March 11, 2010

Humans Outcompeting Killer Whales For Food

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URL: http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/007006.html

morefish for dinner means fewer whales in the oceans. A one-of-a-kind killer whale population appears to be threatened by human appetites for Antarctic toothfish, better known to restaurant-goers as Chilean Sea Bass. As fishing fleets patrol their waters, catching what was their primary source of food, the whales are vanishing. Its not certain whether theyve only moved on, or are dying out, or both. But something is happening, with potentially dark implications for Earths last pristine ecosystem. Theres b...

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