First DEAD WHALE Found In Gulf Since BP Rig Explosion And OIL SPILL

[Segami]

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" Scientists are investigating whether an approximately 25-foot-long sperm whale found dead in the Gulf of Mexico died due to the massive oil spill. This marks the first whale found dead in the Gulf since the BP Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill April 20.


The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration ship "Pisces'' spotted the dead whale Tuesday floating around 77 miles due south of the Deepwater Horizon spill site. NOAA is conducting tests to determine how the mammal died.


The whale was not found in oiled waters. However, the location of its death is unknown, the agency said.


As soon as the whale was sighted, Pisces Field Party Chief Paul Felts called the marine mammal hotline to report the finding to the Wildlife Branch of the Unified Command and NOAA's marine mammal experts.


Based on the estimated size of the whale, scientists believe it is a "sub-adult,'' NOAA said. The whale's condition suggests it may have been dead for more than a week. NOAA marine mammal experts will try to determine the location from which the whale carcass may have drifted.


"While it is impossible to confirm whether exposure to oil was the cause of death, NOAA is reviewing whether factors such as ship strikes and entanglement can be eliminated,'' the agency said. Samples collected from this carcass will be stored until the Pisces returns to port on July 2, or possibly if another boat is sent to meet the Pisces. Full analysis of the samples will take several weeks.


"NOAA and the Unified Command Wildlife Branch have had numerous reports of sperm whales seen swimming in the oil, but this is the first confirmed report of a dead whale since the BP oil spill began,'' the agency said. "NOAA remains concerned about sperm whales, which are the only endangered resident cetaceans in the upper Gulf of Mexico.''


The order Cetacea includes whales, dolphins and porpoises.


NOAA said sperm whales spend most of their time in the upper Gulf offshore area and live in areas where subsurface dispersants and oil are present. The whales also feed on deepwater squid, which may also be impacted by the oil and dispersants, the agency said.




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[tsuki]

1. I heard, and we are hearing a lot down here, true or not, that

there are boats out there being paid $1200 a day to pick up dead wildlife and take it to be destroyed so the public will not know the real impact on the wildlife.

[tekisui]

4. I wouldn't put anything past these murderers tying to cover their crimes.

[tsuki]

13. Okaloosa and Destin Commissions/Councils closed the East Pass. You can only

go out during low tide.

[dgibby]

2. First dead whale we know about.

No telling how many have been hidden from the public.:grr: :grr: :grr: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke:

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. Or how many were never seen because they are creatures of the deep.

[Mimosa]

5. BP is in charge and there's a reason they've hired the Shaw group

I've a pal who used to date a guy who works for the Shaw group. My pal told me two weeks ago that Shaw is covering up stuff like this for BP.And out gov has let BP do this. That makes me mad.

[Segami]

6. Where are the REAL investigative reporters? Why aren't they out investigating BP's theatre charade?

[Mimosa]

7. Mother Jones has been doing some good work.

But the mainstream media is being denied access to sites, as we've all heard.

[Segami]

8. Well, most of these so called ' sites ' are publicly maintained tax payer land. How does a FOREIGN

British Company entity become the ruling authority of such lands by telling american citizens where they can or cannot venture? I am still in the dark on this.

[Mimosa]

9. Guess Admiral Thad Allen can answer that if anybody would ask him.

It appears the Coast Guard is in charge:

http://abcnews.go.com/WN/bp-oil-spill-gov-bobby-jindals-wishes-crude/story?id=10946379


And the Coast guard can stop boats, grant or deny access, as well as let BP do whatever it chooses.

[Segami]

10. Well, this one reporter had the balls to challenge these ridiculous BP security puppets who were

preventing the reporter from interviewing the oil spill clean up crew. They quickly changed their Rambo tune when a REAL Sherif showed up and directed some questions at them.

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZHnStD690U&feature=player_embedded>

[Mimosa]

12. Cool! Thanks for that.

The anchor on the video is Norm Robinson of NOLA's Channel 6 WDSU, the reporter is Scott Walker.

It's weird how many of those Talon employees are at that site. The workers are obviously intimidated by them. The Shaw group runs Talon. Those guys make pretty good money from what I've heard.

[lib2DaBone]

11. You mean whales can't survive in poison Benezene Gas??

Who would have thought?