Re: urban legend?

From: Doug Jones (djonesxcor@qnet.com)
Date: Sat Mar 24 2001 - 16:28:19 MST


Spike Jones wrote:
>
> Does anyone know if this is an urban legend? If true its too funny:
>
> >>The average cost of rehabilitating a seal after the Exxon Valdez oil
> >>spill in Alaska was $80,000. At a special ceremony, two of the most
> >>expensively saved animals were released back into the wild amid
> >>cheers and applause from onlookers. A minute later, in full view,
> >>a killer whale ate them both.
>
> {8^D spike

According to urbanlegends, this is false (and the original story was sea
otters, not seals).

http://www.urbanlegends.com/afu.faq/listing.cgi?selection=animal

--
Doug Jones, Rocket Engineer
XCOR Aerospace



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