"I sense injury. The data could be called pain."
Killed it twice.
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One of my brothers said that when he was the new guy on the whaling crew in Barrow he ended up with the traditional duty, which was bear watch. He couldn't believe how close the bears were allowed by his mentor, considering how quickly they can cover ground.
Although I like shooting I'm not much of a hunter, but I don't begrudge people who like hunting, slob hunters aside, as there is no difference between paying to shoot critters because you like to, or paying other people to kill critters because you like to eat them. Deciding to call some animal 'food' doesn't give you some sort of moral high ground, as with few exceptions you eat critters because you want to, not beacuse you have to. In addition hunting in some areas is about the ONLY way that animals end up being protected in numbers. That being said it is our responsibilty to protect the world that we live in, as opposed to viewing everything only in the amount of money that can be made and acting like a bunch of Orcs on the landscape.
Whales can usually be hunted in small numbers and still thrive, but commercial whaling is another matter. When my brother was in Fairbanks for awhile he said that the 'nut and berry' crowd had a number of vegetarians, and they often just stayed indoors in the winter as it was hard to get enough calories on the typical vegetarian diet and be active outoors when it was cold out.
Although I like shooting I'm not much of a hunter, but I don't begrudge people who like hunting, slob hunters aside, as there is no difference between paying to shoot critters because you like to, or paying other people to kill critters because you like to eat them. Deciding to call some animal 'food' doesn't give you some sort of moral high ground, as with few exceptions you eat critters because you want to, not beacuse you have to. In addition hunting in some areas is about the ONLY way that animals end up being protected in numbers. That being said it is our responsibilty to protect the world that we live in, as opposed to viewing everything only in the amount of money that can be made and acting like a bunch of Orcs on the landscape.
Whales can usually be hunted in small numbers and still thrive, but commercial whaling is another matter. When my brother was in Fairbanks for awhile he said that the 'nut and berry' crowd had a number of vegetarians, and they often just stayed indoors in the winter as it was hard to get enough calories on the typical vegetarian diet and be active outoors when it was cold out.
Hard to be a vegetarian in Alaska.
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Everyone had a green house according to my wife when she visited Skagway. Then again, I don't know what they were growing in them (cough-cough)
I stopped eating tuna after reading about the mercury levels, and noticing something about what I saw in the cans. The flesh used to be composed of gently curved layers like what you see on the side of a plank of wood. Now, it's layers in a tight circle, like what you get when you cut down a very small tree. The tuna put in cans are much younger than they used to be.
It's called overfishing.
The heart health people are pushing ever higher consumption of fish.
Looking around the office at lunchtime, and if that's representative of the rest of Oz, fish stocks will suffer terribly. 6 out of 10 males over 30 have started eating a 120gramme can of salmon daily. (I have maybe 1 or 2 serves of Scottish Sardines a week).
Asides from the impact on fish stocks, these guys are buying the cheaper brands, produced in Thailand. Their intake of banned pesticides, metals and PCBs must be significant.
Looking around the office at lunchtime, and if that's representative of the rest of Oz, fish stocks will suffer terribly. 6 out of 10 males over 30 have started eating a 120gramme can of salmon daily. (I have maybe 1 or 2 serves of Scottish Sardines a week).
Asides from the impact on fish stocks, these guys are buying the cheaper brands, produced in Thailand. Their intake of banned pesticides, metals and PCBs must be significant.
I wonder which species of whale are known to be tuna eaters....
Funny that they never over-ate before!
There myst be a previoulsy undiscovered cod-eating whale in the North Atlantic as well.
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For example, a blue whale's esophagus is only about 4 inches in diameter, so it can't possibly swallow any fish that's thicker than that. They really do eat mostly plankton, krill, little shrimp and fish larvae that they filter with their baleen "curtains," from which they lick the food off with their tongue.
PS: Jonah was small even for a pygmy.
PS: Jonah was small even for a pygmy.
By the way, I eat the Whitetail deers, rabbits, squirriels, pheasants, quails and ducks(I didnt like the ducks though), the bear, foxs, coyotes and woodchucks(groundhogs) were taken to show my superiorty. I just dont think we should change the direction of a highway because they found a endangered bat species there or close a beach because the turtles are laying eggs or not build a marina because mantatees visit that area. Sorry about their luck, but Earth is now mans habitat. Not too many aligators down here want to share their swamp in harmony.
Nice attitude there, Panzerman.
I'm glad you can feel superior by killing bears, foxes(which you can't seem to spell properly), coyotes, and the vicious woodchuck!
Superior to what, by the way?
I'm glad you can feel superior by killing bears, foxes(which you can't seem to spell properly), coyotes, and the vicious woodchuck!
Superior to what, by the way?
I'm glad idiots like him are now a minority Mark. Poor upbringing
I do remember seeing some catfish for sale in a store, and it was labelled as farmed and vegetarian-fed. Someone has finally formulated a fish food that doesn't rely on fish meal as a major ingredient. This way, more people can get the health benefits of fish in the diet without erasing the ocean's bounty.
You can get the special EPA fatty acid found in fish by eating, or extracting from, certain seaweeds.
You can get the special EPA fatty acid found in fish by eating, or extracting from, certain seaweeds.
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Farmed fish may actually be more contaminated with chemicals (pesticides from run-off) and heavy metals than the average wild fish. Much farmed fish, especially trout, also has less taste due to a lack of exercise. Chemicals are used to control the outbreak and control of diseases that are common in monocultural farming.
I mostly stick to fish from the the North Atlantic, because it's considered the least contaminated. Also, I avoid eating large fish, which have accumulated more heavy metals during their lifetime than a smaller fish (Bigger fish get generally older than smaller fish).
Quality fish oil has been refined and all impurities like heavy metals have been removed.
I mostly stick to fish from the the North Atlantic, because it's considered the least contaminated. Also, I avoid eating large fish, which have accumulated more heavy metals during their lifetime than a smaller fish (Bigger fish get generally older than smaller fish).
Quality fish oil has been refined and all impurities like heavy metals have been removed.
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The seas south of Australia are the least contaminated. We are having much trouble stopping illegal fishing there. They are after the Orange Roughy (Dep Sea Perch) Don't even mention the Japanese and their 'scientific; waling down there. The Labour Party currently in opposition has mentioned they will use the Navy to stop the Japanese. That would be interesting
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I always thought that sinking the ships of those who do that sorta stuff would be in many nation's best interest. After awhile, they'll figure it out.
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