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Save the Plankton! Or more commonly known as "The Anti-Baleen Movement".  We have an exclusive quote from a member of the Sea Plankton community: " Please don't eat me!... Please!!"
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Ah come on musick, save the plankton indeed. Planktons don't even know that they are alive. If we saved them, how would they know that they had been saved? Oh the other hand, Max, you have made a convert. May High Neptune poke me with his pitchfork if I ever again use the words "Killer Whale" to describe those beautiful powerful magnificent creatures that roam the seas of the blue planet Earth. Henceforth I shall call them " Orcas". Now if I can only find a name for those fictional mammals that innocent little schoolkids, money-grubing film-makers, fund-raising pseudo scientists, and those feel-good, tree-hugging, better- red-than-dead, willy-freeing, naive-nouveaus who raise enough money each year to feed an african village of ten thousand, and then spend it on training little Willy for his upcoming trip to the cruel cruel sea, that call their animals "Ocras", then I'll be a happy man. Maybe... >-------------OCRA----- -----KILLER WHALE---->
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Planktons don't even know that they are alive.
Well, gee... someone, hurry... tell them! I don't speak Planktoneese.
...better-red-than-dead...
Do you mean the ones that buy red automobiles and wear red ties?
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Max Quordlepleen, "Lighten up." Regardless of the squench or jerk who gave you that advice, I agree. That advice is exactly what we should all listen to, and then, most excellent Max, you say... _________(?) -  - milo
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YOU...ARE...RIGHT !
Sloppy reading on my part Max.
Sorry.
Milo.
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There was a great deal of information (easy-to-read) on the site Max provided. One of the pages on killer whales (sorry, Max--that's what they called 'em!) described a bent dorsal fin problem of whales in captivity. I'm going to paste a little of that information here because it illustrates still another problem with wild animals in captivity:
Although bent or weakened dorsal fins are seen in the wild,
they are more common in aquarium facilities. It is particularly
noticeable in male orcas, who have narrower bases for
support than females. Scientists believe that gravity and
swimming patterns ¾ swimming in the same general circular
pattern ¾ contribute to this disorder, but there's no sign of ill
health. Another theory is that orcas in oceanariums spend
more time resting at the surface, so there is less water
pressure on either side of the fin for support. Orcas in their
natural environment, on the other hand, spend a great deal of
time beneath the surface of the water searching for food.
Baleen regards,
WWhale
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