‘Extraordinary longevity’: great whales can live a lot longer than we thought – if we leave them alone

The report comes in the wake of news that Iceland wants to kill more fin whales, the second-largest animal on Earth, and Japan wants to resume hunting them.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/02/great-whales-longevity-lifespans-centuries-hunting-study-finds

#Whales #Iceland #Japan #Hunting #Conservation #Environment

Virginia man dies after bear shot in tree falls on him

While I regret that the Bear was killed, I take a certain grim satisfaction in it’s Revenge in death.

I don’t think that the word ‘accident’ is appropriate though. Let me see, there was culpable homicide and death by misadventure to come before we got anywhere near an accident.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/17/virginia-man-dies-bear-fall

#Bear #Hunting #DarwinAward #NoSympathy