And you thought the Japanese were bad... WTF is wrong with the yanks?

www.navytimes.com/article/20130830/NEWS04/308300011/Navy-studies-Training-testing-may-kill-whales-dolphins/

According to the reports, computer models show training and testing may kill 186 whales and dolphins off the East Coast and 155 off Hawaii and Southern California.

Off the East Coast, there could be 11,267 serious injuries and 1.89 million minor injuries such as temporary hearing loss. The reports also said the testing and training might cause marine mammals to change their behavior, such as swimming in a different direction in 20 million instances.

Off Hawaii and Southern California, the reports said the naval activities may cause 2,039 serious injuries, 1.86 million temporary injuries and 7.7 million instances of behavioral change.

FYI: Animals in the wild don't have Disability Care... you get injured, you get dead real quick.

This is the "Pygmy" Blue Whale that washed up at Stricko's around Chrissy (???) 2005. That nice big green hole in the background is the keyhole at the end of the left



It festered on the reef for a few weeks before it was trucked out to Narrowneck where it was buried to slowly leech into the ocean and attract sharks for many years to come. Kudos to the RIA for disposing of the whale at the narrowest point of a porous limestone island, managed almost as well as the piano debacle.