BONUS Newsletter with Exploding Whales
Well, it’s loosely wildlife related …
My attention was drawn this morning (thank you J, you know what delights me) to an article in The Guardian newspaper with the subheading “As the number of whale carcasses washing up on the UK coast grows each year, officials often face a large dilemma”
I commend it to you - or if you would rather get right to the “meat” of the story just check these videos. Any young male children you have around the house will certainly find this fun … educational too.
The original Guardian article - worth reading, lots of joy
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/17/how-do-you-get-rid-of-a-beached-whale-before-it-explodes
The first video below is from fifty years ago - the exploding whale of Oregon. Where not to park your car when going to the beach for the day.
… and this pathologist’s dream “autopsy” - California
I am amazed to read how many whales have beached themselves in and around Britain. Over the years one may read of the occasional beaching, but whole pods and hundreds of individual whales dying cause one to wonder just how many exist.. Presumably every country with an ocean border could have a similar death rate, but not every one would be recorded.