Mother Nature Can Be a Real Cunt Sometimes!

[DJ_Asia]

Call me a softy if ya want,but this story just ruined my afternoon...

SYDNEY, Australia - A lost humpback whale calf that bonded with a yacht it seems to think is its mother will likely die within days if it doesn't find another mother to adopt it, a wildlife official said Tuesday.

The 1- to 2-month-old calf was first sighted Sunday in waters off north Sydney, and on Monday tried to suckle from a yacht, which it would not leave. Rescuers towed the yacht out to sea, and the calf finally detached from the boat, but the creature returned to an inlet near Sydney Tuesday morning, New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service spokesman John Dengate said.

The calf can't survive without mother's milk for long, Dengate told Australia's Fairfax Radio Network.

"It's probably a question of days rather than weeks," he said. "It's a very grim prognosis."

Artificial feeding would be impossible, so the calf's only chance is to find another female whale to accept it, he said.

"If a lactating female with a calf goes past and this calf approaches that animal it may accept it, but ... it's a very slim chance," Dengate said.

[aerin moni]

oww :(

[hiwatt1000]

...ya, I saw that earlier and man, that fuckin' blows...

[djef75]

Call me a softy if ya want,but this story just ruined my afternoon...


If this whale's story has ruined your afternoon, please don't watch the News and all thoses peoples killing by US soldiers and NATO forces all around the world. It's gonna ruine your life !!!

[DJ_Asia]

Call me a softy if ya want,but this story just ruined my afternoon...


If this whale's story has ruined your afternoon, please don't watch the News and all thoses peoples killing by US soldiers and NATO forces all around the world. It's gonna ruine your life !!!

Nah...people dying doesnt bother me in the least...last I checked there were plenty of us,and never have heard about whales fucking the world up.killing each other,raping their young,stealing from each other,lying,scamming...etc...

animals are God's greatest creation...humans...thats another story.

[hondarobot]

It sucks, but mother nature is a bitch sometimes. It's like just like a couple weeks ago here at work, we had two baby birds that had somehow gotten into one of the bars. I managed to chase one outside, and it just sat on the sidewalk looking confused for an hour or so. The other bird I couldn't chase out. I was leaving it bread crumbs and water for it, but then I quit my job for four days, and when I returned to work, the bird was dead.

Never get off the boat.

[russtafa]

what do whales taste like are they good to barbecue?

[SarahG]

Call me a softy if ya want,but this story just ruined my afternoon...


If this whale's story has ruined your afternoon, please don't watch the News and all thoses peoples killing by US soldiers and NATO forces all around the world. It's gonna ruine your life !!!

Nah...people dying doesnt bother me in the least...last I checked there were plenty of us,and never have heard about whales fucking the world up.killing each other,raping their young,stealing from each other,lying,scamming...etc...

animals are God's greatest creation...humans...thats another story.

I don't know about whales but dolphins abduct and then gang rape females of their species.

[chefmike]

Mother Nature can certainly be a bitch...but Father Time isn't anyone you wanna turn your back on either...

[DJ_Asia]

Call me a softy if ya want,but this story just ruined my afternoon...


If this whale's story has ruined your afternoon, please don't watch the News and all thoses peoples killing by US soldiers and NATO forces all around the world. It's gonna ruine your life !!!

Nah...people dying doesnt bother me in the least...last I checked there were plenty of us,and never have heard about whales fucking the world up.killing each other,raping their young,stealing from each other,lying,scamming...etc...

animals are God's greatest creation...humans...thats another story.

I don't know about whales but dolphins abduct and then gang rape females of their species.

Havent heard that one before but there is evidence of homosexual dolphins....

[alpha2117]

Look people totally dont get animals. They either under or over rate them. People say it's all instinct henever they do anything or treat them like saints. The truth is I have little doubt that if an animal can think it also has a personality and if you have a personality then it can be bad or good.

My freind had a puppy - it was .... well lets say it an asshole, it liked to bite other dogs etc. She gave it away to someone else and a few months later got another one, same breed, same breeder, same parents - a more different dog you couldn't find. Gentle, loving, etc. eird thing is you cant pick him up, even as a pup, you get his feet off solid ground and he goes apeshit trying to get down. he wouldn't bite you but he makes it impossible to pick him up. You can hug the sucker and play on the ground but lift him up and he goes nuts. It's a personality thing.

We like to see animals as different to us but in truth they are just the same.

[DJ_Asia]

~ SIGH ~

SYDNEY, Australia - An abandoned baby whale that has been attempting to suckle boats in the waters off north Sydney will be euthanized because it is in such poor condition, an environmental official said Thursday.


Veterinarians and marine researchers who spent the afternoon examining the whale found that it would likely not live through the night, said Sally Barnes, deputy director-general of the New South Wales Department of Environment and Climate Change.

"The calf was in much worse condition than they originally thought and the injuries were a lot worse than they thought as well, probably from a shark attack," she said. "We have taken the hard decision to put it down, unfortunately."

The plight of the whale, which Australians have nicknamed "Colin," has dominated news coverage here since it was first sighted Sunday and began trying to suckle from boats it apparently mistook for its mother.

"Our hearts are breaking with what's happening with baby Colin," New South Wales Premier Morris Iemma said. "It's looking bleak, but every effort is being made."

One effort came from Aboriginal whale whisperer Bunna Lawrie, who visited the calf Thursday afternoon. Adorned with feathers on his head and white paint markings on his face, Lawrie reached into the water to stroke Colin while singing a humming, tongue-rolling tune.

But after a few minutes the whale swam away to nuzzle a nearby yacht.

"He's missing the big fellas," said Lawrie, whose visit was broadcast on Channel 10 television.

The decision to euthanize the whale prompted a strong protest from a rescue group that designed a feeding apparatus intended to provide milk to the ailing calf.

"You said you'd give us a 24-hour stay of execution!" Brett Devine, a member of Devine Marine Group, shouted as environmental officials tried to calm him.

Some Australians have accused wildlife officials of not doing enough to help the calf or trying to feed it.

Previous attempts to guide the whale back to open waters have failed, with the creature preferring to stick close to the boats. Officials with the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service were considering earlier Thursday whether to use an inflatable sling to tow the creature into deeper waters, where it has a better chance of connecting with other whales.

But in the end, there simply was no other option, a grim-looking Barnes said.

"This is certainly not what we would have hoped. We would have hoped that the animal would have been OK," Barnes said. "It's a very emotional thing."

As darkness fell, wildlife officials and veterinarians huddled in a private meeting to work out the logistics of the whale's fate.

They planned to sedate the animal, tow it to shore, and inject a dose of fatal drugs into its heart.

[Richctdude]

life sucks