'They tied you down with cables and towed you around the Jutland peninsula; when the seas got rough and you were battered against the sides of your sad bathtub, they tried to dump you out. You refused to swim away, clinging to your barge for dear life. Eventually the sailors dragged you to your death, and the wounds from the cables are still visible on your corpse.'
WTF. Proximity to the land apes is indeed bad for wild things.
I think it is rather the rule with nature filmers, that the crew does not interfere if animals are hurt and wounded. I saw several Tube films where animals got hurt, and no one stepped up. So, that is what should have happened here, too. Imagine a filmer and his crew trying to get a dying elephant back up.
This reminds me of a "situation" I encountered several years ago. Driving along a 4 lane road located right next to the pond "nature preserve" in our neighborhood.
I was not going to the nature preserve, just driving by... probably going to Homie Depot. Well, I stopped my car when I saw in front of me, a smaller stopped car, and some fuzzy beast right in the middle of the road.
I thought perhaps this person hit an animal and needed some assistance (which I certainly was not going to offer in any physical way, however my unsolicited advice is always free) I got out of my car, and realized it was a huge turtle grunting across the road (my distance vision is fuzzy). The turtle was huge! It was 13" wide and longer in length.
I had no advice.... but decided we needed to flag down someone to pick up the turtle and move it to the creek where it was headed for, except ?? I do not know how that turtle was planning to climb up that curb! I think the creek connected to the pond under the road... I believe. Anyway, I tried to wave down a car, many people coming from the opposite direction did not make eye contact and they drove on past 😂
Finally, there was a car coming in the same direction I had been going, I stopped this car, the poor guy. I TOLD him he needed to pick up the turtle and put it over the curb onto the grass. He looked like an obedient fool and accepted my demand. He picked up the huge turtle and the turtle started moving its huge legs and its tail was moving and its head was huge and it was looking around angry! and it was hissing! Yikes.
That is the end of the story. I had to leave.... ugh, just creepy. Huge huge turtle.
Brothers and sisters, let us now join hands and wish our beloved Horstine Godspeed.
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And this reminds me of the fate of my FFFFG's sister's cat when he was dying of cancer. My FFFFG was recovering from an injury and therefore living at her sister's house and her sister was at work, and the unfortunate cat, sensing his end nearing, dragged himself slowly and laboriously many yards down the hallway in the hope of finding some small dark corner in which to prepare himself to meet eternity, and my FF found him and carried him back to where he'd started from.
Is there time for Sir David Attenborough of BBC fame ('Diddi Atters') to do some sort of 15 part TV programme charting how the 'Right' drove this innocent male / female / TBD to it's death?
there are so many retarded people. I am completely sick of them.
I am also sick of other people that may not be retarded but they annoy me.
Regarding Horstine, this is a humiliating abusive action directly related to the insane people who put windmills in the ocean, how many other whales are just lucky enough to die alone and in peace although probably do not know they are suffering greatly at the hands of windmills in the oceans ... and the retarded people that are somehow allowed to do these evil things!
It doesn’t surprise me that such a large number of people tuned in to the Horstine saga. While tuning in to her plight they were able to momentarily tune out of all the other bullshit that you write about. It must be frustrating to be German these days. You have my deepest sympathy.
This is my favorite of your always great posts, Eugy. I just wish I could be so bitingly, caustically eloquent with my Cambridge, MA neighbors, who would have applauded the idiotic treatment of that poor whale.
You know, you've said something very important here which just goes to show what morons all them marine biologists must be.
*All* those unfortunate beached whales and dolphins must be trying to save themselves from drowning as they near death. When dragged back into the ocean they take their last swim cursing all those idiots who'd been screaming "why won't someone do something?"
And undoubtedly the reason not *all *dying whales and dolphins beach themselves to achieve final moments of transcendent joy on terra firma is that it depends on what's bringing them close to death.
Incontinent empathy - I never heard/read this phrase. Maybe because until recent history it wasn't needed. In modern times it's excellent.
'They tied you down with cables and towed you around the Jutland peninsula; when the seas got rough and you were battered against the sides of your sad bathtub, they tried to dump you out. You refused to swim away, clinging to your barge for dear life. Eventually the sailors dragged you to your death, and the wounds from the cables are still visible on your corpse.'
WTF. Proximity to the land apes is indeed bad for wild things.
I think it is rather the rule with nature filmers, that the crew does not interfere if animals are hurt and wounded. I saw several Tube films where animals got hurt, and no one stepped up. So, that is what should have happened here, too. Imagine a filmer and his crew trying to get a dying elephant back up.
You are correct. I saw a huge male water buffalo, fresh from a fight, blood streaming and staggering along. He was at the end in all ways. Horrible.
However, all life meets the end.
Will crayzee Zuck and Co understand this?
This reminds me of a "situation" I encountered several years ago. Driving along a 4 lane road located right next to the pond "nature preserve" in our neighborhood.
I was not going to the nature preserve, just driving by... probably going to Homie Depot. Well, I stopped my car when I saw in front of me, a smaller stopped car, and some fuzzy beast right in the middle of the road.
I thought perhaps this person hit an animal and needed some assistance (which I certainly was not going to offer in any physical way, however my unsolicited advice is always free) I got out of my car, and realized it was a huge turtle grunting across the road (my distance vision is fuzzy). The turtle was huge! It was 13" wide and longer in length.
I had no advice.... but decided we needed to flag down someone to pick up the turtle and move it to the creek where it was headed for, except ?? I do not know how that turtle was planning to climb up that curb! I think the creek connected to the pond under the road... I believe. Anyway, I tried to wave down a car, many people coming from the opposite direction did not make eye contact and they drove on past 😂
Finally, there was a car coming in the same direction I had been going, I stopped this car, the poor guy. I TOLD him he needed to pick up the turtle and put it over the curb onto the grass. He looked like an obedient fool and accepted my demand. He picked up the huge turtle and the turtle started moving its huge legs and its tail was moving and its head was huge and it was looking around angry! and it was hissing! Yikes.
That is the end of the story. I had to leave.... ugh, just creepy. Huge huge turtle.
Makes me sad, nonetheless.
I love whales.
It’s people who suck…mostly.
yeah.
Brothers and sisters, let us now join hands and wish our beloved Horstine Godspeed.
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And this reminds me of the fate of my FFFFG's sister's cat when he was dying of cancer. My FFFFG was recovering from an injury and therefore living at her sister's house and her sister was at work, and the unfortunate cat, sensing his end nearing, dragged himself slowly and laboriously many yards down the hallway in the hope of finding some small dark corner in which to prepare himself to meet eternity, and my FF found him and carried him back to where he'd started from.
people are just insufferable. i can't stand people.
I won't take that second sentence to heart. Especially since my FFFFG has repeated that sentence since our childhoods. You ain't like her!
Is there time for Sir David Attenborough of BBC fame ('Diddi Atters') to do some sort of 15 part TV programme charting how the 'Right' drove this innocent male / female / TBD to it's death?
After all 'Diddi Atters' is 100 years old.
Not much time left.
'a stupid media drama for a generally confused, rudderless and deeply naive public drunk on nature cartoons'
This tragically stupid episode inspires eugyppius to new, unparalleled heights of eloquent sarcasm.
Still, it's hard to view it as a silver lining.
What a beautiful, tragic ode to Horst/Horstine. It shall forever remain engraved in my heart. ❤️
They really used cables???
apparently
there are so many retarded people. I am completely sick of them.
I am also sick of other people that may not be retarded but they annoy me.
Regarding Horstine, this is a humiliating abusive action directly related to the insane people who put windmills in the ocean, how many other whales are just lucky enough to die alone and in peace although probably do not know they are suffering greatly at the hands of windmills in the oceans ... and the retarded people that are somehow allowed to do these evil things!
All of them should self abort.
Perhaps Horstine is a metaphor for the CDU?
It doesn’t surprise me that such a large number of people tuned in to the Horstine saga. While tuning in to her plight they were able to momentarily tune out of all the other bullshit that you write about. It must be frustrating to be German these days. You have my deepest sympathy.
Great post. Thank you.
Ah poor retarded whale I knew him well. It is a pity but the crabs and sea gulls will feast for days.
This is my favorite of your always great posts, Eugy. I just wish I could be so bitingly, caustically eloquent with my Cambridge, MA neighbors, who would have applauded the idiotic treatment of that poor whale.
You know, you've said something very important here which just goes to show what morons all them marine biologists must be.
*All* those unfortunate beached whales and dolphins must be trying to save themselves from drowning as they near death. When dragged back into the ocean they take their last swim cursing all those idiots who'd been screaming "why won't someone do something?"
And undoubtedly the reason not *all *dying whales and dolphins beach themselves to achieve final moments of transcendent joy on terra firma is that it depends on what's bringing them close to death.