An aquarium in China bought two whales from Japan.

I like animals, don’t get me wrong. But, do I want to tackle a whale, roll him and her over to find their, um, parts, then get sperm from the non-sperm whales, however that might done, then find Miss Whale and inject her with Mr. Whales juice. Nope, not me. Uh uh. Let somebody else do it.

Seriously, I don’t get it. Who comes up with the ideas of helping animals do the reproduction thing? The Chinese bought the whales for about $125k. Maybe, it’s about the money. I can’t figure out why anyone else would do it, can you?

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The Japanese have been claiming all along that they have been doing research on the whales, not just hunting for dinner for a football team for a month.

A study has come out that says the whales are losing their blubber because ocean resources have been dwindling.

Japan conducted “lethal research” on 6,779 whales, about two-thirds were killed and some were pregnant.

The problem for the big Nemos is a lack of krill, a critical link in the food chain. The scarcity is blamed on climate change and the recovery of species like the humpback whale.

Minke whales shed nearly 10% of the blubber over 18 years and lose about 38lbs a year. I wonder if I were to remove krill from my diet, would I lose weight, too?

The study was led by Japan’s government-backed Institute of Cetacean Research and published in Polar Biology. Whale lovers say, “There is no need to kill whales to study them. ‘Research’ whaling is just commercial whaling under another name.”

Poor whales … if the Japanese don’t get them, climate change will.

A rare albino southern right whale calf was spotted at West Australia’s Finder’s Bay. Makes sense to find the calf in Finder’s Bay, eh? The calf is about 2 months old and has the name “Wilgi Ma Nung” which very unoriginally means “white whale” in the local Wardani Aboriginal language. I mean, why not call him/her “Spot?”

Whale watchers say “Spot” will remain in the area for another month or so to gain its strength, swim laps, get ready for the Olympic swim, then make the journey to the Antarctic for the summer feeding months.

Finder’s Bay is noted as a birthing and nursery ground for southern right whales. Right whales usually vote conservative, too. Speaking of names, um, where do they get this southern right whale classification?