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It is a sad occasion when we lose a songbird of the sea to natural causes or pollution, but for some reason this one tugged at the heartstrings.

Upon docking into the Port of Vancouver, a fin whale’s lifeless body lay wrapped around the bow of the Princess Cruise Lines’ Sapphire Princess. This is more common then you think – the underwater noise pollution projected from the ship confuses the whales making communication and navigation impossible. Tanker and large ship traffic are on the rise and so you can figure that one out for yourself. Sad…we will never truly know how many creatures of the sea will become victims of this traffic. Even more sad, the ICUN Red List has classified the fin whale as endangered as well as many other species of whales. Lovely! So we are not just poisoning them with pollution, we also plow them down with our ships.

This naturally leaves a sour taste in my mouth about cruise ships;  I’m not a huge fan of them to begin with since they spew their sewage and pollution in our beautiful British Columbia coast. Canada in particular takes the brunt of this spewing given that we can’t enforce laws on a US ships. (For further read on that, check out the original article that drew attention to the issue: Cruise on down to our dumping ground).

That said, I also know that there are some cruise ship lines that go to great lengths to encourage environemental responsibility of it’s passengers. But I’m still not convinced.

Sources: 1, 2, 3

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Trace the contours of her shape with your hands. Follow the lines of the horizon with your eyes. Appreciate her. Cherish her. Know that she is the only one who makes you feel alive. Nourish her with love, with honour and with respect.

THIS IS EARTH DAY

To the people out there who don’t care about how much fuel they are consuming or believe that Global Warming is Al Gore’s way of getting back into the public eye I ask you to pay attention please. For only a few minutes forget about everything ON this planet and direct your focus TO the planet…

Earth is the 3rd rock from the sun. It is the only planet that contains the gentle balance of chemistry that can sustain evolution. The only one that sits close enough and far enough away from the sun that photosynthesis is made possible. This gives birth to cellular development, oxygen, ozone creation and therefore life. This planet was the right shape, the right chemical structure, on the right orbital path, and the right temperature to form the perfect environment for organisms. Earth is a miracle and its success as a breathing planet is demonstrated by its life that it has created.

Today is about bringing awareness to earth; to remind us of how lucky we are that all of the above happened so we could exist. As thinking-thinking beings we are in a place and time where we can be civilized and smart enough to create a day dedicated to earth – the one who gave birth to us all. That said, we need to remember that we are also powerful enough to destroy.

TODAY…
How will you give thanks?
How will you honour?
How will you love?

Here’s something to help you get started…

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Sitting at her parents 18th century antique dining room table a wide-eyed young girl, not quite 6, delicately plucked out the seeds in the beans and tomatoes on her dinner plate. When asked why she was tediously removing them, she answered “because I don’t want to grow beans or tomato stalks in my belly.” She continued to do this with grapes, melons, cucumbers and anything else she saw seeds in. This fear carried on for quite some time, at least it was long enough that even as an adult she is fully excited to discover that there MIGHT be a possibility of such an occurrence…

Artyom Sidorkin from Russia was being operated on for a potential lung tumor when the surgeon Vladimir Kamashev had to blink 3 times just to be sure that he wasn’t hallucinating. During the biopsy he found a 2-inch fir tree crammed in amongst Sidorkin’s lung tissue which the tree-grower claims he never felt. The only reason he went to the doctors was because of a suspected case of lung cancer that included symptoms of chest pain and coughing up blood. Although there are skeptics out there who are pushing to prove this story false (e.g. the lack of light, water and a certain temperature, the story published on April Fool’s Day), the theory of such an occurrence is that Sidorkin may have inhaled or accidentally eaten a seed which sprouted in his lungs…

Don’t believe me? Check out this news broadcast.

My favorite stories are the ones that exude an out-of-this-world quality - such as real-life unicorns or lemurs getting high on giant millipedes and this story fits perfectly into that category….if it’s true…

Sources: 1, 2, 3, 4

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Ugly Bat Boy (Uggs for short) is about to become very famous very quickly…as he rightfully should be.

This unusual looking cat was given to Dr. Bassett as a gift from the original owner for his work on Uggs’ sister (who unfortunately didn’t survive). Uggs has been wondering the halls at Exeter Veterinary Hospital ever since and has since drawn media attention and tourists when a client snapped a photo and posted it online.

He’s memorizing…here’s the youtube:

Cats like Uggs and stories like Flipper Comes In Fashionable Pink is the stuff Fairy Tales are made of!

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