| Monday, July 28, 2008 |
| Whales and Bubbles |
This Beluga whale blows bubble rings out of its mouth to the amusement of visitors in Japan...
(Getty/AFP photo by Kazuhiro Nogi / July 26, 2008)
Meanwhile, this Antarctic Minke whale blows bubbles of a different nature - unveiling the true cause of global warming....
Oh.. and that pink stream? It's called a "faecal plume", i.e. whale poop. |
posted by Broadsheet @ 11:47 PM   |
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| 4 Editorial Opinions: |
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Someone's had a few too many shrimp cocktails.
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ACW: You're actually right! The primary food for this species of whale in the Antarctic is krill, and it happens to be light pink like shrimp. They filter thousands of gallons of seawater a day to strain thousands of pounds of the tiny crustacean for food.
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the poor Mink whale!! it seems like the boys down on Tobacco Road in NC got to him, too, and now he's a pack-a-day whale!!! will cigarettes never stop destroying our planet!!!
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Scott: pssst! Right metaphor, wrong whale - that would be the Beluga, unless you're smoking something out your ass. But if that's your preference....no judgement ;-)
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Someone's had a few too many shrimp cocktails.