IAN: And the identity-union between Navy
sonar and whale sonar may be causeing many
whales to be driven off course, "crashing,"
or beeching, onto the land. The low down:
http://www.abcnews.com/sections/science/DailyNews/whales0305.html
SCIENCE NEWS, Vol.153 (03/21/98) page 184.
Whales Stranded During Military Test
A puzzling episode of whale strandings along the western
coast of Greece might have resulted from military tests of
sonar going on at the time, speculates a Greek researcher.
On May 12 and 13, 1996, 12 Cuvier's beaked whales ran
aground along the Kyparissiakos Gulf, where they eventually
died. Two weeks later, another dead whale was discovered
on the same stretch of coast.
More: http://expage.com/page/new02
>Personally I find the idea of animals who can 'see' an entire ocean far
>more impressive than the idea of animals singing to each other, but I
>guess it takes all sorts...
IAN: It's got to be sentimental and romantic.
Really the whale songs are saying: "This Helps
me to find the place I initiate the wholesale
slaughter of a lot of entities smaller than me."
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