I know it's possible to find research that "proves" almost anything but I'm going with cetacean studies over the years that say whales have language and society, and it's possible, to my way of thinking, that some of them have just had enough of us, after all the tragedy we've visited on their family groups. I've seen orcas while paddling and am very glad I was far enough away to not get in their way. They seem remarkably tolerant, but I think now and then an individual cetacean can snap, as is the case for another dominant mammal I could mention. We've invaded their space and changed it acoustically to their detriment, and in other ways as well. Two inter-species misunderstandings in these events, certainly. Diane *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Mar 15 2007 - 05:42:01 PDT
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