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Article: Pirates in tuxedos: as a fisherman in the Bering Sea, I've seen killer whales up close - and they're not cute.(a commercial fisherman describes his intense dislike of killer whales and the damage they can cause)(Brief Article)(Column)
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- Newsweek
- Article date:
- April 27, 1998
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As a fisherman in the Bering Sea, I've seen killer whales up close--and they're not cute
I see you've got a poster of the enemy." The loan officer sitting across the desk from me looks up at his framed poster of killer whales with a puzzled frown. All he sees is a painting with cuddly little black-and-white whales swimming peacefully among their marine neighbors. He can't believe anyone doesn't love the monsters.
As I start to explain why I don't like killer whales, my wife hunches her shoulders and looks out the window. It's too late to pretend she doesn't know me, and now she's wishing she were anywhere else. I wouldn't blame her if she just got up ...