Selling Sei Whale Meat Out of a Mercedes

Whom would buy whale meat out of a car? I wouldn't even buy shrimp sitting on ice? Too much of a danger of getting sick; not to mention you do not know how long its been out of the ocean, which ocean, nor how nor with what it has been treated with. Yuck!!

Google Image Search results for a search on the Sei Whale:
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clipped from latimesblogs.latimes.com came Federal prosecutors Wednesday filed criminal charges against a Santa Monica sushi restaurant and one of its chefs, alleging that they sold endangered whale meat. Named in the complaint, which was filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, were Typhoon Restaurant Inc., owner of the Hump restaurant at Santa Monica Airport, and chef Kiyoshiro Yamamoto, 45, of Culver City. Both were charged with the illegal sale of a marine mammal product, a misdemeanor that carries a maximum penalty of one year in prison and a maximum fine of $100,000 for an individual and $200,000 for an organization. “Someone should not be able to walk into a restaurant and order a plate of an endangered species,” said U.S. Atty. André Birotte Jr. in a prepared statement. The Hump restaurant, a hip sushi hangout, came under fire after allegations surfaced in Tuesday’s  New York Times that it had served endangered Sei whale meat, possibly straight from the trunk of a white Mercedes.