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Mr Splashy Pants set to be come an internet star
0 Comments Published November 28th, 2007 in Greenpeace, the oceans Share it del.icio.us |Digg it |Furl |Netscape |reddit |StumbleUpon | ScoopitAs part of the Great Whale Trail Greenpeace has been running a ‘name a whale competition’ followed by a ‘vote for your favourite whale name‘ poll.
The results have been somewhat surprising - ‘Mr Splashy Pants’ is leading the field by an uncommonly large margin.
Both BoingBoing and Reddit are running the Mr Splashy Pants as a […]
Yangtze river dolphin extinct.
0 Comments Published August 9th, 2007 in the oceans Share it del.icio.us |Digg it |Furl |Netscape |reddit |StumbleUpon | ScoopitWe heard about this from the IWC two months but it sure is sad to hve it confirmed.
As the article says:
“The Yangtze river dolphin was a remarkable mammal that separated from all other species over 20m years ago. This extinction represents the disappearance of a complete branch of the evolutionary tree of life.”
A […]
Bottom trawl damage visible from space
1 Comment Published May 16th, 2007 in the oceans Share it del.icio.us |Digg it |Furl |Netscape |reddit |StumbleUpon | ScoopitIf there’s any more evidence needed that bottom trawling the ocean floor is an abhorrent practise - this should be enoug … THE DAMAGE IS VISIBLE FROM SPACE!!
From Grist: To you, this picture may look like ants marching in a desert, but among ocean experts, it has gone as viral as Britneys shaved head. What […]
Worldmapper: The world as you’ve never seen it before
0 Comments Published March 29th, 2007 in Geekery, the oceans, Cool stuff Share it del.icio.us |Digg it |Furl |Netscape |reddit |StumbleUpon | ScoopitHere’s an interesting way of looking at the world.
Interesting to see that New Zealand is a right little fatty on fisheries exports which, given the mentality of one particular big fish, is a little scary.
Worldmapper allows you to see the world according to lots of different variables. Using ‘equal area cartograms’, otherwise known as […]
Talley’s Fisheries boss backs killing whales and seals
1 Comment Published March 26th, 2007 in the oceans Share it del.icio.us |Digg it |Furl |Netscape |reddit |StumbleUpon | ScoopitPeter Talley of NZ’s own Talley’s Fisheries showing us how the fishing industry do PR in these parts. Good one Pete - you’re a master. Homer Simpson couldn’t have done it better. The kids probably need counseling and the shareholders will be stoked with this.
Here’s a choice quote:
I don’t believe in animal rights. I […]
Postcards to Japan
0 Comments Published February 16th, 2007 in the oceans, Cool stuff Share it del.icio.us |Digg it |Furl |Netscape |reddit |StumbleUpon | ScoopitNow this is cool. Zetaprints has set up a website where you can choose a postcard, enter a message about why you think Japan should stop whaling, bung your name on it, pop through to paypal www.hotissues.org.nz/, and hey presto! They print it off and send it to a randomly generated address in […]
Spoofing Greenpeace
0 Comments Published December 17th, 2006 in Musings, Greenpeace, the oceans Share it del.icio.us |Digg it |Furl |Netscape |reddit |StumbleUpon | ScoopitThis is funny. Greenpeace recently put out a nice stop motion photography video that Pubilcis Mojo NZ put together. It’s up on youtube and various Greenpeace websites and it’s worth a look. It’s pretty cool. But perhaps even better is this this spoof version…
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