Sammy The Whale Shark Free At Last!!!

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Sammy the Whale Shark Free at Last!!! Mar 19, 2010
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArti ... ion=theuae


A victory for those who campaigned for her freedom!


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Re: Sammy the Whale Shark Free at Last!!! Mar 19, 2010
Freedom!!! :mrgreen:
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Re: Sammy the Whale Shark Free at Last!!! Mar 19, 2010
Not so quick Robby, don't you wonder why nobody witnessed the event or filmed it, it should be in a situation like this, media, environmentalist's, also all employees have been instructed to shut up.
In my opinion, the shark died some time ago and they dumped the body in the ocean.
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Re: Sammy the Whale Shark Free at Last!!! Mar 19, 2010
I thought I read that Pamela Anderson was there to wave the whale goodbye...not? ;)
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RobbyG wrote:I thought I read that Pamela Anderson was there to wave the whale goodbye...not? ;)

Pamela Anderson? in Dubai? no way. Half of the Emirati's would be arrested for trying to text her dirty messages
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Re: Sammy the Whale Shark Free at Last!!! Mar 19, 2010
Well to be honest, you can't simply release a captured whale just like that. The animal is disorientated and perhaps in the wrong type of water to strengthen/survive.

My first thought when I read the article, was that he will soon die. Albeit out of eyesight.
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Re: Sammy the Whale Shark Free at Last!!! Mar 19, 2010
And to add weight to the conspiracy theorists, a whale shark dying in capivity is not uncommon. 2 out of the 4 whale sharks held in georgia aquarium have died, giving them a 50% chance. Has Sammy tipped the balance???
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Re: Sammy the Whale Shark Free at Last!!! Mar 19, 2010
I hear a Japanese whaling ship has been spotted in the Straits of Hormuz...
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Re: Sammy the Whale Shark Free at Last!!! Mar 20, 2010
Anyone for Sushi :)
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Re: Sammy the Whale Shark Free at Last!!! Mar 20, 2010
viking-warrior wrote:Anyone for Sushi :)


The Jappies got him while he was circling the World islands. Disorientated in the murky Gulf waters, encircling the sinking island of Japan. :wink:

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Re: Sammy the Whale Shark Free at Last!!! Mar 20, 2010
First off Sammy is a SHE! Secondly, Atlantis has been very sketchy with details of the release and the reasons behind it. Most people are saying that Sammy was very sick and they decided to release her to take her chances in the ocean, rather than run the risk of her dying in captivity and enduring an even bigger public backlash.
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Chocoholic wrote:First off Sammy is a SHE! Secondly, Atlantis has been very sketchy with details of the release and the reasons behind it. Most people are saying that Sammy was very sick and they decided to release her to take her chances in the ocean, rather than run the risk of her dying in captivity and enduring an even bigger public backlash.
Now we just have to wait three months to speculate on the results of the tracking device. But the only way we are going to know what happed for sure, is if Sammy floats to the surface of the gulf, and I would rather that didn't happen.
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Chocoholic wrote:First off Sammy is a SHE! Secondly, Atlantis has been very sketchy with details of the release and the reasons behind it. Most people are saying that Sammy was very sick and they decided to release her to take her chances in the ocean, rather than run the risk of her dying in captivity and enduring an even bigger public backlash.


If SHE was sick during release, she will die for sure.

Any idea where they released the animal? Don't tell me they released the whale next to the desalination outlet that dumps into the Gulf? 8)

They are capable of doing such idiot thing. After all, the logic in Dubai will probably be that the sooner she's gone, the better it is for Dubai when the animal rather dies on someone elses beach. They'll come up with a disorientating motive that the whale hit a Japanese whale hunter vessle after release...
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Re: Sammy the Whale Shark Free at Last!!! Mar 21, 2010
Some of the reader comments posted are interesting, and in many cases to the point.

http://www.arabianbusiness.com/584048-a ... hale-shark
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sage & onion wrote:Some of the reader comments posted are interesting, and in many cases to the point.

http://www.arabianbusiness.com/584048-a ... hale-shark


First or last (depending how you see it) comment page 3:

Stunt after stunt fails to hide the flaws
Posted by John at 16:45 UAE time
Edited by ArabianBusiness.com

Letting this captured fish go is probably as irresponsible as capturing it in the first place. It won't have coordinates, and will probably wash up on a beach some time soon, having been run over by a motor boat.


Similar thoughts. :wink:
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Re: Sammy the Whale Shark Free at Last!!! Mar 21, 2010
I hope she managed to get her passport back before she left...I daresay Atlantis were holding that too!
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Re: Sammy the Whale Shark Free at Last!!! Mar 21, 2010
Sorry fella, she got a one way trip only. Passport confisqated.

Dubai port authority didn't want to her back on shore. Also see: Sharlah Musabih. :D
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Re: Sammy the Whale Shark Free at Last!!! Mar 22, 2010
lol i bet all the japanese fishers are on their way to the arabian gulf to catch one big fish :D
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Re: Sammy the Whale Shark Free at Last!!! Apr 16, 2010
This seems to have gone very quiet, anyone have news of Sammy?
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Re: Sammy the Whale Shark Free at Last!!! Apr 16, 2010
This is what is the latest in my view.

http://topnews.ae/content/21815-dubai-h ... s-pressure
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Re: Sammy the Whale Shark Free at Last!!! Apr 16, 2010
They're such a bunch of spin doctors - I wouldn't believe anything Atlantis say.
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Re: Sammy the Whale Shark Free at Last!!! Apr 17, 2010
Chocoholic wrote:They're such a bunch of spin doctors - I wouldn't believe anything Atlantis say.


Is that based on fact? or are you just doing your normal thing???
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Re: Sammy the Whale Shark Free at Last!!! Apr 17, 2010
Everything in chocland is based on fact, but ofcourse the factbooks are written by president of Chocland herself :D
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Re: Sammy the Whale Shark Free at Last!!! Apr 17, 2010
sage & onion wrote:
Chocoholic wrote:They're such a bunch of spin doctors - I wouldn't believe anything Atlantis say.


Is that based on fact? or are you just doing your normal thing???


It's based on past evidence or their lying, cheating ways and the very obvious lack of information given by them. Doesn't take a rocket scientist.
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