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Australia to allow anti-whaling ship to refuel in Tasmania despite objections from Japan
Associated Press WriterSYDNEY, Australia (AP) — The Australian government said Thursday that radical conservationists who have been pursuing Japanese whalers in Antarctic waters can refuel their ship in Australia, despite Japan's objections that they are tantamount to...Tags: Seafood and Fishing Industry, Government
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Japan will seek ban on port calls by anti-whaling ship; saying they are 'like pirates'
Associated Press WriterTOKYO (AP) — Japan said Tuesday it plans to ask Australia and possibly New Zealand and Chile to ban an anti-whaling protest ship from using their ports to refuel, heightening a cat-and-mouse game in Antarctic waters between Japan's whaling fleet and...Tags: Crimes, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Piracy
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Australia: Ship battered with butter
A radical conservationist group on Saturday said it lobbed 25 bottles of rotten butter at Japanese whalers in the remote and icy Antarctic Ocean, but denied accusations they rammed their vessel in a violent attack. Protesters aboard a boat operated by...Tags: Demonstration, Butter, Injuries
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These promos were ESPN classics
There have been about 325 ESPN "SportsCenter" commercials made. They have featured hundreds of star athletes -- from Gordie Howe to Andy Roddick, from Kobe Bryant to Drew Brees. Some have been kind of funny, some laugh-out-loud funny. And after going...Tags: David Ortiz, Boston Red Sox, Jorge Posada, Tennis, Fringe (tv program)
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Review: 'Whale Wars' on Animal Planet
Television CriticIt's difficult to begrudge anyone their media savvy in this synergistic age, but there is a level of TV-consciousness in Animal Planet's new weekly docu-series “Whale Wars” that often seems at odds with its dramatic and controversial subject....Tags: Research, Animals, Fishing, Hunting, Television
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Principal finds his escape in fish tank
A dozen rays jostle for attention each time Carl Perkins enters the tank, their flat bodies undulating on the exhibit floor. "They all get right around my feet like puppies and nudge me as if to say, 'Feed me first,'" said Perkins, the new principal of...Tags: Animals, National Aquarium Baltimore, Clarksville, Schools, High Schools
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Las Vegas aquariums bring the sea to the desert
Special to The Los Angeles TimesHaving just completed a college course in oceanography, Liz Hunt may know more about fish than most of us. "I know how to tell a boy shark from a girl shark," the San Diego woman says proudly as dozens of sharks swim just a few feet from where she is...Tags: Natural Science, Animals, Tourism and Leisure, Casino and Gambling, Gaming and Lotteries
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Bindi Irwin doll
The Emmy-winning daughter of the late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin is getting her own doll. The 10-inch Bindi Irwin doll sports khakis, puffy pigtails and hiking boots, and comes with binoculars, a camera and other outback gear, as well as a cockatoo,...Tags: Television, Ohio, Toys, Baby Products, Games, and Toys, Nature
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Croc Hunter Steve Irwin's kid pitches toy
The children of beloved "Crocodile Hunter," Steve Irwin, seem to think like their late father, in that animal bites are rites of passage.
4-year-old Robert was recently bitten by a python and didn't flinch.
"It bit him on the finger, and he was so proud...Tags: Animals, Baby Products, Games, and Toys, Hunting, Television, Toy Industry
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Woman killed by giant ray in Fla. Keys
Sun-Sentinel.comA tourist was killed by a large sting ray off the Florida Keys this morning when the barb-tailed animal jumped out of the water into the woman's boat, officials said. Judy Kay Zagorski, of Pigeon, Mich., was sitting in a boat going 25 mph when a...Tags: Florida Keys Vacations, Marathon, Wildlife, Natural Resources, Endangered Species
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Stingray leaps onto boat off the Florida Keys, killing woman
South Florida Sun-SentinelA vacationer from Michigan headed out for a family fishing trip in the Florida Keys died instantly Thursday after a 75-pound spotted eagle stingray flew out of the water and struck her in the head as she stood in the bow of an open boat. Judy Kay...Tags: Vacation and Timeshares, Condos and Houses, Rentals, Michigan, Animals
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Night diving on the Big Island of Hawaii
LOS ANGELES TIMESOne big step off the boat and into the dark. When I hit the water, I feel all the familiar feelings, the ocean seeping into my wetsuit, the frantic bubbles on my face, the ineffable moment when the body's gyroscope switches over from gravity to buoyancy....Tags: Natural Science, Theater, Animals, Fishing, Marine Science
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