European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 14, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 2007 stars and stripes Page is was whale at least 115 fragment reveals creature survived Century old attack new Bedford whaling museum vap the bomb Lance patented in that was removed from the neck of a Bowhead whale captured in May at the body of the bomb Lance was not the shiny scars Are the result of a Chain saw by Erin Conroy the associated press Boston a 50ton Bowhead whale caught off the alaskan coast last month had a weapon fragment embedded in its neck that showed it survived a similar Hunt More than a Century embedded deep under its blubber was a Svi Inch arro shaped projectile that has Given research ers insight into the whales estimated Between 115 and 130 years no other finding has been this said John an adjunct curator of the new bed Ford whaling calculating a whales age can be and is usually gauged by amino acids in the Eye its rare to find one that has lived More than a but experts say the oldest were close to 200 years the lodged in a Bone Between the whales neck and shoulder was Likely manufactured in new on the Southeast coast of a major whaling Center at that Bockstoce it was probably shot at the whale from a heavy shoulder gun around the Small Metal Cyl Inder was filled with explosives fitted with a Tim delay fuse so it would explode seconds after it was shot into the the bomb Lance was meant to kill the whale immediately and prevent it from the device exploded and probably injured the Bockstoce it probably Hurt the or annoyed but it hit him in a nonlethal he he  have been that bothered if he lived for another 100 the whale Barkens Back to far different if 130 years it would have been born in the year Rutherford Hayes was sworn in As when Feder Al reconstruction troops with Drew from the South and when Thomas Edison unveiled his newest the the 49foot male whale died when it was shot with a similar projectile last and the older de vice was found buried beneath its blubber As Hunters carved it with a Chain saw for its unusual to find old things like that in and i knew immediately that it was quite old by its said Craig a wildlife biologist for the North slope Borough department of wildlife who was called Down to the site soon after it was after the Arrow is the fragment will be displayed at the inupiaq heritage Center in bar Bush moves to Cut spotted owl habitat Grants the Bush administration proposes cutting million acres from Northwest forests considered critical to the sur Vival of the Northern spotted the move could reopen the 1990s debate Over Timber production on Public in which logging companies argued that efforts to save the owl contributed to the Northwest Timber Industry the fish and wildlife service proposed tuesday to reduce the critical habitat for the owl from million acres of Federal lands by 22 to million among places removed Are the fort Lewis military base in Washington state and National Forest areas designated As wilderness since Dies at Home in California los who As televisions wizard introduced generations of Young viewers to the Joys of died tues he was who had Bone died at his suburban Bell Canyon said his Tom he really taught kids How to use the thinking skills of a said former colleague Steve he worked with Herbert on a 1980s show that echoed the original 1950s watch wizard which became a fond baby Boomer from the associated press attention us citizens living in the us earn extra Money delivering the if you live in one of these areas please Contact us Lakenheath Beck lords stud lands Shepard Grove Horning Home delivery routes for consideration Contact our us office Heather Klinglesmith european stars and us Bureau office administrator Dan 2382226 Civ 01638542226  or customer service toll free