Comments on: Are Whales Fish? http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2008/12/are-whales-fish/ Rob MacDougall Dot Org Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:00:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Brian http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2008/12/are-whales-fish/#comment-1058 Brian Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:20:34 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2008/12/are-whales-fish/#comment-1058 Whales are exceptionally intelligent. What do whales think they are? Has anyone asked? Whales are exceptionally intelligent. What do whales think they are? Has anyone asked?

]]> By: The Vapour Trail http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2008/12/are-whales-fish/#comment-1057 The Vapour Trail Sat, 03 Jan 2009 06:25:35 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2008/12/are-whales-fish/#comment-1057 [...] conflict with those intending to teach on the topic in mind. At the very appropriately-named blog, Old is the New New, Rob McDougall tells us about the scientific dispute which once surrounded the question: are whales [...] [...] conflict with those intending to teach on the topic in mind. At the very appropriately-named blog, Old is the New New, Rob McDougall tells us about the scientific dispute which once surrounded the question: are whales [...]

]]> By: Rob http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2008/12/are-whales-fish/#comment-1056 Rob Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:53:37 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2008/12/are-whales-fish/#comment-1056 So the answer is at least three. :) That sounds like him to me. The reason Capt. Fish testified that the whale was not a fish was because he had a lot of money invested in whale oil, and didn't want to pay the inspection fees on fish oil. So the answer is at least three. :)

That sounds like him to me. The reason Capt. Fish testified that the whale was not a fish was because he had a lot of money invested in whale oil, and didn’t want to pay the inspection fees on fish oil.

]]> By: z http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2008/12/are-whales-fish/#comment-1055 z Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:26:15 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2008/12/are-whales-fish/#comment-1055 Turns out this was <a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,742482-1,00.html" rel="nofollow">Preserved Fish III</a>, whale oil magnate. Turns out this was Preserved Fish III, whale oil magnate.

]]> By: Rob http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2008/12/are-whales-fish/#comment-1054 Rob Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:18:31 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2008/12/are-whales-fish/#comment-1054 How many Preserved Fish can there be in NYC? How many Preserved Fish can there be in NYC?

]]> By: z http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2008/12/are-whales-fish/#comment-1053 z Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:40:38 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2008/12/are-whales-fish/#comment-1053 I wonder if it's the same Preserved Fish as the one interred in NYC's <a href="http://www.nycmc.org/intermentvaults.html" rel="nofollow">Marble Cemetery</a>? I wonder if it’s the same Preserved Fish as the one interred in NYC’s Marble Cemetery?

]]> By: Rob http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2008/12/are-whales-fish/#comment-1052 Rob Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:29:52 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2008/12/are-whales-fish/#comment-1052 @tona: I do not know, but I was pleased to learn (via Wikapedia, so caveat lector) that the sperm whale has the largest gullet of any living animal - it is the only animal that can swallow an adult human without chewing. @anon: Now that would have made a cool slide. @tona: I do not know, but I was pleased to learn (via Wikapedia, so caveat lector) that the sperm whale has the largest gullet of any living animal – it is the only animal that can swallow an adult human without chewing.

@anon: Now that would have made a cool slide.

]]> By: tona http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2008/12/are-whales-fish/#comment-1051 tona Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:25:16 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2008/12/are-whales-fish/#comment-1051 Does this answer the question of just what swallowed Jonah? I believe the question of whether it was a whale or a fish occupied Darrow and Bryan for a while on the 7th day of the Scopes Trial, if I'm remembering aright... Does this answer the question of just what swallowed Jonah? I believe the question of whether it was a whale or a fish occupied Darrow and Bryan for a while on the 7th day of the Scopes Trial, if I’m remembering aright…

]]> By: anon http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2008/12/are-whales-fish/#comment-1050 anon Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:28:15 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2008/12/are-whales-fish/#comment-1050 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Biz_v._United_States" rel="nofollow">Also, you may know that a judge declared that the X-Men are not human</a>. Also, you may know that a judge declared that the X-Men are not human.

]]> By: Rob http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2008/12/are-whales-fish/#comment-1049 Rob Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:53:49 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2008/12/are-whales-fish/#comment-1049 Adam: I actually mentioned the Rutherford quote about physics and stamp collecting! Great minds yadda yadda... Greg: It's a monster 3-hour lecture, actually. I'm still figuring out how much material I need to fill the time. It just meets once a week. It's pedagogically problematic, but we had to do it that way to fit the schedules of our target audience in science and engineering. Adam: I actually mentioned the Rutherford quote about physics and stamp collecting! Great minds yadda yadda…

Greg: It’s a monster 3-hour lecture, actually. I’m still figuring out how much material I need to fill the time. It just meets once a week. It’s pedagogically problematic, but we had to do it that way to fit the schedules of our target audience in science and engineering.

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