The Russian social network VKontakte has been temporarily blocked by several leading Indian internet providers over suspicion some groups there might be promoting the notorious Blue Whale ‘suicide game’ that has been blamed for a spate of teen deaths. “We are taking several multi-dimensional ways of containing the Blue Whale threat in India,” said information […]
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Apple TV has become Tim Cook’s white whale
Two weeks to go before Apple stages its biggest product event of the year, and Tim Cook is still chasing his white whale, Apple TV. Apple TV is by no means a failure, with an estimated 5 percent of the market for streaming-TV boxes in 2017. But it lags market leader Roku, with 18 percent, […]
WATCH: Shocking moment whale bellyflops onto freediver – who lived to tell the tale
The teenager had an extremely close call when he found himself literally up against a whale in the water. Connor Lyons was freediving with a friend off the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, on the east side of Australia. The pair spotted a pod of whales about 200m (656ft) in the distance, before they disappeared from […]
Baby whale stuck in low tide in Russia’s Far East, rescue under way (VIDEO)
Published time: 10 Aug, 2017 18:17 A baby bowhead whale got stuck in low water at the bay of Sea of Okhotsk in Russia’s Far East, the operation to rescue the sea mammal is being overseen by Natural Resources Minister Sergey Donskoy. The whale’s misfortune made headlines across the Russian internet after it was reported […]
Black Lightning Casts Albino DC Villain Tobias Whale With Rapper Krondon
Black Lightning has already cast its most formidable foe, adding rapper Marvin “Krondon” Jones III in the series regular role of Tobias Whale, the CW announced on Thursday. The character of Tobias Whale, an African-American man with albinism, was first introduced in 1977’s Black Lightning #1. He is a local politician who goes on to murder Alvin Pierce, father to […]
WATCH: Shocking moment humpback whale gets LOST…and ends up in harbour marina
Everyone has taken a wrong turning and got lost once in their life. Yet animals are assumed to have a much better sense of direction. One majestic creature apparently didn’t get the directional genes after getting lost in a harbour marina. It definitely gave some of the people a shock. The video on the Youtube […]
Parisiennes wake to find ‘whale’ washed up on banks of the Seine (PHOTOS)
Published time: 22 Jul, 2017 01:37 An astounding sight greeted the people of Paris Friday morning when what appeared to be a 20 meter whale could be seen on the banks of the Seine. Turned out, the ‘whale’ was a creation of a group of environmental activists, aimed to raise awareness in the society. “It’s […]
The hedge fund famous for betting against the ‘London Whale’ is shutting its London office
Thomson Reuters LONDON (Reuters) – New York-based Saba Capital Management, famed for its winning bet against the JPMorgan Chase trader known as the ‘London Whale’, is closing its office in London’s Mayfair district, two sources close to the situation told Reuters. The $ 1.8 billion hedge fund firm will move European trading operations to New […]
Mysterious spike in humpback whale deaths on Atlantic Coast
Federal officials have declared an “unusual mortality event” after finding a high number of dead whales washing ashore on the East coast. Scientists are investigating the cause, which could provide greater insight into larger environmental issues. On Wednesday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Marine Fisheries issued a press release, declaring an “unusual mortality […]
You Have No Idea How Mysterious Whale Vaginas Are
mfw I see a whale vagina (Image; Wwelles14/Wikimedia Commons) Whale vaginas are an enigma. Advertisement That’s because research on cetacean genitalia (dolphins and whales are both cetaceans) is pretty biased towards penis-havers. Comparatively less work has been done studying cetacean vagina-bits. So, a team of scientists decided to break down the cetatriarchy in order to […]