Newsbot Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 Sightings of stranded whales or dolphins should be reported under a new conservation agreement. Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/...man/7398969.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amadeus Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 Oh come on, no jokes yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shit3hawk Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Whales and Dolphins Yeah!! @ 3mins and 38 sec's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbms Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Well I am sure they didn't do it on porpose but if they stay too long everyone will be singing the Vera Lynn song "Whale meat again" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monasqueen Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 How (not) to dispose of a stranded whale - American style. beached whale edited to try and fix link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollag Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 I rememember the one in Pt Erin, when that lady was nicked for fiddling with its gilberts No wonder it kept returning, bukshee hand relief ps a dolphin,not a whale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homarus Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 I.ve heard it said that if you see a tuna fish, a dolphin wont be far behind . I saw a tuna today! So if there are any dolphin watchers amongst you , get your ass down to "Tescos" it can't be long now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 I rememember the one in Pt Erin, when that lady was nicked for fiddling with its gilberts No wonder it kept returning, bukshee hand relief ps a dolphin,not a whale Was that in Port Erin? I recall the incident but not that it happened here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollag Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 As best my memory serves it was here. I remember it was common ish knowledge locally well before the prosecution. As i recall, a local salmon fisherman shot it as it raided his nets, it later turned up in wales--alive but pissed off with the IOM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
immortalpuppet Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 One of the Girls in work said she had seen a few dolphins down by the Calf at the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 As best my memory serves it was here. I remember it was common ish knowledge locally well before the prosecution. As i recall, a local salmon fisherman shot it as it raided his nets, it later turned up in wales--alive but pissed off with the IOM. Would that be Donald? As I recall, there was a TV programme about him and it featured his 'friend' and also said dolphin in some degree of tumescence; 'twas the talk of Douglas quay for some time. Was she really prosecuted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollag Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 Im pretty sure there was a prosecution, but then again i was very, very drunk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
immortalpuppet Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 Donald leaps for joy - Photo by Dr Horace Dobbs of International Dolphin Watch Copyright IDW Donald, or Beaky as he was also called, was a male bottlenose, of about 16 years with a real sense of fun. His playful antics are wonderfully detailed in Horace Dobbs book "Follow a wild dolphin". Over the years 1972 - 1978 he gradually built up his trust, with a local woman named Maura Mitchell being his first human friend, and perhaps favourite, followed closely by Horace and his son. On one occasion, Donald swam underneath Horace's snorkelling son and lifted him upon his back, giving him a memorable ride. He was always playing games, boisterously swimming with his friends, pulling at divers flippers if they tried to exit the water. He would also move moored boats around by grabbing hold of the ropes, and especially liked to tease his other friend a dog named Spratt. Donald seemed to delight in making Spratt crazy, by drenching him with water, or moving from side to side around the boat, with little Spratt running in barking circles to find him. He occasionally got into scrapes. At one point he was stranded, and also nearly got entangled in the wires connected to explosive charges. Later, he got a mooring rope tangled around his tail flukes and was stuck for two days. When he was finally located, he lifted his tail as if to show his rescuers what was wrong. Donald made a lengthy southward odyessey along 480 kms of coastline, from the Isle of Man, to Pembrokshire in Wales, right down to Penzance in Cornwall in 1976, delighting many humans along the journey. In 1977, Donald appeared at Falmouth, taking a fancy to a particular boat, spending hours around it, and winning the hearts of the locals. He was last seen in 1978 just prior to the worst storm on record. Perhaps after that time, he simply rejoined his own kind, after bringing joy to so many people. source Cant find anything about a woman being prosecuted, although there was some strange stories about a couple of lads in the north sea who were nicked for whacking off a dolphin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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