As few as 5,000 blue whales left in the world.

Originally posted by Darth Jello
Whale shit reduces carbon levels greatly by stimulating growth of phytoplankton.

so does carbon capture technology 😉

Originally posted by Insomniatric
Actually, there's a small village somewhere in Asia where tigers prey on people (it's so bad that people wear masks on the back of their heads to deter the tigers). The tigers will even attack their canoes when they're in the middle of a river.

My second post in this thread about tigers, weird, didn't even intend for that to happen.

If you are talking about the same Indian community I'm thinking of, the issues also involve being poorly developed and and the area being a tiger sanctuary where individuals aren't allowed to hunt the animals.

To be frank, the continued existence of tigers in the modern world is a human aesthetic. We could annihilate the species with little difficulty, and almost did it by accident.

They should conserve these beautiful whales on the ocean. They're such a wonderful creature.

Originally posted by AsbestosFlaygon
This is the saddest thing I've ever read.

Japan and Iceland are the main culprits, apparently.

Dame those fancy Japanezes and those blonde Icelanders.

Apparently there are 25k now, so a rise in the amount.

Originally posted by Jmanghan
Apparently there are 25k now, so a rise in the amount.

You're welcome

Originally posted by Robtard
You're welcome

**** you Wales, **** you dorphins

I wonder what perfume whale smells like?

I'll take two perfume whales please!

Whales are big animals, so are orca, but they live in water, so I'll be safe.

Originally posted by juggernaut94
I usually don't get affected by these kind of things. I do get cross but not to the point where I actually rage.

But I was reading the news yesterday, and came across this:

Blue Whale Tragedy

It's not for some people because the article contains pictures of a blue whale basically... 'torn in half' by a container that was passing by. Struck it whilst it was asleep. I know this happens often, just that there's not much footage of it.

But this really pissed me off because whales are such large, rare, beautiful, majestic creatures. And to think, as few as 5,000 blue whales left? In the world? It's truly heartbreaking.

I know some people aren't bothered or care, but this was kind of like a slap in the face, a 'wake-up call' of some sort for me.

I feel like we shouldn't even be in the ocean, in the first place. It sounds unreasonable because we do transport large containers and materials in bulk via the ocean and some of our food comes from the ocean... But bloody hell, it feels like we've taken so much from the land. We've conquered land, cleared forests and produced so much pollution - I don't really care what happens to the human population. What bothers me is how our actions, human activities, are affecting wildlife on a daily basis.

Perhaps I'm taking this a bit too far lol. But yeah, thoughts? Or is there really nothing to say and accept this?

There should be authentic UN-led effort to save these majestic whales.

I guess the whales we have today are very small compared to the whales from 400 years ago. Especially the Sperm whale. Very sad stuff.