We suppose it was only a matter of time before it happened. Sci-fi extravaganza, Planet of the Apes, portended a world where apes had evolved to become the dominant species on the planet with humans relegated into slavery and/or sport. Of course, it took a wayward spaceship and a conveniently located time-altering wormhole to arrive in that apocalyptic world. Now it appears that apes (chimpanzees in particular) aren’t that far behind us in the evolutionary rat-race.

It’s fairly well known that apes make use of tools in their lives. Gorillas have been known to use sticks to gauge the depth of muddy rivers before crossing, use logs as bridges to cross smallish streams and even use tree stumps as postural support while dredging for food in swamps. Chimpanzees use stone tools to crush nuts and fruits, Read On! »

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I, like so many others, am generally horrified at the way in which we are abusing the natural world: The uncontrolled deforestation of the Amazon, pollution and over=fishing of the world’s seas, desertification of previously fertile lands, the greenhouse gas issue, the hole in the ozone, the continual decline of numerous species of flora & fauna in bio-spheres around the planet, etc. Which makes it all the more odd that I support Japan’s (and other whaling nations’) right to resume commercial whaling operations.

Currently, Japan is signatory to the global moratorium of whaling (put forward by the International Whaling Commission, IWC) which limits their fleet to whaling for scientific research. There is a long held suspicion that Japan annually exceeds Read On! »

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