Monday, February 22, 2010

Almost a whale

A few moments ago I was cruising the web, effectively avoiding the work that I should be doing, when I came across the following VOCM news update.

DFO officers have investigated the remains of a marine animal that washed up on a beach at Lower Cove on the west coast of the province. DFO says judging from the reported length of the carcass, the state and shape of the decomposed matter, it is likely that the remains are that of a small whale - such as a minke or a basking shark. A tissue sample of the carcass was taken and will be examined by DFO to try and fully identify the animal.


I was a little taken aback at the suggestion that basking sharks are a type of small whale, especially considering that they kind of look like sharks (which aren't even mammals).



I guess you learn something new every day.

Blog-off Score

Neil: 0
Cameron: 36

2 comments:

Donald McKay said...

For want of a nail, an empire was lost. In this case, it is a missing comma that is the problem with the DFO statement.

Cameron said...

That missing coma really makes such a difference.