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IkemenTommy wrote:Whale meat tastes like shit. I don't know why anyone wants to eat that crap. I guess it was a cheap source of food back in the old days but I wouldn't go out harpooning those things just to fill my appetite.
Screwed-down Hairdo wrote: It's a matter of national pride more than anything else.
Behan wrote:I suspect that's the real reason behind their continued whaling.
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society said the Japanese ship the Shonan Maru No 2 had been following its vessel, the Steve Irwin, for nine of the 10 days it had been sailing since leaving Fremantle.
Sea Shepherd said the Shonan Maru had been constantly reporting the Steve Irwin's location, preventing it from closing in on the Japanese whaling fleet.
A Sea Shepherd spokeswoman said the Steve Irwin entered French Antarctic territorial waters, with permission from the French Base at Dumont Durville, in a bid to lose the Shonan Maru.
But, the Shonan Maru No 2 followed the Steve Irwin without the French's permission, Sea Shepherd said.
The Sea Shepherd group said the French base had confirmed that the Japanese ship neither requested nor received permission to enter French waters.
The spokeswoman said the Steve Irwin helicopter then flew back to film the Shonan Maru in its pursuit.
"In response, the crew of the Japanese ship activated their Long Range Acoustical Device (LRAD) at the Sea Shepherd helicopter," she said.
"LRAD is a military class weapon."
Helicopter pilot Chris Aultman said activating the weapon was extremely irresponsible.
"That device can cause nausea and disorientation and the use of it against an aircraft is extremely dangerous," he said.
The Sea Shepherd helicopter returned to the Steve Irwin for safety, at which point the Shonan Maru increased speed and aimed their water canons at the helicopter on the landing pad, the spokeswoman said.
Steve Irwin Captain Paul Watson said the situation was now very dangerous.
"We have deliberately led the Japanese ship into thick ice in order to lose them in the ice," he said.
"The icebergs could easily damage either vessel."...
Takechanpoo wrote:they too used green laser gun, though.
Takechanpoo wrote:And uncivilized Aussie media didnt report about Sea Sepherd's laser gun.
...After an exchange of spray from water cannon, Japan's Shonan Maru No.2 is said to have used a long-range acoustic device to fire an intense sonic burst at a Sea Shepherd helicopter, threatening its pilot. In turn, the Japanese said that the activists directed a high-powered laser at the whaling ship's crew from the Steve Irwin, risking eye damage, and trailed a line that threatened to entangle in Shonan Maru No.2's propeller and rudder...
Mike Oxlong wrote:[SIZE="4"]Sea Shepherd Receives French Support[/SIZE]
Mike Oxlong wrote:You're stressing my high school French. Did you know Cap'n Watson's first wife was a Green Peace director from la belle province, and he was married to a former Playboy model before wifey numero tres?:o
Screwed-down Hairdo wrote:Ouch! Sea Shepherd boat cut in half by "scientific research" ship.....
I was wondering what that 'foam' little 'boat' was going to do to a whale ship.. Why don't they just use a souped-up tug boat?FACTS ON THE ADY GIL
Top speed: 40 knots (74 kmh)
Cruising speed: 20 knots (37 km/h)
Range: Halfway around the world - 20,000 km
Cost: Estimated $1 million
Length: 24 metres
Weight: 16 tonnes
Construction: Carbon fibre foam sandwich with kevlar armour.
Screwed-down Hairdo wrote:Ouch! Sea Shepherd boat cut in half by "scientific research" ship.....
Captain Watson said the Ady Gil was idling in waters near Commonwealth Bay when it was suddenly approached and rammed by the Japanese ship Shonan Maru, which has been detailed to provide security to the fleet.
From the video, it looked like Styrofoamobile cut in front of the whale ship.. But I couldn't tell if that's when contact was made.Samurai_Jerk wrote:Yeah, I'm sure that's exactly how it went down.
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