Anyone watch Whale Wars??

[kla37]

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You should go to Japan and try some whale and dolphin meat. I hear it's a great source of mercury. Eat up!

 

[Dar]

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You should go to Japan and try some whale and dolphin meat. I hear it's a great source of mercury. Eat up!

I was watching another show... they were talking about the diet and the practice of eating whale meat and dolphin meat and they were talking to some kind of health official about it and the Japanese Government actually have their people brainwashed into believing that there is no mercury in it... they asked the gentleman if they could take hair and blood samples to run tests... the official test results were off the charts... and when he was presented with the results he accused the film crew of switching the test results and refused to talk to them any further

 

[kla37]

"The Cove" is a great documentary that has some info about mercury in high level food chain animals.

 

[Dar]

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maybe thats that I was watching...


I dunno i watch to much tv

 

[WIChookchick]

Apparently once the Japanese are done with their "research" they can sell the meat, which is highly prized in Japan.
There are also "traditions" where the Japanese will get an entire school of dolphins or pilot whales and will beat them or machete them to death.
They run them up on shore and kill them. Then eat or eat and sell the meat.

And while the crew is on board the Steve Irwin and their triamarane the Bob Barker, the crews eat a vegetarian diet only.
They really only want vegetarians to apply, they are too left wing for Green peace.

I don't watch the show, but have seen a show or two in the 1st season.

 

[Dar]

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Paul Watson (the captain) was one of the founding members of Greenpeace but was asked to leave or fired depending who you ask because his ways were to radical

heres his bio
http://www.seashepherd.org/who-we-are/captain-watsons-biography.html

 

[kla37]

The meat is NOT all that highly prized in Japan. And it's loaded with Mercury. And the gov't doesn't have to tell people that. Most Japanese we know that we do business with say no no, we do not eat that. Much of it is in freezer storage.

 

[redhen]

Freezer storage for what?

 

[Dar]

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2012 for when they need to build the boats...

sorry

 

[redhen]