Grey Whale Visits Israel

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From here.

The appearance of a grey whale off the coast of Israel has stunned scientists, in what was thought to be the first time the giant mammal has been seen outside the Pacific in several hundred years. The whale, which was first sighted off Herzliya in central Israel on Saturday, is believed to have travelled thousands of miles from the north Pacific after losing its way in search of food.

"It's an unbelievable event which has been described as one of the most important whale sightings ever," said Dr Aviad Scheinin, chairman of the Israel Marine Mammal Research and Assistance Center which identified the creature. A population of grey whales once inhabited the north Atlantic but became extinct in the 17th or 18th centuries and has not been seen there since. The remaining colonies live in the western and eastern sectors of the north Pacific.

"What has amazed the entire marine mammal research community is there haven't been any grey whales in the Atlantic since the 18th century," he said. Scheinin said the creature, a mature whale measuring some 12 metres (39 feet) and weighing around 20 tonnes, probably reached the Atlantic through the Northwest Passage, an Arctic sea route that connects the Pacific and Atlantic oceans and is normally covered with ice....The population which lives in the northeastern Pacific normally migrates southwards in around October, heading for warmer waters around the Gulf of California in a huge round trip of at least 5,000 miles (8,000 kilometres). So when autumn came, this particular grey whale began travelling south, keeping the land mass on the left and heading for the Californian Gulf with the aim of "turning left" into the bay. But instead, it reached Gibraltar and turned left into the Mediterranean and ended up off the shores of Israel, Scheinin said.

"The question now is: are we going to see the re-colonisation of the Atlantic?" he said. "This is very important ecologically because of the change of habitat. It emphasises the climate change that we are going through." So far, the whale seems to be happy enough in the waters off the shores of Israel, he said. "It is pretty thin, which indicates the trip was quite harsh, but we think it can survive here," he said. "Grey whales are very generalist in what they feed on."

Someone said that it was looking for the whaling wall (Thank you, thank you. I'm here every Thursday. Don't forget to tip your waitress...)

 

[LaRocha]

He's looking for an Israelite to swallow.

 

[Nirvanadragones]

Perhaps he just fancied a trip to the Holey land.

 

[R. Richard]

This is really simple
Fact1: The appearance of a grey whale off the coast of Israel has stunned scientists, in what was thought to be the first time the giant mammal has been seen outside the Pacific in several hundred years. The whale, which was first sighted off Herzliya in central Israel on Saturday, is believed to have travelled thousands of miles from the north Pacific after losing its way in search of food.

Fact2: The main characteristic of Israeli food is that it's kosher.

Conclusion: The grey whale swam to Israel in search of kosher food.

 

[LaRocha]

Whales eat shrimps and teeny tiny shrimps n stuff. Jews don't eat shrimps cuz it's evil. Whales are evil. Maybe this whale is looking for that garbage 'Kosher Shrimp' that's not really shrimp, maybe he's gonna convert.

http://www.dailyjews.com/articles/520_kosher_shrimp_deligh.htm

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Whales have no scales and therefore aren't kosher. I think he saw the IWF proposal to reopen limited commercial whaling and decided to move where he was on the 'forbidden foods' list. Whales are supposed to have big brains, after all.

 

[mynameisben]

When is Hollywood gonna stop pussyfooting around the REAL issue, and just make us some hot, interspecies whale sex porn already?

Everybody wants it. You got your sperm whales, your humpbacks, your blow holes and your Free Willie.

Thar She Blows! Starring Captain Long Dong Silver and Amber Gris.

You know you want to rent it.

 

[TE999]

In an exclusive first interview with the Meandering Mammal, our intrepid GNN reporter Sandy Bottoms asked the whale how it happened to arrive in the Med from the Arctic Ocean.

The response stunned marine scientists.

"OooOOOOouckuckuckOOOoookukkukuckkkkOOOOoooOoooOOoookuckkkkOOOO"

Roughly translated: " I knew I shoulda made dat left toin at Albakoikie."

 

[OzoneRed]

He's looking for an Israelite to swallow.

Jonah?