Exposing Japan's whale meat "research" scam

NZ, Australia research whales to challenge Japan (BBC News):

"…Nick Gales from the Australian Antarctic Division, who is leading the expedition, believes it will show that Japan's arguments for whale hunting are misguided. 'Anyone can always come up with a project that you have to kill an animal to measure something,' he said. 'But the important question is whether or not you need that information - and our view very strongly is that all of that type of information that is relevant to the conservation and management of whales can be gathered using new and very powerful non-lethal tools.'"…

Eagle mummies found in Egyptian city of the dead

Egypt archaeologists discover huge tomb near Cairo (BBC News): "There are a number of small rooms and passageways where ancient coffins, skeletons and well-preserved clay pots were discovered, as well as the mummies of eagles."

Why dolphins & other nonhumans are more intelligent than humans

…referring to these beautiful creatures as nonhuman persons may be damning them with faint praise if the measure of personhood is -- us. Superior technology and a willingness to commit animal and human genocide for fun and profit hardly makes us a worthy standard by which to measure our brethren in the animal kingdom. If they're half as intelligent as we now believe they are, most self-respecting dolphins would bitterly resent the comparison, anyway. Perhaps a more reliable measure of intelligence is an ability to live in harmony with nature as much as possible. Actually, that would give the advantage to dolphins -- and every other nonhuman creature that swims, creeps or flies over the surface of the Earth.

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