"Lizzie's whale"

SteveS. · Post by **SteveS.** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 2:56 am

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070612/ap_ ... _old_whale

I didn't know whales lived that long. It boggles my mind to know this whale was alive when Lizzie went to Europe and when the murders occured and that it even survived a hunt from around 1890 by a lance made right in New Bedford.

Harry · Post by **Harry** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 7:00 am

That's amazing, SteveS. I didn't know they lived that long either.

Do you think it could be the same whale that attacked the ship "Scythia" (the one that Lizzie sailed on to Europe in 1890).

This article appeared in the Atlanta Constitution on Aug. 5th, 1875 and refers to an incident that occurred on August 4th, 1875. Note that date!

SteveS. · Post by **SteveS.** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 12:41 pm

Anything's possible Harry

Maybe both Lizzie and the whale just didn't like August 4th.

Mark A. · Post by **Mark A.** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 3:05 pm

What amazes me is that with all the excesses we have in today's world, why are we STILL hunting whales?

theebmonique · Post by **theebmonique** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 3:30 pm

I was under the impression that only certain Native American tribes were allowed to hunt whales in U.S. waters.

http://law.jrank.org/pages/6916/Fish-Fi ... ights.html

http://www.nwr.noaa.gov/Marine-Mammals/ ... e-Hunt.cfm

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