Taiji’s Pilot Whales Smile & Promote Dental Hygiene

A Japanese TV news crew visits the town of Taiji in Wakayama prefecture, where something shocking is happening.

Pilot whales have been captured and…….they’re having their teeth brushed:

June 4th was Cavity Prevention Day in Japan, so the whales at the Taiji aquarium are being used to promote proper dental hygiene. After brushing, the whales “gargle” water to clean their mouths!

—

Akihabara News – Gadgetry from Japan (Subscribe)
Dannychoo.com – Your portal to Japan (Subscribe)

16 comments - What do you think? Posted by James - June 10, 2011 at 9:14 am

Categories: Animal Videos Tags:

Hamachiman

Animal cruelty!
M. J. M

So the purpose of this post is to bait douchebags into talking about whaling and douchebags into talking about how the previous douchebags don’t understand Japanese culture. This comment thread will be greeeeat.
Anonymous

The clip was a little short on info.

What I’d really like to know is – did they use fluoride?

And more important – did they floss?
http://nihonburp.com Michael Warren

Now I can go back to kissing dolphins without fear of them having awful breath, thanks Taiji
Guy

They’re not smiling, they just look like they’re smiling, just like a lot of dogs look like they’re smiling, but they’re not.
Paulo Monteiro

It is not by culture, not for food, just “easy money” …
Dolphins better quality are sold to aquatic parks around the world US$ 150,000.00 for countries like China, Philippines, Dubai, Europe, Caribbean and Canada are the main buyers …
The rest is murdered in the worst way possible for their meat is sold as whale meat with toxic levels of mercury for children in schools …
Welcome to japan corrupt … Taiji is the world capital of the incompetent …

http://www.billowykimono.com/ Senor Science

I’ve never heard of dolphin meat being mixed in with whale meat and sold all over Japan to various school boards.

You need to stop chugging the kool-aid.
Day-Bee-Toe

You should care about cows, pigs and chickens in the farms in your homeland before picking up a small village at the other side of the earth. Hypocrites, GO HOME.

Garamon

When they stuck only there mouths above water, they reminded me of the monster from Alien – I guess they’re probably alot more friendly though.

Garamon

“There” should be “their” of course. And “alot” should be “a lot” I suppose — hmm, and I haven’t even finished my first beer today yet. LOL.
Garamon

“There” should be “their” of course. And “alot” should be “a lot” I suppose — hmm, and I haven’t even finished my first beer today yet. LOL.

Alfonso_arzube

Hi I´m so want the copy rights if human tetris.. someone help me with I will so grateful with you guys.. It’s any e-mail adress to contact the blog’s owner?
Alfonso_arzube

alfonso_arzube@hotmail.com if you know the owner of human tetris copy rigth
Paulo

The Japanese government is incompetent and corrupt, what is happening in Taiji is shameful and disgusting we all human beings …

Day-Bee-Toe

You should have written:
The anti-whaling movement is incompetent and corrupt, what is happening
in the West is shameful and disgusting we all human beings …

Paulo

The Japanese government is incompetent and corrupt, what is happening in Taiji is shameful and disgusting we all human beings …

Taiji’s Pilot Whales Smile & Promote Dental Hygiene

Recent Comments

Further Reading

Bikini Atoll: Lessons For Fukushima?

Complaints From Loony Parents Cancel Event: Okinawan Children Not Allowed to Play With “Radioactive” Aomori Snow

Remembering the International Media’s Post-Fukushima Hysteria: Radiation Scare Stories Ignored Real Victims of 3/11

A Look Inside Osaka Prison

Dead Shark Found in Yoyogi Park

Japanese Fart Battle Scroll

Dinosaurs Wear Traditional Japanese Clothing

Canada Rejects Refugee Application From Japanese Who Feared Radiation

Ishinomaki: Then & Now

Radioactive Seafood? Miyagi Fishing Industry Works to Prove Safety of Their Fish

Categories

Archives

Subscribe

Japan Blogs

Korea Blogs

Linkroll

Other Asia Blogs