Pic?

scottbody: Pic?

Right here:

What do they do with the walruses once they're dead, or is this just a sheer blood sport based on a time-tested tradition in the region?

Oh! Oh! Me! Me! Me! I want to watch!

Not really. But if they were doves flying into fans I'd be there. Now that's entertainment!

mychihuahuas

the article says it's a subsistence hunt, so my guess is they eat em

mychihuahuas -

My guess would be they eat the meat and use the fur and tusks for clothing and other tools.

Here's a sexy Walruse for you!!!

rickythepenguin what do your sealy powers enable you to do?

Native alaskan leaders thought wrong

we all know that native alaskans traditionally hunted with rifles
and used plastic lures
and had igloo casinos

That part will be saved for Pay-per-View.

/not sure if I'm talking about the hunting or Latesha...

Goo goo ga'joob.

CraicBaby

From TFA:

The meat is a core food source for Alaska Natives in the area, including the coastal Yupik and Inupiaq communities. Walrus ivory and bone are transformed into crafts and artwork. The skins become boat coverings, while intestines can serve as rain gear.

Stop. Now. These people have a god-given right to conjecture and prejudice. Just stop with your "reason", lest you be a victim of....the....um....silent treatment!!

/I know.
//Yeah, really, I know.
///Ok, no, I don't know, I've just never done these slashe things before.
////This is fun.

Helios1182:
My guess would be they eat the meat and use the fur and tusks for clothing and other tools.

They don't have Walmarts up there?

Actually, I'd like to see this
//koo-koo-ka-choo

A vacationing penguin is driving through Arizona when he notices that the oil-pressure light is on. He gets out to look and sees oil dripping out of the motor. He drives to the nearest town and stops at the first gas station.

After dropping the car off, the penguin goes for a walk around town. He sees an ice-cream shop and, being a penguin in Arizona, decides that something cold would really hit the spot. He gets a big bowl of vanilla ice cream and sits down to eat. Having no hands, he makes a real mess trying to eat with his little flippers.

After finishing his ice cream, he goes back to the gas station and asks the mechanic if he's found the problem. The mechanic looks up and says, "It looks like you blew a seal."

"No, no," the penguin replies, "It's just ice cream."

"The skins become boat coverings, while intestines can serve as rain gear."

Rain gear?

I'm an Alaskan, and I've eaten whale, seal, walrus, and lots of other critters.

The meat is pretty tasty, if a bit on the fishy side. I don't care for the muktuk, though. Never eat the liver of any marine mammal.

2005-09-07 11:41:28 PM HowlingFrog

"The skins become boat coverings, while intestines can serve as rain gear."

Rain gear?

Salmon skins work for this also.

bluprint:

The meat is a core food source for Alaska Natives in the area, including the coastal Yupik and Inupiaq communities. Walrus ivory and bone are transformed into crafts and artwork. The skins become boat coverings, while intestines can serve as rain gear.I'


Does anyone actually think that Native Alaskans still use walrus-skinned boats or traditional raingear? Every picture I've seen of Bristol Bay shows a bunch of aluminum craft and Gortex.

For that matter, most of their food comes in a can via government handouts and checks from their local Native corporation.

Someone other than me should find out what the featured website is.

enjoy...

totalsecurity: I'm an Alaskan, and I've eaten whale, seal, walrus, and lots of other critters.

OMG, you've eaten a baby seal!!?!! Avoiding staring at my leather sneakers, my whole body shudders.

/now to feed my dogs some steak for dinner...

Sea mammals in general taste like ass. They have this horrific Iron taste and the meat is such a dark color (I suppose from all the hemoglobin they need for diving).

hahahaha thats hilarious.

/wants to try seal and walrus
//and polar bear
///maybe a penguin or 2...

2005-09-08 12:17:40 AM mychihuahuas [TotalFark]

OMG, you've eaten a baby seal!!?!! Avoiding staring at my leather sneakers, my whole body shudders.

The baby seals shudder when you drop them, live, into the boiling water. You know they're done when the fur floats to the top. Then on to the hot barbeque for a half-hour, drizzled with baby Walrus butter, and enjoy.

Did I mention they already have stuffing in them?

Irateape: hahahaha thats hilarious.

/wants to try seal and walrus
//and polar bear
///maybe a penguin or 2...

You're so ill!!

/going out for steak teriyaki
//and i hear the teriyaki sauce screams when they kill it

kr0m0z0ne
Sea mammals in general taste like ass. They have this horrific Iron taste and the meat is such a dark color (I suppose from all the hemoglobin they need for diving).

Ass tastes like iron and hemoglobin?
/needs to get out more

totalsecurity: The baby seals shudder when you drop them, live, into the boiling water. You know they're done when the fur floats to the top. Then on to the hot barbeque for a half-hour, drizzled with baby Walrus butter, and enjoy.

Did I mention they already have stuffing in them?

Oh come on. I haven't eaten dinner yet and you're geting me seriously sick...Is the butter flavored with garlic and lemon?

/gonna skip dinner now
//vodka tonics have enrgy value just like Gatorade
///prove otherwise!

Personally I think it would be interesting to watch. Also I would love to try some walrus. Could be quite tasty.

I think I would like to watch them kill the Walrii! Especially if it takes a while.

Gonna go and get me some iron and hemoglobin now.

Kurland: Personally I think it would be interesting to watch. Also I would love to try some walrus. Could be quite tasty.

You're gross too. I'm gonna take this as a personal mission here to protect the walrus, because I'm a farking liberal and I'm totally done with the Katrina threads.

/though I don't hug trees
//in fact I hate plant life
///I can just grow dogs
////everyone was given a certain gift by God and I don't question mine.

2005-09-08 12:36:01 AM mychihuahuas [TotalFark]


Oh come on. I haven't eaten dinner yet and you're geting me seriously sick...Is the butter flavored with garlic and lemon?

Yes, but of course, although you have to clarify the butter first.

And did you know that baby seal, whale, and walrus makes your dogs coat shiny? And no hormones, like that nasty Mad Cow Steak you're feeding the poor thing.

I have good news for you:

"U.S. Sausage Company to Make Canned Walrus Meat in Russia"

Maybe they'll have it in Wal-Mart. Oh, right, that's China.

I wonder why they feel the need to hide this? Perhaps the same reason you can't visit factory farms or slaughterhouses. Or the same reason we can't see photos of flag draped coffins.

totalsecurity: And did you know that baby seal, whale, and walrus makes your dogs coat shiny?

Besides, everybody knows that the younger the animal was when it was killed, the tastier the flesh. Baby lamb, veal, etcetera.

So many people are in complete denial about where food actually comes from.

I think they should let people watch the slaughter.

What are they afraid of?

For future reference, 'Fall' should not be capitalized.

walrus. mmmmmmmm.....blubber.


i prefer spotted owl. it tastes like bald eagle, just not as much white meat.

Baby walrus walks into a bar. Barkeep asks, What'll you have?
Baby Walrus says. "anything but Canadian Club."

/yes, it's Alaska, not Canadia
//it's early morning in an airport, so sue me

Sounds like the Bush world to me .... do the nasty deeds but don't show them to the public ... by the time Bush leaves office ... the statement "let's be up front about it" will no longer exist.

that's pretty lame Zorroaca. and petty as well.

doeas bush make your feet stink, too?

Leaders do not want viewers to see the animals shot and butchered during a fall subsistence hunt, fearing widespread Internet images could threaten the tradition.

Two thoughts come to mind here:

1. Just how "traditional" is it to shoot a walrus? Shouldn't they have to like, I dunno, sneak up on them with a stone axe or something?

2. If these guys are hungry and desparate enough to hunt walruses for subsistence, why would they care whether or not it's Webcast?

That is the funniest headline I've ever seen.