tifino Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 it would be almost as 'safe' as eating basa fish from the mekong delta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojorison Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 there are old whale skeletons on display in the yard of a monastery at the peninsula near Sattahip Port. They must have always been around here even in warmer waters If this is actually a Brydes Whale, and not some made in Thailand rip-off, then a brief wiki search will reveal that they inhabit a band around the entire earth, (the wet bits anyway), that stretches between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. Quite a capacious area. (If it's the cheap Thai knock off version, they probably only exist on amulets and in the septic waters of the Gulf of Thailand, extracting oxygen from plastics bags and devouring the corpses of other unrecognizable oceanic/humanoid species. Cut down the mangroves... they just get in the way of these poor beasts. God bless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katana Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 According to Thai Wiki, Thais call them Bruda Whales. The English wiki version of the page calls them Bryde's whales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Bryde's whale, pronounced "brooders". sort of like hens then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taony Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Its one of those words I've read hundreds of times, but never spoken out loud. Thought is was pronounced "brides". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Its one of those words I've read hundreds of times, but never spoken out loud. Thought is was pronounced "brides". Like my ex-wife's name, i never say it out loud when it gets dark,you never know. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClutchClark Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 There appears to be a trend , die offs are way to common these days The test results will be interesting, Radiation , pollution, lack of food.Suicide. Things live and things die. Ever heard of old age. At 11m that was a full adult and could well have come to the end of its natural life. They will have taken all the usual samples and will be able to determine if there is any unnatural causes. In todays world, it seems whales seldom die of natural causes, this death appears to have been from a fishing net: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/739810-fishing-net-may-have-caused-whales-death-chulalongkorn-university/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted July 3, 2014 Author Share Posted July 3, 2014 WHALE Fishing net may have caused whale's death JANJIRA PONGRAI THE NATION BANGKOK: -- NECROPSY RESULTS have revealed that a rare Bryde's whale might have died of shock from getting caught in a seine. Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/739810-fishing-net-may-have-caused-whales-death-chulalongkorn-university/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifino Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 would it already have been dead before it reached where it lay? or would the settling of it down upon that sharp-looking mangrove/bamboo-looking bed of spikes - be the final shock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post eloigorri Posted July 4, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2014 I am involved in aerial surveys of these magnificent creatures every year off Samut Sakhon for the Marine Coastal Resources Dept. This whale was indeed a ten year old Brydes whale, not yet fully mature, we see adults up to 15 meters. It died about 12 days ago, we now know from drowning, and there is evidence of bruising on the body which happened before it drowned. The carcass was trapped for some time offshore inside a muscle farm until a high tide washed it onshore last Sunday. The population peeks between -August and December when the whales, most often mother with calves come to feed on the local anchovy shoals. Given the congestion in the Gulf of Thailand, and intensive farming, it is unbelievable that these whales can co-exist there, and to be honest, I am surprised that there are not more casualties. Some more details and pictures here, for those interested. http://www.theflyingscouts.com/FSBrydeWhale.htm We will be back out surveying next month. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taony Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Are the brydes whales the only species you see? -*I typed this myself*- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eloigorri Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Are the brydes whales the only species you see? -*I typed this myself*- For whales, Bryde's are the only ones we have spotted in the Gulf. There is other marine life like Dolphins, Whale Sharks and Dugongs as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifino Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 ...it's always the good-guys get netted/beached, like the whales etc They like the dolphins etc get caught in nets... why just why can't it be the sharks? but, I guess with walnut brains, sharks don't need to think, or suicide - all they do is eat their way out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 ...it's always the good-guys get netted/beached, like the whales etc They like the dolphins etc get caught in nets... why just why can't it be the sharks? but, I guess with walnut brains, sharks don't need to think, or suicide - all they do is eat their way out You can almost hear those whales singing just before they beach Eternal father, strong to save whose arm hath bound the restless wave who bidd'st the mighty ocean deep its own appointed limits keep Oh,hear us when we cry to thee For those in peril on the sea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taony Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Are the brydes whales the only species you see? -*I typed this myself*- For whales, Bryde's are the only ones we have spotted in the Gulf. There is other marine life like Dolphins, Whale Sharks and Dugongs as well. Thanks. I enjoyed those photos at the site. -*I typed this myself*- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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