4/00Estimated portion of whale, dolphin, and porpoise meat consumed in Japan last year whose pollution levels were toxic: 1/2
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1/89Number of dolphins, sea lions, and whales being trained in “surveillance and detection” by the Navy: 120
2/87Price of a 30-minute swim with dolphins at the Dolphins Plus Marine Mammal Center in Key Largo: $30
2/08Number of votes tallied in an online Greenpeace poll last fall to name a humpback whale in the South Pacific: 152,000
Percentage that favored the name “Mr. Splashy Pants”: 79
10/03Chances that farmed salmon contains PCB levels that are 4 times higher than those found in beef: 7 in 10
3/09Price, at a Reykjavík restaurant, of a whale kebab called “Moby Dick on a Stick”: $9