Canadian warships frees entangled whale

[fatty]

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNew...06?hub=SciTech

HMCS St. John's was on a routine fisheries patrol when it received a radio message Wednesday from a fishing boat that a whale was in distress.
"When we got the radio call we really weren't sure whether we'd be able to do anything at all," Commanding Officer Brian Santarpia told CTV's Canada AM. "They just told us that there was a whale caught in a trap and we didn't know how large it would be."
When the ship reached the whale on the Grand Banks they found it was 10 metres long -- 3 times longer than the small boats they dispatched to assist the mammal.

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The navy divers then cut the whale loose as the crew watched from the decks of HMCS St. John's.
According to a report in The Globe and Mail, the divers had to get within reach of the whale's tail and stare into the whale's eye, which was about the size of a human hand.
Once the whale was free it swam away past two humpbacks and a few dolphins.

EDIT: sorry, subject should be "Canadian warship..."

[P_Funk]

I love my country. I can't wait for the jokes.

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*looks at watch and waits for the Americans*

Originally Posted by P_Funk

I love my country. I can't wait for the jokes.

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*looks at watch and waits for the Americans*

You should love your country P. As far as I'm concerned anything less is...... ..well something else.

[P_Funk]

Originally Posted by waste gate

You should love your country P. As far as I'm concerned anything less is...... ..well something else.

Thanks W. One should always be a nationalist since one owes all his best prejudices to his nation of birth.

Of course I do have a soft spot for America. If not for you fellows our beer wouldn't be so great by camparison.

Originally Posted by P_Funk

Thanks W. One should always be a nationalist since one owes all his best prejudices to his nation of birth.

Of course I do have a soft spot for America. If not for you fellows our beer wouldn't be so great by camparison.

Molsen is golden. And I live a very few miles from Golden Colorado.

[P_Funk]

Originally Posted by waste gate

Molsen is golden. And I live a very few miles from Golden Colorado.

Granville Island Pale Ale is pretty nice and I'm only a bus ride away from that source.

To each his own and to his own drunken taste be true.

EDIT. WTF are we talking about?

[TteFAboB]

So if that dinghy is considered a warship, what do you call your cruisers?

Ultimate Battle Stations of Doom and Destruction-ship?

:hmm:

[P_Funk]

Originally Posted by TteFAboB

So if that dinghy is considered a warship, what do you call your cruisers?

Ultimate Battle Stations of Doom and Destruction-ship?

:hmm:

We call them Beaver Magnets.