Rick's Comment
1. What strikes me first-- after I quit watching 3/4 of the way through this "tripe" is that there is NO DISCUSSION of settlement and exploitation. It's all pansy stuff about "collecting rock samples" or "study of the flora and fauna". What assinine idiot would discover an entire CONTINENT and think that way? Why have not millions of people already moved to Antarctica?
If nuclear power is "real" then there should have been no problem melting ice for water and creating warm geodesic huge domes for habitation. But nope... since Nuclear Power is fake anyway-- we're stuck in the insane position of "studying" a continent, the 7th continent-- Is the number 7 an Illuminati significant number?-- instead of settling this new land like AMERICA was first settled with brothels, bars, cowboys, farmers and entrepreneurs.. not to mention piano players in the saloons.
I had to quit watching because it makes me angry that they're shovelling this grovel at us instead of dealing with the issue of, say, how delicious penguin meat is... or whether to deep fry it or boil it. Entire "herds" of "friendly" penguin would be a protein source for human settlers. It's bizarre and not understandable to me how NO HUMAN SETTLERS have moved here to eat penguin. How is this possible in the past, and now the present?
DISCOVERY OF A NEW CONTINENT IN MODERN TIMES-->> is like having a new planet next door-- but no REAL ESTATE deals are being made. No cottages and private getaways are being arranged. No survivalist communities are going. The more I think about that, the more strange it seems to me. Maybe it's my second beer talking. I feel like re-reading my biography of Daniel Boone, the frontiersman who helped explore America and opened it up for settlement-- and promoting the idea of new Daniel Boone's for Antarctica.
I still cannot confirm distances but I found a private exploration company that will, if paid, arrange a trip for anyone anywhere. I'm thinking about making a proposal for a circumnavigation -- a complete circumnavigation-- paid for through one of those online fund raising sites. I'll document time and distance - and get this thing settled once and for all by doing it myself. The online data or other 3 and 4 letter agency sources simply are not trustworthy. Somehow, they "flipped" the rim into an island and then they isolated each research station so that nobody knows for sure what the extent of Antarctica really is. I simply cannot verify the distance AROUND this so-called island continent while sitting at my keyboard. I thought I'd be able to do it. I can't.
Nope, it's verboten to eat penguins...thanks to the Treaty
ReplyDeleteOne of the strictest areas when it comes to the protection of penguins is in the Antarctic. Under the treaty initiated in 1959 it is illegal to harm a penguin in any way. This treaty was updated in 1991 with the penalties for such violations being very severe in nature.
http://www.penguins-world.com/penguins-endangered/
Has anyone fallen foul of it?
I wouldn't be "harming" the penguin--- I'd be "eating" him. That's different, in my humble opinion. I would argue to the Antarctica Treaty Commission that to say you're "harming" cattle when you order a burger at McDonald's is meaningless. It WOULD be interesting to look for "crimes against penguins
ReplyDeleteThe ORIGINAL SETTLERS of Antarctica were the WHALERS-- they SAY the whalers whaled on so many whales that they made the whales go almost extinct. I'm not sure about that. No industry followed up on the whalers but it COULD have been miners and penguin meat packers... then mining.
The site you pointed to says
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Penguin Endangered
It is no secret that for almost all of the species of penguins out there, the numbers are less than they were just a few decades ago. There are many reasons for this including hunting them for oil, taking their eggs, destroying their natural environment, the weather, and a lack of food supply. All of these factors though have left many of them vulnerable and others at risk for extinction.
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My comment-- hunting them for oil?? they HUNT penguins? That doesn't seem possible since penguins come right up to people-- ASKING to be "used" for food. It's not often "oil" and "food" walk up to you. That's not really "hunting" where you picture a "hunter" chasing his prey.
DeleteAnd WHO is taking penguin eggs? The tourists? Where are they frying those eggs? On the skillet at the local Antarctican Denny's Restuarant? It doesn't seem possible that anyone is taking their eggs. It makes me consider penguins as a new way to consider the length of the Antarctic coastline. If it IS 60,000 miles-- that's a long coastline for millions of penguins and whales. It may be that the Antarctica "Southern Ocean" is a "cornucopia" of LIVESTOCK just WAITING to be harvested. It may be that the "official claims" of extinction dangers are scams meant to keep humanity from expanding OUT of his/her EARTH POND into the FINAL FRONTIER which is not space after all-- with its glass cieling in hyperdimensional space-- but rather the infinite plain of Antarctica leading to the OTHER Earth Ponds.
FURTHER QUOTE from the site you found
It is due to those facts that all of the species of penguins in the world are protected. There are laws that prevent them from being hunted and from their eggs being taken. However, we all know such efforts still take place on a large scale. Such acts of poaching and stealing can’t always been monitored. The risk of being caught for those that engage in it is also less than the benefits they can gain if they are successful in their efforts.
my comment... This sounds like a threat to me. It's similar to what the British might have issued to the American Settlers--- NO hunting of FURRY ANIMALS.... No hunting of BISON or BEAR for food! ... Same thing is occurring here in Antarctica now... NO EATING PENGUINS. And if POACHING is going on... then in my humble opinion this is a GOOD SIGN.. it's a sign that SETTLEMENT by Antarctica PIONEERS is indeed occuring... and that man is now expanding into the GREAT BEYOND "out there".
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This is all done in the hopes that we can see their numbers significantly improve in the future.
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my comment-- why not FARM THEM? They already seem domesticted. Same with SEA LIONS. Penguin farming could solve the problem of lack of supply. They're good at diving for fish in the cold water. They convert that protein to their own meat-- good for human consumption.
PENGUIN MEAT images on Bing
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=penguin+meat&go=Submit&qs=n&form=QBILPG&pq=penguin+mea&sc=0-0&sp=-1&sk=
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However, explorers and such have eaten penguins as a means of survival. And there is also a small black market in Asia. Here are observations :
"Penguins are very fat, so a method that melts the fat off is better, like a roast. The blood is very rich in oxygen so the meat turns an un-appetizing dark as it cooks. The breast can make decent steaks. The eggs can be good for doing an omelet, you need to remove some of the white of the egg otherwise it's not tasty enough; but the overall taste is the same than a normal omelet."
http://forums.cigaraficionado.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/4786085/m/523109974
It seems that several species are actually threatened or endangered (partly because of climate change), such as : southern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome), northern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes moseleyi (E. chrysocome moseleyi), fiordland crested penguin (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus), snares crested penguin (Eudypes robustus), erect-crested penguin (Eudyptes schlegeli), white-flippered penguin (Eudyptula albosignata, (E. minor albosignata), yellow-eyed penguin (Megadyptes antipodes), African penguin (Spheniscus demerus), and Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti).
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