Creatures from the deep
Jul. 13th, 2007 12:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
todayiamadaisyHow much is excitement is there about the forthcoming release of Deathly Hallows? Even giant squid are beaching themselves in preparation. Perhaps they know something.
Each winter, the City by the Sea becomes a whale nursery, as one of our beaches plays host to a pod of mothers and calves. Except, this year, not so much. No hide nor hair (or perhaps, no blubber nor spout) of a whale has been sighted off our rocky shores. You would think the sky had fallen in. Such a carry-on. If I hear one more person say that they (the whales, that is) have been eaten by Japanese whalers, I'll... I'll... well, I might be forced to eat that person myself. Now the metropolitan press has got in on the act, suggesting that the whales have been put off by underwater seismic surveys being conducted quite a long way away, which sounds more reasonable than the Sushi Conspiracy except that (1) it didn't bother them last year, (2) they've been late other years, (3) it always seems to be the same few whales that come and I'm fairly sure they're not immortal, and (4) they're late coming to other nurseries along the coast as well. Perhaps it's global warming: if the Antarctic ocean stays warmer longer, they won't need to come north to us till later.
Personally, I think they're boycotting all the whale-themed tourist tat.
Each winter, the City by the Sea becomes a whale nursery, as one of our beaches plays host to a pod of mothers and calves. Except, this year, not so much. No hide nor hair (or perhaps, no blubber nor spout) of a whale has been sighted off our rocky shores. You would think the sky had fallen in. Such a carry-on. If I hear one more person say that they (the whales, that is) have been eaten by Japanese whalers, I'll... I'll... well, I might be forced to eat that person myself. Now the metropolitan press has got in on the act, suggesting that the whales have been put off by underwater seismic surveys being conducted quite a long way away, which sounds more reasonable than the Sushi Conspiracy except that (1) it didn't bother them last year, (2) they've been late other years, (3) it always seems to be the same few whales that come and I'm fairly sure they're not immortal, and (4) they're late coming to other nurseries along the coast as well. Perhaps it's global warming: if the Antarctic ocean stays warmer longer, they won't need to come north to us till later.
Personally, I think they're boycotting all the whale-themed tourist tat.