That scenario is d epitome of country nigeria,a scavenger,unable to hunt.

EzeUche0:

I weep for Zimbabwe more. That country used to be the bread basket for all of Africa. It not only provided enough food for its citizens, it used to provide food for most of Africa.

Dammn you MUGABE!

yes there is poor farm yields and wasted land due poor planned resettlements by the mugabe government

but even if everything was fine those rural people would still react the same on that elephant zimbabweans we love meat and that was free meat

Ileke-IdI:

Where are the clear pix, anybody? It's like am staring at a cartoon.


And where is my own share? Lmaoooo, omg, do we even have Veterinary schools or vets in Nigeria?

Dumb. What would you expect a vet to do? Treat the dead whale?  

Naija folks have allowed yankee to brainwash them.

Abeg make una chop!

redsun:

That scenario is d epitome of country nigeria,a scavenger,unable to hunt.

You just wan kill me today
So while the Japanese develop space age technology to hunt whales in the open sea, Nigerians 'patiently' wait for some whale carcass to wash ashore.
In the mean time, what do they do as they wait

People perish for lack of knowledge.There are cattles,goats,pigs,sheep,entelopes,even rabbits to rear and make available for all,yet pple are looking for source of protein in a dead whale that could be diseased.

Nigeria is always going to be backward .

This is wrong on so many levels.

1)There is NO lifeguard/beach rescue in place at the beach to at least prevent people from touching the whale,before the authorities get there.

2)The beached whale could have easily flopped and broken some of the bystanders to pieces.

3)Nobody knows what killed the whale,it could have eaten something poisonous like all the toxic waste you have floating around in the Atlantic ocean

What if these people all of a sudden start to develop some crazy infection,and spread it all over the country

Reuben Abati  is an egghead. He's talking as if the west wouldn’t colonize it if it were 100KG of uncut African Diamond? What happened to Western respect for human rights when her -company Tranfigura chose an African country as a dumping ground for its toxic residue from oil. Where is western consciousness in every day gas flaring and oil pollution in Naija Delta? What did Abati  say when Spanish judge ordered that a 17th century shipwreck discovered by Odyssey Marine-USA  be returned to Spain as its rightful owner- because it contains over $500 million in gold. So putting things in perspective, $500 million in gold is huge to a westerner; while in the same vein, a whale washed ashore is worth more  to a hungry Lagosian. Kapish, ?

Oyinbo is a predator,he almost hunted d whales to extinction. Moby dick. Which is better,a predator or a scavenger?

Blackman is part of his(oyinbo) food chain.

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Reuben Abati  is an egghead. He's talking as if the west wouldn’t colonize it if it were 100KG of uncut African Diamond? What happened to Western respect for human rights when her -company Tranfigura chose an African country as a dumping ground for its toxic residue from oil. Where is western consciousness in every day gas flaring and oil pollution in Naija Delta? What did Abati  say when Spanish judge ordered that a 17th century shipwreck discovered by Odyssey Marine-USA  be returned to Spain as its rightful owner- because it contains over $500 million in gold. So putting things in perspective, $500 million in gold is huge to a westerner; while in the same vein, a whale washed ashore is worth more  to a hungry Lagosian. Kapish, ?

We keep complaining about development in our country when opportunities like this show up we do not take it.The point of Rueben's argument is that we have biologist, scientists etc in his country who should have seized thie opportunity for research purpose for crying out loud even the institute of oceanography is just a few blocks away from the site but all the science world in Nigeria acted as if nothing happened.Then they will go to the classroom and teach students using textbooks and pictures developed in other countries when we have thesame at home.

adconline:

Reuben Abati is an egghead. He's talking as if the west wouldn’t colonize it if it were 100KG of uncut African Diamond? What happened to Western respect for human rights when her -company Tranfigura chose an African country as a dumping ground for its toxic residue from oil. Where is western consciousness in every day gas flaring and oil pollution in Naija Delta? What did Abati say when Spanish judge ordered that a 17th century shipwreck discovered by Odyssey Marine-USA be returned to Spain as its rightful owner- because it contains over $500 million in gold. So putting things in perspective, $500 million in gold is huge to a westerner; while in the same vein, a whale washed ashore is worth more to a hungry Lagosian. Kapish, ?

Quite scared how Naija brain works: so a dead/infected/rotten whale washes ashore in Nigeria, uninformed people jump on it for poison food, and here an "educated" Nigeria is blaming a Spanish judge somewhere in far away Europe for everything
Me, I no understand-o.

Plain ignorance!!!

Aloy+Emeka:



Average Nigerian at sleep. Over 70% Nigerians  live like this.

Awww look at bkbabe, ezeuche, seanet2 and co making their "billions".

No body said whale meat is not meant to be eaten oh. The question here is if that whale has some toxic substance in it, what happens to those that consumed it? I hope all supporters here will come out and send them abroad for treatment o. Its even good you base your judgment on the fact that government doesnt have time for the poor to excuse the ignorance of those that eat the meat. so, you probably know too that when sickness comes government will not help them too.

poverty has made us lose our reasoning, you cant even be sure if the whale is dead or alive but some people want to make money at all expense even at there own life,,, just take care but i will rather die with hunger than eat that thing

What is the world,

A potential source of meat, systematic whaling was not possible in Iceland until the late 19th century due to the lack of ocean-going ships. Small whales were hunted close to the shore with the small rowboats used for fishing. Beached whales were also eaten and the Icelandic word for beached whale, hvalreki, is still used to mean a stroke of good luck.

When Iceland withdrew from the International Whaling Commission in 1992, commercial whaling stopped but some whale meat could still be found in specialised stores coming from small whales accidentally caught in nets or beached.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_cuisine

Happy now?

wesley80:

@na2day, its also a common occurence that whales run aground and sometimes have to be rescued especially the calves that r yet to master their routes. So until u can prove that the recent whale was dead and decomposing cos d reporter clearly avoided saying so, then u're being nothing more than a hypocrite for condemning and portraying people as desperate scavengers that would butcher even a decomposing and stinking animal out of greed. And for that here r 3 words ; Get a Life.

Does my eyes deceive me?  Infact ur post above is a proof dat many nigerian
youths are basically  walking about  with  brains atrophied by poverty? What exactly are u defending? That those  scavenger's action not spured by poverty? What ure tryin to tell us is, if u're driving by after closing from work  and u see a beached whale, u'd jump out and start hacking,  hoping to present  d meat to ur wife to prepare as ur dinner? Because, its free and u don't want to pay for meat. If ur answer to dat is yes, IT'S U  DAT NEED TO GET UR BRAIN EXAMINED

Japan has long butted heads with the International Whaling Commission, claiming that the body's strict antiwhaling regulations are an affront to whale-loving Japanese culture and taste buds. Last week, however, the country's Fisheries Agency proposed a compromise that the whale-eating lobby may be able to stomach: allow the meat of beached whales to be used for human consumption. The agency claims the policy change carcasses of whales that flop ashore must be incinerated or buried under current law is motivated primarily by a need to save money. In January 2002, for example, officials spent more than $500,000 to dispose of 14 stranded sperm whales, despite repeated requests to sell the meat.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,461888,00.html

@ tpia, I hope u'll honestly be able to answer d question posed above? U're reeling out info about people who are whale meat addicts, and I don't see anywhere, where they mention decomposing whale as part of their staple!

^^and where is your evidence this particular alledged whale was decomposing?

Is anyone surprised? You shouldn't be because that's exactly the way our leaders want it. That is the reason our financial institutions have been plundered, our educational institutions reduced to mere caricature classrooms, and graduates are roaming the streets.

After over 50 years of oil exploration this is what we have to showcase to the world- poverty, institutional failures, armed robbery, ritual killings, political assassinations, certificate forgery, constant power failure, absence of potable water, lack of good roads, poorly equipped hospitals, etc.

If only our leaders would remember what is called SHAME and think of ways of bringing this country back on track. Our people are really hungry and impoverished. May God have mercy on us all.

This is one of the reasons our present generation should shove sentiments aside and think of enthroning purposeful leadership for this nation.

http://politicalfield..com

Talk is to talk and fish [whale] is to chop. Make una dey dia.

tpia@:

^^and where is your evidence this particular alledged whale was decomposing?

was dat the question asked?

^^what was the question?

Nobody is against eating of whale, the issue is the Nigerian factor especially when things are free, not caring for their lives or wellbeing, if petrol is gushing out on the road, they will go and scoop, if whale is on d beach, no one will even ask whether meat is still good to eat, they'll descend like animals on it! POVERTY IS THE ISSUE NOT THE MEAT!

@tpia

na2day!:

Does my eyes deceive me?  Infact your post above is a proof dat many nigerian
youths are basically  walking about  with  brains atrophied by poverty? What exactly are u defending? That those  scavenger's action not spured by poverty? [size=14pt]What ure tryin to tell us is, if u're driving by after closing from work  and u see a beached whale, u'd jump out and start hacking,  hoping to present  d meat to your wife to prepare as your dinner? Because, its free and u don't want to pay for meat. [/size]If your answer to dat is yes, IT'S U  DAT NEED TO GET your BRAIN EXAMINED  

The bolded is the question!

redsun:

People perish for lack of knowledge.There are cattles,goats,pigs,sheep,entelopes,even rabbits to rear and make available for all,yet pple are looking for source of protein in a dead whale that could be diseased.

Wetin kill fish no go kill man.

slap1:

Wetin kill fish no go kill man.

LWKMD, pls slap make uno kill person o!

na2day!:

Nobody is against eating of whale, the issue is the Nigerian factor especially when things are free, not caring for their lives or wellbeing, if petrol is gushing out on the road, they will go and scoop, if whale is on d beach, no one will even ask whether meat is still good to eat, they'll descend like animals on it! POVERTY IS THE ISSUE NOT THE MEAT!

you go on with your petrol example and let me give you mine.

if you're going somewhere and happen to see a $100 note lying in the middle of the road, will you or will you not pick it up.

do you know where it's been?

rich countries dont eat roadkill and push their beached whales back into the sea or bury them. Nobody said nigeria is a rich country.

and in most non-western countries in the world, a beached whale would be seen as an opportunity to get much needed protein.

so what's with the unnecessary condemnation?

tpia@:


you go on with your petrol example and let me give you mine.

if you're going somewhere and happen to see a $100 note lying in the middle of the road, will you or will you not pick it up.

do you know where it's been?

your post above has just reconfirmed the poverty mindset!
So, u will take it and give testimony in d church next sunday, abi? 
u know what happens picking money in the middle of the road, right? AWUFF dey kill o!