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n2doc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-25-10 08:40 AM
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Putin shoots darts at whale
Russia's Putin shoots darts at gray whale


Wednesday, August 25, 2010


(08-25) 06:22 PDT MOSCOW, Russia (AP) --

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has added gray whales to the list of endangered species he has personally helped Russian scientists track.

From the deck of a rubber boat, he fired darts from a crossbow to collect skin samples from a whale swimming near the Kamchatka Peninsula.

Back on shore, journalists asked Putin whether it was dangerous. He told them "to live in general is dangerous" but said he enjoyed Wednesday's adventure.

He admitted that his first three shots missed in the choppy water and that only his fourth shot hit the whale.



Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/08/25/international/i052412D17.DTL&tsp=1

too bad it wasn't this whale:
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mike r Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-25-10 08:52 AM
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1. Putin sure wears many hats:










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