Massive News!!!!!

Kevin Farnell · Post by **Kevin Farnell** » 01 Jun 2007, 00:29

Sorry, totally off topic but wonderful news non-the-less

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6710051.stm

Regards

Kevin

Post by **Garry Russell** » 01 Jun 2007, 00:46

That is good news :dance:

I remember many, many years ago it being said they would probably die out as there were so few the chances of a male and female meeting and fancying a fin over were so remote as to put the species at risk

Clearly that is not now a concern

Garry

DispatchDragon · Post by **DispatchDragon** » 01 Jun 2007, 04:29

And now for the bad news - Theyre back and theyre pissed

What do you mean Blue Whales have WMD's????

Seriously as a humpback whale watcher -- (go to Maui between October and January) its a marvellous thing to see them making a come back

Leif

AndyG · Post by **AndyG** » 01 Jun 2007, 09:15

No, if you want bad news, you need to read this thread!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6710613.stm

I've always wondered about whaling for 'scientific' reasons, what experiment are they conducting - to see how fast the human race can wipe out another species? :think:

AndyG

DispatchDragon · Post by **DispatchDragon** » 01 Jun 2007, 09:32

I was going to launch into a diatribe about Japanese Whalers and Longliners - but its a waste of breath - NO ONE in the world not Greenpeace or anyone else is going to stop them until someone borrows an Attack submarine and does it the hard way - Andy your right - we (meaning human beings) seem hell bent on extinction of the next most intelligent mammal on earth - for no reason other than greed - it makes you want to weep

Sorry Ill take my soap box -anyone wants me I'll be sitting up on the Pale above Waaimea bay in Maui watching 30 tonne of humpback launch itself out of the water just because it can

Leif

AndyG · Post by **AndyG** » 01 Jun 2007, 09:44

DispatchDragon wrote:... next most intelligent mammal on earth ....

I often think that they have the edge on us. After all, they seem to be able to spend much of the time just enjoying themselves, doing things (as you so rightly put it) just because they can.

Didn't Douglas Adams say that we were only the 3rd most intelligent species, after the mice and the dolphins?

AndyG

Paul K · Post by **Paul K** » 01 Jun 2007, 15:42

Wonderful news indeed. Thanks for putting a smile on my face, Kevin !

Quixoticish · Post by **Quixoticish** » 01 Jun 2007, 16:05

AndyG wrote:
DispatchDragon wrote:... next most intelligent mammal on earth ....
I often think that they have the edge on us. After all, they seem to be able to spend much of the time just enjoying themselves, doing things (as you so rightly put it) just because they can.

Didn't Douglas Adams say that we were only the 3rd most intelligent species, after the mice and the dolphins?

AndyG

Yes, mice are in fact highly intelligent creatures from another galaxy who have been studying us since the birth of humanity.

Post by **Garry Russell** » 01 Jun 2007, 16:07

Surely it would not take much for any creature to exceed the human race in intelligence :think:

Garry

Quixoticish · Post by **Quixoticish** » 01 Jun 2007, 16:12

Garry Russell wrote:Surely it would not take much for any creature to exceed the human race in intelligence :think:

Garry

Hundreds of thousands of years of natural selection one would imagine.