Bio Diesel

[Stephen Whiteside]

Isn't whale poo a carbon sink?

Aren't fossil fuels partly made of whales anyhow?

The Japanese have scientific whaling.
The Australians have scientific cattle grazing.

[warooa]

Whale oil beef hooked

[Neville Briggs]

G'day Marty. I don't think the metre is too bad, a bit of an edit here and there would have it go OK. The possessive of they is their.. fix that for a start would be an improvement.
I think it is worth tidying up, it is a good piece for a stir, one of those little extras to throw in during the poetry performances. ...I like it.

[Maureen K Clifford]

I am not biting - enough to just say - 'save the whales' and watch out for Migaloo - our white whale.

ihttp://www.wildlifewarriors.org.au/whale_conse ... index.html

[Stephen Whiteside]

I've been fortunate enough to attend a number of whale strandings - small/medium whales, not big ones, pilot whales and false killer whales. They are quite incredible close up. It is their responsiveness, I think, that gets you in. They seem to know that you are trying to help them, and they don't pose any threat, even when you are in the water with them. Stranded pilot whales have a habit of beating their tails on the sand. If you talk to them or pat them they stop. As soon as you leave them, they start again. A bit like dogs, I guess - at least in that way. But these are wild, pelagic animals that have never seen humans before. I gave a whale a penicillin injection once. It had just delivered a still born calf, while stranded on the beach. That was an interesting experience. I didn't know if the whale would lash out, or what. In fact, nothing happened at all. So, I like whales.

[Stephen Whiteside]

The first stranding I attended was in Bridport, Tasmania, near the mouth of the Tamar River. There was a bunch of pilot whales that washed up on the rocks as the tide was falling. There was nothing anything could do about it. The rocks were very sharp, and the water quickly turned red with blood. Many of the whales were vomiting. I quietly walked from one to the next. I felt like I was witnessing the death of a village - a very strange, alien village. I guess it was life changing in a way. It made me feel very small. Up until then I'd been working in hospitals as a doctor - a bit of a 'tin god', really. I suddenly saw how insignificant and ignorant I really was.

[r.magnay]

Yeah I am a bit like you Marty, I can never see what's so beautiful about them, best looking bit of them is the tail.....not unlike a few sheilas I s'pose.... and I do feel the same about hunting them, although for those who have always hunted them I guess it is OK, though like our locals here, I believe if it is OK to take native animals it should be done traditionally, not with a Toyota and 243!...or in the case of the Japanese, a bloody great steel ship with cannons and cranes, let them take them with a harpoon and longboat, make it a fair fight!

[Neville Briggs]

I remember a while ago some people, for a joke, used to wear tee shirts with save the sharks written on it ( similar in style to the save the whales logos ) . Saving sharks is now a serious conservation issue, at least one species, the grey nurse, is considered threatened.

[Bob Pacey]

See that's what great about this forum we start out with a poem about Bio Deisel and somehow get onto strranded sharks and whales. In the interim we find out more about our poetry friends and their belief's.


Bob

[Neville Briggs]

In the interim we find out more about our poetry friends and their belief's.

Quite so Bob, I agree.