm suprised Ivan did not scooped me

einsteinian77 · Nov 21, 2003

They kill whales for research?

Another God · Nov 21, 2003

Well, i know that at least some Japanese 'research vessels' do...and since the whales are already dead, they might as well just cut it up into edible little pieces and ship them off to well respected restaurants.

But they may not be representative of the entire research of the world.

Monique · Nov 22, 2003

Originally posted by einsteinian77
They kill whales for research?

It is worse, they kill wales to find out how wales multiply. Not.. if you keep fishing them..