The Whale
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| Initial release | USA |
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| Directors | Michael Parfit |
| Suzanne Chisholm | |
| Narrated by | Ryan Reynolds |
| Producers | Suzanne Chisholm |
| Initial DVD release | Canada |
| Cast | Ryan Reynolds |
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| ID | 2321841 |
About The Whale
After becoming separated from his pod, a young orca adopts residents of Vancouver Island's Nootka Sound as his surrogate family.
Fin whale found dead on Fistral beach
... " What s really important now is finding out more about The Whale and why it died so we can try and learn from it...
Why are whales throwing seaweed on their heads?
... While the marine mammals enjoyed rolling around in the seaweed, there was one spot in particular that The Whales targeted...
Fourteen days across the Atlantic, perched on a ship's rudder
... I watched The Whale and it was like watching creation...
Killer whale boat attack videos might not be what they seem
... " The idea of revenge is a great story, but there s no evidence for it, " says neuroscientist Lori Marino, president of The Whale Sanctuary Project...
Dead sperm whale found washed up at Porth Neigwl
... The rescue team said after locating it, it had directed a team from British Divers Marine Life Rescue to the cliff top who confirmed The Whale was dead...
Dead fin whale removed from Bridlington beach
... Council contractors managed to move The Whale s body in one piece, despite earlier fears it may need to be chopped up to enable removal...
How do you dispose of a giant whale from a beach?
... " Disposal options include taking The Whale to a landfill site, burial on the beach or partial incineration...
Minke whale: Angler enjoys rare encounter in English Channel
... Mr Duggan, from St Leonards-on-Sea, said The Whale was about 25ft (8m) in length and had stayed alongside his boat for about five minutes...
How do you dispose of a giant whale from a beach?
By Georgina DaviesBBC Scotland News
A minke whale that washed up on an East Lothian beach has now been removed.
The 31ft (9m) whale died when it hit rocks and came ashore at North Berwick on Thursday.
The Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme (SMASS) believes it was taken to landfill, but said methods of disposing of a whale carcass can vary.
Dr Andrew Brownlow, who runs the scheme, said that a post-mortem exam can reveal a lot about a whale's life and what influenced its death.
He told Bbc Scotland News about some of the options available to local authorities when removing a whale.
Bones in a museumDr Brownlow said different requirements need to be balanced with making a decision about How To dispose of a carcass.
He Said : " You need to remove a dead whale from a Public Beach so it doesn't cause distress to people, or begin to leak grease and body fluids into The Environment , which are more unpleasant than they are hazardous.
" There are actually very few diseases that we've Found - and we've looked very Hard - which can be transmitted from dead carcasses. "
Disposal options include taking The Whale to a landfill site, burial on The Beach or partial incineration.
" They can be Taken Away to our laboratories where they are post-mortemed, " Dr Brownlow added.
" The skeleton is then often processed by The Museum of Scotland and added to their collection.
" The soft part goes for disposal in the same way as fallen stock do from farms. "
Return to The SeaDr Brownlow said that it is important to return as much of The Whale as possible back into The Marine environment for " nutrient recycling".
" Simply taking them out of The Beach , off The Marine environment and incinerating them or taking them to landfill actually robs The Marine environment of this really important nutrient source. "
Whale carcasses can bring a dose of life-sustaining nutrients, including manganese, phosphorus, iron, zinc.
" You don't need very high levels of them but they are very important for cellular processes" Dr Brownlow added.
" It's called Whale Fall - this is mainly thinking about animals of the Deep Ocean , but when they Fall and die and sink to the bottom of The Ocean , they form these little nutrient rich islands that can support a huge diversity of life. "
He Said that sharks and other scavengers will come and eat the soft tissues of a whale, while other smaller orgasms, like worms will feed on the skeleton.
Buried on The BeachAnother way of returning a whale back to The Environment can be through burying it on a beach.
" We can bury them on site and that's often very successful, although that has to be balanced against the backdrop of not creating a public nuisance of having a carcass on an amenity beach, " He Said .
Dr Brownlow added that in some circumstances, a stranded whale can be towed back into The Sea , although they have to be carefully positioned to avoid becoming a shipping hazard, especially as larger whales remain buoyant.
The fate of The Whale tends to depend on two factors: the size of The Animal and where it has stranded.
" Some very big whales like fin whales and sei whales, if they strand on some remote island, then they can be left to break down naturally, " Dr Brownlow said.
" It's amazing the speed with which scavengers, birds in particular can scavenge quite a lot from a whale and within a year or so, you're often just left with very clean bones and a very healthy marine ecosystem. "
SMASS was Set Up to understand the causes of stranding for whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals, large bodied sharks and even marine turtles.
Dr Brownlow said he believes the minke whale, stranded in North Berwick This Week , has been taken to landfill for disposal.
" It's pretty grim to be honest" He Said . " I've been to landfill sites to do the post-mortem and it's a pretty dismal end to such a magnificent creature,
" It's a functional end for these animals rather than one that is actually desired, both from The Point of view of scientists that have to do the research on them but also the respect to The Animal . "
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
