But what if there are no whales left? Or particular species of whales? Or dolphins.... Or whatever we humans are making extinct.
But what if there are no whales left? Or particular species of whales? Or dolphins.... Or whatever we humans are making extinct.
I reckon they can keep there rituals, god given rights, but I do think they should cut down on the extinction process. Now If, lets say they took 2% of the whale population per year, and the whale population grew by 8% then thats reasonable. But as far as I know, some, if not most whale specie populations are still in decline.Well,
Rituals will have to be changed, that’s for sure.
Unless they find a substitute, like soya drink instead of milk .
This sould read "unnecessary hunting of any animal".i don't approve of unnecessary hunting of intelligent species.
IMO brain size does not determine intelligence, I'd say it's how much "brain power" is actually used, I'd say dogs are very smart, intelligent animals, even the little ones, with little skulls that contain little brains.whales have large brains, communicate with each other and form social groups, exhibiting obvious signs of intelligence. while nowhere near our level, whales and pigs are more intelligent than other food species such as cows, sheep, chickens and fish.
This sould read "unnecessary hunting of any animal".
Sorry Ageo, more emphasis is required on the word "unnecessary". I totally agree, as long as what your hunting ain't about to disappear. I'm all for shootin rabbits, fox's even roo's, some species anyway, just not to the point where there's nothing left to hunt. Conservation goes pretty deep, from animal protection to eradication...Pat i understand your love for animals but forget todays Metro Age for a second and think of how people use to harvest their food years ago? hunting is much more than what you think (killing and slaughtering), hunting is conservation in a big way i.e culling feral animals to protect native animals from becoming extict, provides incomes for farmers where like now goat and roo meat are a growing demand and the roo and goat numbers are out of control (so while they keep these numbers in check they also provide an economy).
Hunting also provides a food source, i have enough meat in my freezer thats worth in the shops for around $2000 (retail price). Why should i pay for meat thats no where as good quality when i can hunt it for free and get fresh quality meat.
People tend to forget how we got to this day and age, i hate slaughtering, but i enjoy hunting and theres a big difference between the two).
Sorry about the off topic btw
i don't approve of unnecessary hunting of intelligent species. whales have large brains, communicate with each other and form social groups, exhibiting obvious signs of intelligence..
They have no more intelligence than a cow or a sheep.
We willingly accept the idea of intelligence in a lifeform only if the intelligence displayed is on the same evolutionary wavelength as our own. Technology automatically indicates intelligence. An absence of technology translates into an absence of intelligence.
Dolphins and whales do not display intelligence in a fashion recognizable to this conditioned perception of what intelligence is, and we are blind to a broader definition of what intelligence can be.
Interspecies comparisons focus on the extent of lamination, the total cortical area, and the number and depth of neocortex convolutions. In addition, primary sensory processing relative to problem solving is a significant indicator; this can be described as associative ability. The association or connecting of ideas is a measurable skill: a rat's associative skill is measured at nine to one. This means that 90 percent of the brain is devoted to primary sensory projection, leaving only 10 percent for associative skills. A cat is one to one, A chimpanzee is one to three, and a human being is one to nine. We humans need only utilize 10 percent of our brains to operate our sensory organs.
The cetacean brain averages one to twenty-five and can range upward to one to forty. The reason for this is that the much larger supralimbic lobe is primarily association cortex. Unlike humans, in cetaceans sensory and motor function control is spread outside the supralimbic, leaving more brain area for associative purposes.
Humans have the rhinic, limbic, and supralimbic, with the neocortex covering the surface of the supralimbic. However, with cetaceans we see a radical evolutionary jump with the inclusion of a fourth segment. This is a fourth cortical lobe, giving a four-fold lamination that is morphologically the most significant differentiation between cetaceans and all other cranially evolved mammals, including humans. No other species has ever had four separate cortical lobes.
Not sure if Nokia has made reference to sharing the ocean, but a whale to a small yacht could be seen as a living iceberg...and it must be truly terrible for your yachting friend to have to share the entire ocean with another species.
Sorry Ageo, more emphasis is required on the word "unnecessary". I totally agree, as long as what your hunting ain't about to disappear. I'm all for shootin rabbits, fox's even roo's, some species anyway, just not to the point where there's nothing left to hunt. Conservation goes pretty deep, from animal protection to eradication...
For all the fools out there who sucked it up I am aware that whales aren't technically fish.
WDW
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