Thursday, November 23rd, 2006
In Japanese villages each year, local fishermen hunt for large numbers of dolphins by herding them into shallow coves and then, scientists say, attacking them with knives and even eviscerating them alive.
Now, a broad-based coalition including marine scientists and aquarium workers is demanding that the Japanese end these government-sanctioned dolphin drives, which opponents criticize as an inhumane annual practice that targets an intelligent and self-aware species.
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Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006
More Malaysia dive descriptions and dive operator recommendations are now in place on the SCUBA Travel site.
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Tuesday, November 21st, 2006
JAPAN'S research whaling fleet is planning to kill 850 minke and 10 fin whales on its annual hunt in the Antarctic.
Japan, the world's largest consumer of seafood, is strongly opposed to the global ban on commercial whaling imposed by the International Whaling Commission 20 years ago.
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Monday, November 20th, 2006
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Monday, November 20th, 2006
Taurulus bubalis is a master of camouflage with an irregular outline and mottled pattern. It can also mimic the colour of the surface on which it is resting. Unlike scorpion fish in other parts of the world, the spines of this inhabitant of the temperate waters are not venomous...
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Saturday, November 18th, 2006
WRECKS of two mysterious submarines have been discovered off the coast of Orkney in an area where there were no reports of wartime sinkings, a coastguard official says.
A survey team examining the sea floor around the islands discovered the wrecks lying in about 70 metres of water to the east of Sanday Sound.
Grainy images of the submarines were captured using the latest three-dimensional sonar device, but their identity and nationalities are not known.
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