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2005-05-16 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by Spavirt Pheng6042 2005-05-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Mark Meekan and colleagues from the Australian Institute of Marine Science studied continuous records from log books filled out by ecotourist operators operating at Ningaloo Reef."

A fine example of rigorous metholodgy for grant
money.

then again, did I ever tell you about the time in Colorado '57, when a beaver mugged me and took my golden trout?

Posted by Ebbeque Ebbairong7947 2005-05-16 01:49|| 2005-05-16 01:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Maybe Mother Nature decided that smaller is better when it comes to being a whale shark and natural selection is at work?

Posted by Steve 2005-05-16 8:23:40 AM|| 2005-05-16 8:23:40 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Maybe the water is getting colder.

Posted by Miss Gunn 2005-05-16 09:27|| 2005-05-16 09:27|| Front Page Top

#4 I blame the South Beach diet and Vogue magazine.

Posted by ed 2005-05-16 09:30|| 2005-05-16 09:30|| Front Page Top

#5 "if only W had signed Kyoto"

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-05-16 10:05|| 2005-05-16 10:05|| Front Page Top

#6 ..when a beaver mugged me and took my golden trout?

Golden trout in CO? A transplant maybe?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-05-16 10:48|| 2005-05-16 10:48|| Front Page Top

#7 Ningaloo is the last undeveloped warm water coast line in the world. Ten years ago I paddled a canoe up most of its length. There was not a single inhabited building along the entire coast (there is an abandoned whaling station) and I doubt it has changed. Forget about the Great Barrier Reef, Ningaloo is far more impressive. I realize migratory animals are at risk when they leave protected areas but if anywhere is secure for these animals Nigaloo is.

Posted by phil_b 2005-05-16 10:48|| 2005-05-16 10:48|| Front Page Top

#8 I blame Bush and his warmongering, imperialistic policies. Plus, he's a Christian, and everyone knows God punished the whale that ate Jonah Goldberg. . . . Huh? It's a Whale SHARK? Um . . . never mind.

Posted by Tibor 2005-05-16 11:52|| 2005-05-16 11:52|| Front Page Top

#9 The world's largest fish, the gentle and solitary whale shark, is getting smaller, an international conference heard this week.

Barry Bonds and Jason Giambi are looking smaller now too; I think it's the steroid testing policy...

Posted by Raj 2005-05-16 11:57|| 2005-05-16 11:57|| Front Page Top

#10 Speaking of polio vaccines, I think Michael Moore is due for a booster shot soon...

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2005-05-16 12:26|| 2005-05-16 12:26|| Front Page Top

#11 Whatever it is, something fishy is going on, that's for sure.

Posted by Mike">Mike 2005-05-16 13:12|| 2005-05-16 13:12|| Front Page Top

#12 Too many Koran flushed out to sea, you see.

Posted by john">john 2005-05-16 13:48|| 2005-05-16 13:48|| Front Page Top

#13 Wimps.
Where ya been Hose Man?

Posted by Shamu 2005-05-16 19:33|| 2005-05-16 19:33|| Front Page Top

#14 My wife and I were blessed with another daughter. I have been burping. :-)

Posted by Super Hose 2005-05-16 20:06|| 2005-05-16 20:06|| Front Page Top

#15 Congrats!

(I wondered if that Shamu thingy would generate a response, lol - you know it's Ship, right? He wears so many hats, heh.)

Posted by .com 2005-05-16 20:14|| 2005-05-16 20:14|| Front Page Top

#16 Ship has always remembered my original hose story that featured my fellow Sea World employee, Shamu.

Posted by Super Hose 2005-05-16 20:21|| 2005-05-16 20:21|| Front Page Top

#17 W00t! Super Hose is ba-a-a-ck! Congrats on your new daughter. You named her Fredwina, right?

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2005-05-16 20:48|| 2005-05-16 20:48|| Front Page Top

#18 Natalie, actually.

With regard to the shrinking whale shark, it should try using its nose to flip a beach ball through an oversized baskeball hoop. Always good for a protein snack from the adoring public. Alternately swimming on its side with one fin out of the water in a pseudo wave is another excellent way to solicit a meal.

Posted by Super Hose 2005-05-16 21:19|| 2005-05-16 21:19|| Front Page Top

#19 Does whale shark meat make good sushi? How much Japanese "research" has involved bits of recently deceased whale shark?

Posted by trailing wife 2005-05-16 23:59|| 2005-05-16 23:59|| Front Page Top

#20 BTW, congratulations on acquiring a Natalie! Girl children can be highly amusing as they grow up, and their fathers even more so (I just discovered today that Mr. Wife's first rule of dating is that his daughters may not do so until they earn a black belt -- which occurred last December. None of the XX members of his household were informed about this... and fortunately he didn't hold me to the same rule back when we were young!).

I wish y'all ever increasing joy as your little one (and any siblings) grows up, and hope only enough sorrow comes your way that is needed -- like salt -- to make your joys sweeter.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-05-17 00:06|| 2005-05-17 00:06|| Front Page Top

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