"Richard Neidich", still under a total misapprehension that the sun orbits a
flat earth, wrote ...........
>
> I heard there were some beached whales in NZ. They thought it strange
> that they ate chicken with wine. :-)
>


For goodness sake Dick,

Every third grade schoolkid knows the following as indisputable facts.

(1) The Southern Ocean is a huge water mass surrounding the Antarctic
continent that comprises one-tenth of the world's oceans: it supports one of
the most productive marine ecosystems on Earth.
Distributions of blue, fin and humpback whales coincide with the penetration
of the deep, nutrient-rich water. The configuration of this water mass marks
the current's Southern Boundary and corresponds to areas where phytoplankton
blooms, krill and whales abound.

The circumpolar association of phytoplankton, krill and whales with the
Southern Boundary of the ACC provides productive foraging for many species
and is of critical importance to the function of the Southern Ocean
ecosystem.

Prior to the invasion by commercial whalers, the waters around Antarctica
harbored more whales than any other place on the planet.

This feature is of continued importance to the recovery of whale populations
in the Southern Hemisphere.

During the past century, whalers decimated sperm, blue, fin, right, humpback
and sei whales. Only the minke escaped rampant slaughter.

This loss altered the composition and structure of the Southern Ocean
ecosystem. Most of these species were so severely depleted, that their
recovery remains exceedingly slow.

It is estimated that there are only 460 or so blue whales left in the
Southern Hemisphere.

In response, the International Whaling Commission in 1993 created the
Southern Ocean Sanctuary to protect these species from commercial whaling
and to support research on the effects of environmental change on these
populations.

Most species of baleen and male sperm whales in the Southern Hemisphere
migrate between low latitude breeding grounds in winter and highly
productive Antarctic feeding grounds in summer. During their southward
journey, baleen whales -- such as blue, fin and humpback -- feast on the
rich bounty of their principal prey, krill, at the current's Southern
Boundary. Sperm whales, which favor cephalopods, or squid, at deeper depths
also congregate there.

The presence of balaenopterids and sperm whales at the Southern Boundary
indicates the availability of both krill and cephalopods is enhanced at this
feature.

This oceanic feature is a subsurface water mass boundary where a defining
water mass of the ACC -- Upper Circumpolar Deep Water -- reaches its
southernmost extent.

A thick layer of warm, saline, nutrient-rich water permeates the current. At
the Southern Boundary, this mass reaches its shallowest depth, 200-500
meters, where wind-whipped waters bring high concentrations of nutrients --
phosphate, nitrate and silicate -- to the surface.

The ample nutrient supply breeds phytoplankton and krill (an estimated 100
million tons a year), which, in turn, attract baleen whales, pinniped
species, such as crabeater seals, leopard seals, fur seals, and birds, such
as petrels and penguins.

AND



(2)

New Zealand whales eat chicken, usually washed down with a crisp Cenral
Otago Chardonnay, or a zingy Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc.



Dick, you really have to get your head out of those war comics!!!!!

--

st.h

Crap...what no pics in this....I can't read that much without pics.


"st.helier" > wrote in message
...
> "Richard Neidich", still under a total misapprehension that the sun orbits
> a flat earth, wrote ...........
>>
>> I heard there were some beached whales in NZ. They thought it strange
>> that they ate chicken with wine. :-)
>>
>
>
> For goodness sake Dick,
>
> Every third grade schoolkid knows the following as indisputable facts.
>
> (1) The Southern Ocean is a huge water mass surrounding the Antarctic
> continent that comprises one-tenth of the world's oceans: it supports one
> of the most productive marine ecosystems on Earth.
> Distributions of blue, fin and humpback whales coincide with the
> penetration of the deep, nutrient-rich water. The configuration of this
> water mass marks the current's Southern Boundary and corresponds to areas
> where phytoplankton blooms, krill and whales abound.
>
> The circumpolar association of phytoplankton, krill and whales with the
> Southern Boundary of the ACC provides productive foraging for many species
> and is of critical importance to the function of the Southern Ocean
> ecosystem.
>
> Prior to the invasion by commercial whalers, the waters around Antarctica
> harbored more whales than any other place on the planet.
>
> This feature is of continued importance to the recovery of whale
> populations in the Southern Hemisphere.
>
> During the past century, whalers decimated sperm, blue, fin, right,
> humpback and sei whales. Only the minke escaped rampant slaughter.
>
> This loss altered the composition and structure of the Southern Ocean
> ecosystem. Most of these species were so severely depleted, that their
> recovery remains exceedingly slow.
>
> It is estimated that there are only 460 or so blue whales left in the
> Southern Hemisphere.
>
> In response, the International Whaling Commission in 1993 created the
> Southern Ocean Sanctuary to protect these species from commercial whaling
> and to support research on the effects of environmental change on these
> populations.
>
> Most species of baleen and male sperm whales in the Southern Hemisphere
> migrate between low latitude breeding grounds in winter and highly
> productive Antarctic feeding grounds in summer. During their southward
> journey, baleen whales -- such as blue, fin and humpback -- feast on the
> rich bounty of their principal prey, krill, at the current's Southern
> Boundary. Sperm whales, which favor cephalopods, or squid, at deeper
> depths also congregate there.
>
> The presence of balaenopterids and sperm whales at the Southern Boundary
> indicates the availability of both krill and cephalopods is enhanced at
> this feature.
>
> This oceanic feature is a subsurface water mass boundary where a defining
> water mass of the ACC -- Upper Circumpolar Deep Water -- reaches its
> southernmost extent.
>
> A thick layer of warm, saline, nutrient-rich water permeates the current.
> At the Southern Boundary, this mass reaches its shallowest depth, 200-500
> meters, where wind-whipped waters bring high concentrations of
> nutrients -- phosphate, nitrate and silicate -- to the surface.
>
> The ample nutrient supply breeds phytoplankton and krill (an estimated 100
> million tons a year), which, in turn, attract baleen whales, pinniped
> species, such as crabeater seals, leopard seals, fur seals, and birds,
> such as petrels and penguins.
>
> AND
>
>
>
> (2)
>
> New Zealand whales eat chicken, usually washed down with a crisp Cenral
> Otago Chardonnay, or a zingy Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc.
>
>
>
> Dick, you really have to get your head out of those war comics!!!!!
>
> --
>
> st.h
>
>

"st.helier" > wrote:

> I read that you have been having a cold spell there in Austria.

Winter in (or near) the Alps can be cold. We're used to it. In
fact, here in Vienna it's not that cold: -6 or 7-°C in the morning
is nothing to worry about and nothing unfamiliar.

M.