Date: 26/08/2013 13:31:13
From: CrazyNeutrino
ID: 378617
Subject: Unusual Whale Stranding Gives Scientists Rare Opportunity

Unusual Whale Stranding Gives Scientists Rare Opportunity
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/08/fin-whale-dies-on-ca-beach/?pid=11101&viewall=true

Twelve hours after it was first reported stranded alive on a beach just north of San Francisco, a 42-foot-long fin whale tumbled into its oceanside grave – a large and sandy pit, quickly excavated near the back of the beach.

This is only the fourth fin whale to wash ashore in this area since 2010. But what’s really unusual is that the animal was still alive when it reached the beach, giving the scientists — who arrived just after it stopped breathing — the extremely rare opportunity to perform an necropsy on a fresh whale carcass.

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Date: 26/08/2013 13:42:18
From: Riff-in-Thyme
ID: 378618
Subject: re: Unusual Whale Stranding Gives Scientists Rare Opportunity

would steel bearing massive weight have a lower melting point?

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Date: 26/08/2013 13:43:23
From: Riff-in-Thyme
ID: 378619
Subject: re: Unusual Whale Stranding Gives Scientists Rare Opportunity

sorry CN. that was meant to go in chat

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Date: 26/08/2013 14:10:03
From: Stealth
ID: 378635
Subject: re: Unusual Whale Stranding Gives Scientists Rare Opportunity

giving the scientists — who arrived just after it stopped breathing — the extremely rare opportunity to perform an necropsy on a fresh whale carcass.
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If they were to make friends with the Japanese scientific community, then such opportunities would not be so rare.

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Date: 26/08/2013 14:14:11
From: CrazyNeutrino
ID: 378640
Subject: re: Unusual Whale Stranding Gives Scientists Rare Opportunity

Stealth said:


giving the scientists — who arrived just after it stopped breathing — the extremely rare opportunity to perform an necropsy on a fresh whale carcass.
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If they were to make friends with the Japanese scientific community, then such opportunities would not be so rare.

yes, Japanese whale science must be incredible now

they should be able to breed their own

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