Bad, bad Norwegians

[Kaftan Barlast]

We've turned the deadliest predator on the planet into.. fishsticks?

 

 

 

humanity is wicked sick

[SteveThaiBinh]

We've turned the deadliest predator on the planet into..  fishsticks?

 

humanity is wicked sick

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Not the deadliest.

 

We can feed our young to the sharks...

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Deadliest.

[Darth Flatus]

certainly the most pedantic....

[metadigital]

Norwegian Party Political Broadcast

[OLD SKOOL WHEELMAN]

I think it's okay, excepting the fact that the whales get laser beams attached to their friggin' heads. And maybe they could get some telepathic abilities, maybe even throwing in some telekinesis. That shall be the hunt of the ages, of course not including the Great Zebra Battle of 1891 in Australia.

[metadigital]

We've turned the deadliest predator on the planet into..  fishsticks?

 

 

 

humanity is wicked sick

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Well, we don't eat crocodiles on an industrial scale (only boutique meals), and baracuda probably give as good as they get.

I think it's okay, excepting the fact that the whales get laser beams attached to their friggin' heads. And maybe they could get some telepathic abilities, maybe even throwing in some telekinesis. That shall be the hunt of the ages, of course not including the Great Zebra Battle of 1891 in Australia.

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... and those narwhals ... I wonder if whales will be hunting people in a few years time...

[Darth Flatus]

i always thought they were fantasy creatures like unicorns or something.

 

What do they taste like anyway?

[metadigital]

Chicken.

[Kaftan Barlast]

I ate a swordfish once, well atleast part of it, does that count?

[Darth Flatus]

i Want a lightsaber fish

[metadigital]

I ate a swordfish once, well atleast part of it, does that count?

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Only if you swollowed the sword.

[FaramirK]

narwhals ... I wonder if whales will be hunting people in a few years time...

 

Do you happen to know the etymology behind their name, Metadictionary? In English it looks like someone left out the last "e", but its the same phonically in Russian ("нарвал"), which is curious...maybe an inuit or Lapp word?

[Drakron]

The Narwhal (meaning "corpse whale" in Old Norse) is a rarely seen Arctic whale. This social whale is known for the VERY long tooth that males have. Very little is known about this whale.

[FaramirK]

The Narwhal (meaning "corpse whale" in Old Norse) is a rarely seen Arctic whale. This social whale is known for the VERY long tooth that males have. Very little is known about this whale.

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Thanks

 

"corpse" whale... Thats odd.

[Darth Flatus]

cos it is grey like a corpse

[FaramirK]

cos it is grey like a corpse

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Then how do you explain the Grey Whale?

[Darth Flatus]

dont ask me, ask the vikings

[Drakron]

Have you seen Nords in Alasca?

[metadigital]

narwhals ... I wonder if whales will be hunting people in a few years time...

 

Do you happen to know the etymology behind their name, Metadictionary? In English it looks like someone left out the last "e", but its the same phonically in Russian ("нарвал"), which is curious...maybe an inuit or Lapp word?

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Norwegian, or Danish narhval from Old Norse nhvalr : nr, corpse (from its whitish color) + hvalr, whale.

 

Question to you FarimirK: do you not follow my links that I spend extra time and effort researching for such useful background information?

[FaramirK]

Question to you FarimirK: do you not follow my links that I spend extra time and effort researching for such useful background information? 

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Well, now that you mention it, I didn't go to your link. Most of the links I went to in the past ("most" read "Baley's") ended up being spam/porn/spam-porn, so I just stopped clicking them. Sorry for the grief I caused you.

 

[jaguars4ever]

I think with whales a nation should be allowed to hunt and kill them if they're willing to give up equal weight in flesh in return.

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So Sumo's are allowed to hunt whilst others can't? That's hardly fair.

[Baley]

I think the States could handle it

[metadigital]

I think the States could handle it

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Reminds me of a bad video I never saw. :D

[zer"0"]

This list includes cetaceans species known to be endangered.

 

These figures are estimates; accurate figures are difficult to obtain.

 

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*species* / *population* / *status and listings*

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northern right whale: 500-1,000 endangered (ESA, IUCN)

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southern right whale: 3,000 endangered (ESA); vulnerable (IUCN)

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bowhead whale: 8,000 endangered (ESA, IUCN)

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blue whale: 10,000-14,000 endangered (ESA, IUCN)

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fin whale: 120,000-150,000 endangered (ESA); vulnerable (IUCN)

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sei whale: 50,000 endangered (ESA)

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humpback whale: 10,000+ endangered (ESA, IUCN)

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sperm whale: 200,000 endangered (ESA)

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IUCN maintains a complete list of all the species it considers critically endangered, endangered or vulnerable: It's called the Red List of Threatened Species and can be found at :

http://www.redlist.org.