Photo by Journalist SARX LANOS
A 40-foot sperm whale weighing 20 tons was found off the coast of Davao Oriental today according to Journalist SARX LANOS, who sends us daily dispatches.
Environment officials are looking for a place to bury the whale as well as for equipment to bring it there.
Dr. Lea Jiminez of the Davao Oriental State College of Science and Technology had this to say to Philippine Coast Guard officers who dragged the whale to shore:
“Glad you were able to recover and secure the whale, this is very important event as our waters of Davao Oriental can have the biggest sea mammal in the world, this is world record.”
"World Record"
(thx, Journalist SARX LANOS)
Is this a cake or a cock?
#1 by M on June 21, 2010 - 5:43 pm
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Good thing that creature died there so Davao can have their world record.
#2 by onetamad on June 21, 2010 - 5:58 pm
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Davao Oriental, you regionalist!
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#3 by zeik on June 22, 2010 - 9:09 am
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Maybe that sperm whale was being experimented.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19046-zoologger-the-biggest-living-thing-with-teeth.html
this article was posted last June 16,2010.
#4 by M on June 22, 2010 - 11:12 am
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SPERM whale?????? The CBCP does not approve!
#5 by BenK on June 22, 2010 - 3:20 pm
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Wow! A world record!
God, that is so pathetic.
#6 by onetamad on June 22, 2010 - 4:03 pm
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@BenK:
I am also full of pathos for the whale.
#7 by onetamad on June 22, 2010 - 4:23 pm
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@M: Actually, it’s a “seed” whale. It should not have been spilled on the ground.
#8 by onetamad on June 22, 2010 - 4:23 pm
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@zeik: Could be. It’s a world record, that’s for sure.