Japanese Study Finds “Whales are delicious”
By DJ LoBraico
March 4, 2013
A 900-year, longitudinal study conducted by the Institute of Cetacean Research in Japan has found that whale meat is “really tasty” and “worth decimating the entire remaining population of any and all whale species” to obtain.
The study—conducted by inviting a nationally-representative population chosen randomly from individuals found searching for whale meat at street markets to purchase, taste, and review meat from each of the approximately 1,000 whales slaughtered in the name of research by Japanese whalers each year—has garnered international attention since being presented to the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission.
The Secretariat of the Commission, Dr. Simon Brockington, addressed the findings in a press conference following the close of the conference, stating that “these developments will certainly require some thought” and conceding that “the IWC’s 1986 moratorium on all whaling may need to be reconsidered given the new conclusions.”
At press-time, no whales were available to comment for this article.
