After hearing that the Humpback whales had arrived in Maui early this season, we decided to go out and take our chances on Nov 17. We signed up with the Pacific Whale Foundation, went out on a two-hour cruise – and we saw whales. Here is the course we took: This was my first time [...]
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Whale Watching in Maui
Posted in Cetaceans, Travels on November 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Ruminations on Cetacean Intelligence
Posted in Cetaceans on August 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A comment by a reader prompted a more elaborate response than could be produced in a response comment. So here is the comment: Okay, I am an animal lover, and especially of dolphins, who love to gang-tackle (catch the euphemism) their females. And there is no doubt that other sub-language, sub-human animals, like dolphins, have [...]
Dolphin Bubbles
Posted in Cetaceans on July 30, 2010 | 2 Comments »
If you have followed my blog, particularly the “cetaceans” sections, you know that I believe dolphins are equal to humans in raw intelligence and personality complexity. They are sharp, creative, playful and inventive. Here is a fascinating example:
Dolphins, Myths & Transformation – by Ryan DeMares
Posted in Books, Cetaceans on April 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
DeMares is the first person to hold a doctorate in interspecies communication. Her emphasis is on transpersonal consciousness, the human-nonhuman animal bond, and bio-ethics. Much of DeMares’ research focuses on the mammals with the highest intelligence, including primates and cetaceans. Surprisingly, there are more animals than we think that have rudimentary language. For instance, prairie dogs [...]
Into the Deep – by Ken Grimwood
Posted in Books, Cetaceans on March 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you read my post about Replay, Ken Grimwood’s time travel novel, you would have seen my reference to Starsea, a movie that takes a central role in the plot of Replay. Into the Deep is the story of Starsea. Dolphins, and cetaceans in general, are presented as sentient beings with a level of intelligence equaling that [...]
Replay – by Ken Grimwood
Posted in Books, Cetaceans, Time Travel, tagged Time Travel on January 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Here is a unique book in a number of respects: How I came to know about it, even though it was written in 1986. How it fits into my recent readings (time travel stories). How some of the effects in the book reminded me of effects in The Accidental Time Machine. How some of the [...]
Movie Review: The Cove
Posted in Cetaceans, Commentaries, Movies, Political on August 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It all started almost 50 years ago. A young man named Richard O’Barry trained five dolphins to be used in a television series called Flipper, which, of course, became a worldwide success. O’Barry started an industry of dolphins performing and living in captivity. After building up that industry, O’Barry has come to realize that dolphins should not be kept in [...]
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