{"id":54,"date":"2015-02-04T11:42:11","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T19:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/antiwhale.org\/site\/?p=54"},"modified":"2015-02-04T11:48:08","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T19:48:08","slug":"amazing-anti-whale-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/antiwhale.org\/site\/2015\/02\/amazing-anti-whale-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazing Anti Whale Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I go to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cabrillomarineaquarium.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cabrillo Marine Aquarium<\/a> all the time, but never went to their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cabrillomarineaquarium.org\/research\/marine-research-library.asp\" target=\"_blank\">library <\/a>until the other day. All I have to say is &#8211; WOW. They have a HUGE section on WHALING. Unfortunately, you can&#8217;t take out books from the library, and the aquarium is too far a drive to go to just read books during the day, so I ordered some of them (see below).<\/p>\n<p>For the 13+ years that I&#8217;ve been running this site, I&#8217;ve never posted personal information about myself. The truth is, I&#8217;m an avid supporter of aquariums and extremely invested in marine life. My passion focuses on invertebrates (yay nudibranches!). I could care less about vertebrate marine life, and I dislike vertebrate MAMMALIAN &#8220;marine&#8221; life. And just plain hate whales.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the two books I&#8217;ve bought so far:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0007EKTHS\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B0007EKTHS&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=antiwhale-20&#038;linkId=5LCJZCM5V4XMI35X\" target=\"_blank\">Whales, Whaling and Whalecraft<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0007JHF66\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B0007JHF66&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=antiwhale-20&#038;linkId=IQO3R5HX4U6AXX6L\" title=\"The Whale Killers\" target=\"_blank\">The Whale Killers<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<div align=\"Center\">\n<div id=\"attachment_56\" style=\"width: 211px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/antiwhale.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/whale2.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/antiwhale.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/whale2-201x300.png\" alt=\"I started reading this book the other day and it is SOOOO MORBID. Nice details on shipwrecked cannibalistic sailors raping local natives and gory details on rendering whales.\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-56\" srcset=\"http:\/\/antiwhale.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/whale2-201x300.png 201w, http:\/\/antiwhale.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/whale2.png 590w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-56\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I started reading this book the other day and it is SOOOO MORBID. Nice details on shipwrecked cannibalistic sailors raping local natives and gory details on rendering whales.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_55\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/antiwhale.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/whale3.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/antiwhale.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/whale3-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"A whole section dedicated to old whaling books, back when whaling was A-OK\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55\" srcset=\"http:\/\/antiwhale.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/whale3-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/antiwhale.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/whale3-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-55\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A whole section dedicated to old whaling books, back when whaling was A-OK<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_57\" style=\"width: 190px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/antiwhale.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/whale1.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/antiwhale.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/whale1-180x300.png\" alt=\"I ordered this book off Amazon and will be getting it shortly\" width=\"180\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-57\" srcset=\"http:\/\/antiwhale.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/whale1-180x300.png 180w, http:\/\/antiwhale.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/whale1.png 590w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-57\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I ordered this book off Amazon and will be getting it shortly<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;source=ac&#038;ref=qf_sp_asin_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=antiwhale-20&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=US&#038;placement=B0007EKTHS&#038;asins=B0007EKTHS&#038;linkId=YJ54NDLTUVXJ746U&#038;show_border=false&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><iframe style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;source=ac&#038;ref=qf_sp_asin_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=antiwhale-20&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=US&#038;placement=B0007JHF66&#038;asins=B0007JHF66&#038;linkId=SQPFTPL6ASWKOZGG&#038;show_border=false&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"facebook\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=http:\/\/antiwhale.org\/site\/2015\/02\/amazing-anti-whale-books\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on Facebook\">Share on Facebook<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I go to the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium all the time, but never went to their library until the other day. 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