dead whale beached on tinnaberna co wexford

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Re: dead whale beached on tinnaberna co wexford

#21 Post by tazdogue »

A sad sight to see such a magnificant beast wasting like that?
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Re: dead whale beached on tinnaberna co wexford

#22 Post by petewex »

it was cut up and taken to waterford i think
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#23 Post by tazdogue »

What was it taken away for, to be cremated or to be studied?
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Re: dead whale beached on tinnaberna co wexford

#24 Post by kstaff »

Bait! :D You know how big the fish in Waterford are! :D :D
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Re: dead whale beached on tinnaberna co wexford

#25 Post by anthony2carr »

I'd bet whale is an excellent bait.

It is after all a very oily fish, like cod,mack and tuna.
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Re: dead whale beached on tinnaberna co wexford

#26 Post by The Austrian »

anthony2carr wrote:It is after all a very oily fish, like cod,mack and tuna.


d :) don't want to sound nerdy :roll: but whales are mammals and cod isn't oily :wink: :D
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The Austrian wrote:
anthony2carr wrote:It is after all a very oily fish, like cod,mack and tuna.


d :) don't want to sound nerdy :roll: but whales are mammals and cod isn't oily :wink: :D


Cod is full of omega 3. It's a very oily fish. That's why we have cod liver oil.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale_oil
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Re: dead whale beached on tinnaberna co wexford

#28 Post by jd »

Omega 3 is a fatty acid. Whitefish (eg cod) store oil in their liver. Oily fish (eg mackeral) also store it in their flesh.
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Re: dead whale beached on tinnaberna co wexford

#29 Post by anthony2carr »

jd wrote:Omega 3 is a fatty acid. Whitefish (eg cod) store oil in their liver. Oily fish (eg mackeral) also store it in their flesh.


Ah ok. Cheers JD.

But I would still think whale would have a fair bit of oil in their flesh.
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