Dolphins are friends not food.

As a student of Marine Biology, i am obligated to be concerned about all things marine (gee, mel). however that doesn't mean that i have to be utterly fanatic about it.

sure, i'm terribly concerned about the plight faced by sea turtles and how their reproduction rate seems to be decreasing on a yearly basis; not to mention that due to global warming and increasing sea levels, most of their usual nesting beaches are slowly submerging at a rate of 1cm/year. whales also occasionally tug at my heart strings just because they seem so grand and solemn and stately, yet 700 individuals are due to be massacred by the Japanese for scientific purposes. i find that incredibly wrong, not only because there are so few of them left that they can barely support a viable population but they're also such peaceful creatures that they do not deserve to be slaughtered like that.

of course, some might argue that chickens, pigs and commercial animals do not deserve being slaughtered either...and at a greater daily degree than what the whales are facing. i hear you...but in terms of reproduction rate, the whales have it worse.

when i say i'm not terribly fanatic, i mean i don't walk around with a 'Save the Whales' t-shirt..(although i think it'd be pretty cool..if i can find a really zomg cool one). plus i indulge in the occasional bowl of shark's fins soup and find jumping on Blue-bottle jellyfish terribly satisfying to the soul (esp when they pop under your sandals).

however, a few days back my housemate sent me this link.

it is one of the saddest and most disturbing videos i have ever seen. all i can say is that i'm completely appalled at the cruelty and degree of compassion (or lack of) that those men had. as of now, i have sworn eternal war with the Japanese (except Hiro Nakamura of course, because he saves the World). and i don't care if i'm white-washing the entire race because i'm pretty sure they know that it's going on yet they do nothing to prevent it. that makes them just as bad.

bah! damned japanese and their cutesy food products and their schoolgirls in short-flared skirts and their addictive manga and anime!

but back to serious matters. i hope you've taken the time to watch that video. i know there's not much we can do but i feel that by just being aware of what is going on, it is good enough. there's an ongoing petition. i've signed it but i'm actually quite sceptical as to whether it would actually produce much good. but there's no harm in voicing my disapprovement of such acts, right?

i hope this post has made you more aware of what's going on around us. really, we need to stop such madness. if this goes on, who's gonna save us when we drown in the high seas!!?!?!

if you don't understand what i'm talking about, go and watch that video NOW! it'll only take 10 minutes of your time.