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Comrade Ahab

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#1
homicidal_squirrel
Apr 23, 2012 15:56:00 www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/04/23/russi...

#2
homicidal_squirrel
Apr 23, 2012 17:09:14 That is true. It's a very advanced method from what I hear. Still, comrade Ahab needs no help from silly Japanese. He will catch the mighty white whale!!!
#3
jetshield
Apr 23, 2012 18:17:33
They should ask Japanese scientists to help them. They have developped a scientific method to know if the meat taste different.

I don't think they need to ask. I'm sure Japanese research vessels are trying to find Iceberg as we speak. For purely scientific reasons of course.
#4
grehnhewe
Apr 23, 2012 18:22:23
That is true. It's a very advanced method from what I hear. Still, comrade Ahab needs no help from silly Japanese. He will catch the mighty white whale!!!

There will be a bronze statue erected in Red Square of a shirtless Putin throwing a harpoon.
#5
Ragnar_Lodbrok
Apr 23, 2012 19:44:01
Orcas are't whales.

Otherwise, pretty. Wouldn't last five minutes in orca prison looking that pretty .

While orcas are a variety of dolphin, all dolphins, porpoises, and whales are cetaceans, and both dolphins and porpoises are also classified as toothed whales. So orcas are whales, as are all other dolphins.
#6
Ragnar_Lodbrok
Apr 23, 2012 23:37:04 Except that the tem "toothed whales" in the form inclusive of all varieties of dolphin is an actual classification, unlike "koala bear," which is outright inaccurate. I do tend to agree that Odontoceti and Mysticeti shouldn't be grouped as closely as they are due to the large amount of physical differences, but I don't make the classifications. Common usage of the term "whale" causes it to seem only to be the layman's term for cetaceans. Seeing as most people are laymen, I see no issue with using the term "whale" to refer to all cetaceans. Zoology and taxonomy are unfamiliar to most, so it becomes necessary to use familiar terms.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 homicidal_squirrel Apr 23, 2012 15:56:00	www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/04/23/russi...
#2 homicidal_squirrel Apr 23, 2012 17:09:14	That is true. It's a very advanced method from what I hear. Still, comrade Ahab needs no help from silly Japanese. He will catch the mighty white whale!!!
#3 jetshield Apr 23, 2012 18:17:33	They should ask Japanese scientists to help them. They have developped a scientific method to know if the meat taste different. I don't think they need to ask. I'm sure Japanese research vessels are trying to find Iceberg as we speak. For purely scientific reasons of course.
#4 grehnhewe Apr 23, 2012 18:22:23	That is true. It's a very advanced method from what I hear. Still, comrade Ahab needs no help from silly Japanese. He will catch the mighty white whale!!! There will be a bronze statue erected in Red Square of a shirtless Putin throwing a harpoon.
#5 Ragnar_Lodbrok Apr 23, 2012 19:44:01	Orcas are't whales. Otherwise, pretty. Wouldn't last five minutes in orca prison looking that pretty . While orcas are a variety of dolphin, all dolphins, porpoises, and whales are cetaceans, and both dolphins and porpoises are also classified as toothed whales. So orcas are whales, as are all other dolphins.
#6 Ragnar_Lodbrok Apr 23, 2012 23:37:04	Except that the tem "toothed whales" in the form inclusive of all varieties of dolphin is an actual classification, unlike "koala bear," which is outright inaccurate. I do tend to agree that Odontoceti and Mysticeti shouldn't be grouped as closely as they are due to the large amount of physical differences, but I don't make the classifications. Common usage of the term "whale" causes it to seem only to be the layman's term for cetaceans. Seeing as most people are laymen, I see no issue with using the term "whale" to refer to all cetaceans. Zoology and taxonomy are unfamiliar to most, so it becomes necessary to use familiar terms.