July 30, 2009: Whale Tale - Page 2

Shawnee123 · 07-30-2009, 02:32 PM

Yeah, that makes sense. Pretty neat.

SteveDallas · 07-30-2009, 03:11 PM

What's the failure rate? I imagine the consequences for not doing it right would be nasty.

(BTW--I can't believe nobody else has. Google image search for whale tail. You're old enough to know better than to click.)

glatt · 07-30-2009, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveDallas

What's the failure rate?

From 1956 through 1966 there were 23.

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Originally Posted by SteveDallas

I imagine the consequences for not doing it right would be nasty.

They can be very nasty. When I took a SCUBA course in college, they went into graphic detail. Your lungs basically tear open inside your chest.

The good news is that at these Navy places, they have staff and facilities right there ready to treat you. Not like if you have a diving accident at some remote tropical island.

Sarasvati48 · 07-30-2009, 08:46 PM

Who took the picture?

ZenGum · 07-30-2009, 09:26 PM

Dolphins.

monster · 07-30-2009, 09:33 PM

Sharks

or, the huge manatee

TheMercenary · 07-31-2009, 09:02 PM

Since she was tank kept, I wonder if she was not trained to do this kind of rescue for swimmers.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-01-2009, 12:02 AM

Not trained, although she has had a lot of interaction with humans. They claim everyone was very surprised.
But hey, it's China, so that may be commie propaganda to cover up a program training whales to attack our soldiers at the beach.

TheMercenary · 08-03-2009, 08:35 PM

I knew it! That is exactly what I was thinking! The Whales would just beach themselves and Tora Tora Tora! Wait that was the Japs.

07-30-2009, 02:32 PM	#16
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07-30-2009, 09:26 PM	#20
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07-30-2009, 09:33 PM	#21
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Sharks or, the huge manatee __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

07-31-2009, 09:02 PM	#22
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Since she was tank kept, I wonder if she was not trained to do this kind of rescue for swimmers. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

08-01-2009, 12:02 AM	#23
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Not trained, although she has had a lot of interaction with humans. They claim everyone was very surprised. But hey, it's China, so that may be commie propaganda to cover up a program training whales to attack our soldiers at the beach. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-30-2009, 03:11 PM	#17
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	What's the failure rate? I imagine the consequences for not doing it right would be nasty. (BTW--I can't believe nobody else has. Google image search for whale tail. You're old enough to know better than to click.)

07-30-2009, 08:46 PM	#19
Sarasvati48 Mystical Miscreant Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 46	Who took the picture?

08-03-2009, 08:35 PM	#24
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	I knew it! That is exactly what I was thinking! The Whales would just beach themselves and Tora Tora Tora! Wait that was the Japs. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

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