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Fungie the dolphin is missing - Or is he?

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    #212
    Capt'n Midnight
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    Itssoeasy wrote: »
    Did people actually not realise that this was something that was always going to happen ? He’s a dolphin not a terminator, he’s a living thing and they do eventually die.

    Dolphins can't be bargained with.

    Dolphins can't be reasoned with.

    Dolphins don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear!

    And they absolutely will not stop, ever.


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    #213
    odyssey06
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Fungi has been replaced several times over.

    I always thought of it as a codename.
    Like Dread Pirate Roberts.
    Or 007.
    Or Tanaiste.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #214
    whisky_galore
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    igCorcaigh wrote: »
    :/

    https://twitter.com/DonegalDaily/status/1319980838084292610?s=19

    Sadness as shark washed up, said no media outlet ever.


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    #215
    Capt'n Midnight
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    Pinch Flat wrote: »
    Looks like there's a sinister development in this story

    https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2020/10/19/divers-find-dolphin-mass-grave-in-dingle/
    But we'll have to wait 30 years for official confirmation.


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    #216
    SEPT 23 1989
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    Bodies will turn up all over the island now

    There was no way Fungi was going to share the profits of that heist


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    #217
    odyssey06
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    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    Bodies will turn up all over the island now
    There was no way Fungi was going to share the profits of that heist

    I heard he started asking too many questions about the packages he was being asked to carry in ...

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #218
    upupup
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    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    Bodies will turn up all over the island now

    There was no way Fungi was going to share the profits of that heist


    530510.jpg


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    #219
    Dunmoreroader
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    Fungie got the Covid!!

    https://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/the-real-contagion-virus-is-out-there-and-it-s-causing-virologists-to-worry-1.4387162

    "Marine mammals may be at risk to Covid-19
    Marine mammals such as dolphins and whales may be susceptible to Covid-19, an international study involving UCD scientists has shown.

    Also under a potential threat from the pandemic virus are several critically endangered primate species, such as the Western lowland gorilla and orangutan.

    The scientists investigated how similar the docking protein (ACE2) that the virus uses to latch onto cells is between humans and 410 animal species. In particular, they zoned in on 25 amino acids of the ACE2 protein that are especially important for the virus to bind and gain entry into cells.

    Those with an exact match included, unsurprisingly, our nearest ape relatives such as gorillas, gibbons, bonobos and chimps. They were classified as being at the highest risk for contracting SARS-CoV-2.

    More unexpected was that whales and dolphins (cetaceans) scored as at high risk due to the similarity of their ACE2 receptor, which suggests that the virus may be able to infect their cells. This includes the harbour porpoise, gray whale, minke whale, killer whale, common bottlenose dolphin and beluga whale.

    “No one would think that cetaceans might be infected, but they could. That scares the living daylights out of me,” says zoologist and bat scientist Prof Emma Teeling of UCD, who helped lead the study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

    Marine mammals are long-lived and social animals and many are of conservation concern. Some scientists have suggested that the coronavirus could get into coastal waters through discharges from sewage plants."


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