Japanese discover new species of whale.

[Brian Sweat]

They say it is quite tasty.

I am waiting for some freeper to comment on how this just proves that the tree huggers are overreacting and that the environment doesn't need saving.

[TSElliott]

1. I like whale and it's true it is quite tasty.

Not sure if I have ever tried this type of whale though.

[xchrom]

2. charming

there's not enough other types of meat to eat?
i find nothing even vaguely cute about eating some animals -- some things just start to look like perversions.

[TSElliott]

3. I guess when you grow up in Japan you look at whales differently.

[xchrom]

5. as if

the japanese are not aware that whales as a whole are endangered?
that whales border on extraordinary intelligence for most mammals on planet earth?
i think not.

[funkyflathead]

7. There are more minke whales now than ever before

I think it would be okay to harvest a few.

[sujan]

8. pretty soon

you'll have nothing to look for.

[DUreader]

6. can you say 'dioxin'?

how about 'mercury'?

[MrPrax]

4. Rather fishy story...

I assume this is Japan's attempt to justify the 'scientific' value of their 'harvesting'...

"The Japanese researchers made their discovery through DNA analysis of nine adult whale carcasses. Eight — five females and three males — were killed in 1970 for research in the eastern Indian Ocean and the Solomon Sea. At the time, scientists assumed they were undersized fin whales."
I guess it took that long for the prints to get back from Japan Camera!!

"Yamada said the new species is a small population, which should be studied more carefully before countries decide to harvest the whales for research."
What research value would a dead whale have? To find out how they were made extinct?