http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn2...20060327a5.html there are problems with high speed ferrys between Japan and korea hitting whales. BUT if you read the article, several people were injured when their boat was hit by a whale.

Japan is one of the few countries that openl;y supports whaling.

I thought this would be a thread making fun of Snakes on a Plane!

I just dare someone to make a small adventure session using snakes on a plane!

Of course there was that one adventure in amazonia where ye might pick up some paracritters that could get loose on yer flight back...

<Cough> Predator And Prey: Forbidden Fruit <Cough>

so, what's that about?

And I'll bet something like depressurizing the plane and putting all the passengers on O2 and waiting for the snakes to die would be too easy?

Snakes on a plane is only a bad movie because Chuck Norris isn't in it.

Chuck Norris is in it. Who do you think plays the snakes?

~J

But the snakes don't win, as I understand it. That clearly makes your statement a lie, Kage.

See, that's where you're wrong. Just think about it, would Chuck Norris and Samuel L. Jackson ever be on opposite sides? Clearly ridiculous. There is only one possible conclusion.

~J

And that conclusion is that that is the single worst fucking excuse for a movie idea/plot/story/garbage that I've seen all year.

But you know that you're going to be there on opening night

I haven't been to an opening night for a movie in about a year and a half. Somehow I don't think this one's gonna break my streak.

Seriously, what the effin crap is the deal? You have to have an IQ of 10 to enjoy movies these days. Plot holes so large you can drive trucks through them, acting that I regularly see my gaming group beat, pathetic excuses for stories and characters..... BAH!
/rant

Jeeezzzz, somebody totally threadjacked the opening intent of this post ...

Where have Leviathans appeared? I know they're in the Earthdawn Dragons PDF and the SR4 core rules but other than that they are the most mysterious of all dragon races.

I think Dranem is referring to the carnivorous whales that show up here:

Paranormal Animals of North America, pp.100-101; Critters, p.35.

The Leviathan (SR4, pp.297-97) is a different creature (a dracoform).

There is more information on Sea Dragons/Leviathans, btw, in DotSW on p.176.

Don't Leviathans have awesome maneuverability? Why the hell would they hit supertankers? They wouldn't do this out of environmental concern; that would just spill oil and stuff into the oceans. It doesn't make sense; and I'm sure even a dragon would appreciate the concept of live and let live under these circumstances.

No idea. There's nothing I've seen about either creature doing anything with supertankers.

Depends on the creature.
Don't forget some creatures that can be territorial and attacking anything that comes into it's territory. For a leviathan, a supertanker is something large and intruding in its space, guess what it'll attack it. Especially if it's a predator, it won't be a fraid of many things if it's on top of the food chain.

Neither one is that big. That's like mistaking an elephant for a human.

Heh, I stand corrected then... or am I? *insert ominous music*

edit: Just because if you were wondering I would suggest such a weird situation...

Well, the whale is 18-22m long, the dracoform is 25m.

The largest supertanker is 459m long.

Whereas a rhino and a car are at least within one or two magnitudes of each other in size/weight.

Aren't leviathans, like, smart? Wouldn't they know that if they rammed open a tanker, oil would spill out and poison it?

Maybe not the first time, but any survivors from the toxic fall out would learn...

Never underesitmate the power of spite. Its why there are so many noseless people in the world.

hey, you have to teach your face somehow. it's gotta learn.

It learned already. Didn't you see the dislocation it got when it "fell down the stairs?"

That, or it was really, really horny.

The worst lie modern man has had to endure. There is only one Truth, and I am its humble distributor.

~J, too lazy to add a smiley.

Bah. You give it away for free?

I take Paypal.

Aren't those awakenes sharks, Megalodons I think they are called, pretty big too? Obviously not likely to threaten even a tramp steamer much less a modern container ship or tanker, but big enough to be pretty pesky to things like fishing fleets or smaller barges.