Hundreds of dead dolphins in Peruvian beaches; offshore acoustic testing leading suspect

Thursday, April 5th 2012 - 15:52 UTC

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Conservationists counted 615 dead dolphins along a 150 kilometer stretch of beaches in Peru, a wildlife group said Wednesday, and the leading suspect is acoustic testing offshore by oil companies. Read full article

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Think
Strange…..

When the same thing happened last time in Malvinas…….:
http://en.mercopress.com/2011/03/19/falklands-reports-grounding-of-a-pod-of-400-pilot-whales

MercoPress didn’t even mention “acoustic testing offshore by oil companies” as a possible culprit.

But when I commented about the most obvious reason for those Calderon dolphins beaching, I got immediately walloped by some self-appointed Kelper “nature experts” as Monty96 and WestisBest whilst other Kelpers and Whenies as Islander1 and Isolde were very busy trying to keep their eyes and ears shut.

Exactly the same that happened to dear Dr. Bingham when he blew the whistle about the Penguins problem in Malvinas…………
Apr 05th, 2012 - 04:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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The Cestrian
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Where is this “Malvinas” you speak of? Looked on a map, cant find it.

Shame for the Dolphins, tragedy in fact. Hope they get to the bottom of whatever the RG's are doing to them.
Apr 05th, 2012 - 04:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Brit Bob
According to the Argentine ministry of information the dolphins were torpedoed by a British nuclear submarine.
Apr 05th, 2012 - 07:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Helber Galarga
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don't miss Think's point you deluded muppet! Do you want him to draw it for you so that you can address it more comfortably?
Apr 06th, 2012 - 01:58 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Think
TWIMC

Interesting to re-read comment (18) from Kelper “WestisBest” on….:
http://en.mercopress.com/2011/03/19/falklands-reports-grounding-of-a-pod-of-400-pilot-whales

He asked:
”What's obvious think? that in some mysterious way seismic surveying hundreds of kilometers away killed these Pilot Whales just as they happened to be swimming right next to a beach on Speedwell Island........or that they beached themselves (as they do), died, then the spring tide floated them off?”

I say:
As Mr. Hardy Jones, head of the conservation group ”Blue Voice.org” clearly states above:

1) Whales hit by those sonic blasts die after a prolonged agony. (And, in “Think’s”experience, dying sea mammals instinctively approach land)

2) Malvinas must have some ”Tsunami-like spring tides” if they can ”float off” those three tons heavy creatures.

Kelper logic at its westisBEST

PS:
Kelpers seem to have a lot in common with Aussie Politicians……:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W77IqQW9xzU&playnext=1&list=PL9A48799C81AC96B1

Chuckle chuckle®
Apr 06th, 2012 - 08:22 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Helber Galarga
looks like they've gone hiding....
Apr 06th, 2012 - 10:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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mollymauk
@5 Think - you obviously have no understanding of basic physics concepts if you don't realise the capacity of water to lift objects less dense than water (e.g dead whales with a large amount of blubber) - all it needs is for the tide to be slightly higher than when the whales beached.
As for the cause - I do not deny that seismic surveying may affect marine mammals, but to suggest a direct cause/effect for the strandings is poor science. On the island where I live in the Falklands, we have had pilot whale strandings on the same beach periodically for decades - with absolutely no change in the frequency since the very intense seismic surveying of the past few years. I was walking on a beach on Pebble Island a few days ago looking at pilot whale remains going back half a century by the look of them - they regularly strand on that beach. The most common cause I have seen suggested is very shallow shelving beaches fooling the whales echo-location senses
Apr 07th, 2012 - 11:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Think
(7) Mollymauk

You are not the first Kelper (sorry, belonger) that tells me that obviously I know nothing :-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6EaoPMANQM
Apr 07th, 2012 - 11:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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