Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Australian wildlife officers are investigating a claim that a teenage boy rode on the back of a whale - an activity not only against the law but potentially deadly.
The boy reportedly climbed on a southern right whale near the town of Albany. That could mean a fine of A$10,000 (HK$74,500) for harassing wildlife.
An officer said such a whale could be 18-meters long and weigh 80 tonnes, so "if you are in the way of a tail slap or when it breaches you're unlikely to survive."
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=6&art_id=103307&sid=29727651&con_type=1&d_str=20100928&fc=1
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