NPR
Researchers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration believe they have identified a new species of whale in the Gulf of Mexico. The Rice’s whale is a filter feeder that can grow to 42 feet. It’s also critically endangered. There are believed to be fewer than 100 of them left. More
It’s scientific name is Bigassambramicuss…
“…fewer than 100 of them left.”
Stupid reporting.
If they just discovered them, how do the have an accurate count? How do they know their population is decreasing if they just discovered them?
Biden: “That’s it! No off shore drilling in the Gulf! (except the Chinese, of course).”
Is it as endangered as the polar bear? Do we need to shut down the global economy* to save it?
*Does not apply to the elite, who may continue to fly their Gulfstreams and sail their yachts.
Ha!
It’s WE THE PEOPLE that are endangered.
https://twitter.com/lenadunham/status/1352299951460667392
New Species: Lenus Dunderdum
@Marooned
I’m not clicking that!
Sounds like somebody gave birth to a whale by pulling it from their rear end. Is the fish now on the FIB most wanted list?
Maybe it was launched from the ice caps when they melted in 2000 and now it has about 9 years left before all Earth is destroyed from climate change so we only have enough time to guess 100 of them, but Biden has a plan to save us all from that destruction 5 years after it happens, thanks to him spending our billions to be in the Paris climate fiasco.
@Tony R
You’re probably absolutely correct!
Nuke them. Nuke them all!
I didn’t know Stacey Abrams could swim.
Could it be a new species, as in it just developed, and we are just now seeing it and it hasn’t had time to get to large numbers?
New endangered species? They must be dying of covid.
Are they sure it’s not Orca Winfrey? Trust me, you don’t to get near that blowhole.
@Jethro
You have pointed out another good reason to mistrust scientists.
That scientist also said they had “saved” a dead whale. At the very least, its a poor choice of words.
Personally, I think God continues to create and that’s why that whale has been noticed only in the last 15-20 years.
The Bible says he created everything in 6 days, but I interpret that as he created all living things he wanted to create at that time of original creation, but not that he stopped creating.
A new variety of rat (non-human) was discovered in NYC a few years ago, in an area that’s been settled by westernized humans for almost 400 years. It’s either a new creation or nobody noticed it for 400 years.
Also, new suns and other objects seem to be continually popping up in the universe. That’s ongoing creation, IMO.
So, they searched all the worlds oceans to determine this? Or is it because they haven’t seen it before so it must be endangered? Nonsense.
Just wait until the Chinese get wind of a new endangered species, it always seems to trigger insatiable hunger cravings.
If we could only convince the Chinese that German cockroaches are a delicacy.
Gin Blossom – If we could only convince the Chinese that German cockroaches are a delicacy.
Well, according to what I have experienced and seen in Chinese restaurant kitchens, they already do! I DO NOT eat Chinese at all! I’ve seen roaches and other insects embedded in grease caked on the edges of cooking surfaces during fire inspections and my wife had one mixed in her noodles on our last trip to one of the pits the health department allows them to run!!!