h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Whale Watching is now such a popular tourist activity here in Australia that the authorities have imposed a 100metre 'exclusion zone' to avoid the whales being turned into puree by the hordes of outboard motors & otherwise being harassed.

Interestingly, there has been, for the last week or 2, a Southern Right whale cavorting in & about Sydney Harbour so we can all whale watch during the evening TV news - I suppose there's less chance of pureed whale from TV crews helicopter blades but I cant help but be amazed that the 'experts' were surprised that the poor thing was very shy for a few days - nothing to do with the noise from the 'copters during a media frenzy.

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