LOL!
Posted on 07/30/2017 9:32:58 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Ships are huge and loud, yet they seem to take whales by surprise.
When eight endangered North Atlantic right whales turned up dead in the ocean off Nova Scotia this past June, scientists scrambled to find out why. Early data shows several of the whales had blunt force trauma consistent with a ship strike, with data still pending on others.
Ship strikes are a major cause of injury or death for whales. But why do they happen at all? The ocean is vast, and huge ships don’t exactly travel at freeway speeds—there should be enough noise, movement, and warning for a whale to get out of the way, right? Why whales may remain in dangerous proximity to ships is tough to study, but over the years, some clues have begun to emerge.
One reason is that whales may not know ships are dangerous. After all, as the biggest animals in the ocean, whales may not understand that there are things in the ocean larger and more powerful than they are.
“It’s not something they’re evolved to deal with,” says John Calambokidis, a research biologist at Cascadia Research Collective in Washington State. “It’s also something there’s very little opportunity to learn from. It’s not like you can get struck two or three times and then you know you should avoid them.”
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Perhaps a sound frequency they hate. Like those little sound horns people in whitetail country(everywhere?? ) strap to their bumpers
Joke: “where does a 300,000 pound whale swim?”
For some, that may be true. But I dislike you because you’re a walking lie. A male with swingin’ dick, pretending to be female, pretending to be a wife and pretending to be a mother. You are none of the above. Those girls’ DNA matches neither your nor Barry Soetoro’s. IMHO.
Whales carry the armadillo gene that causes them jump in front of ships when they hear the sound of the engine.
I recall Jacques Cousteau being asked why dolphins don’t just jump over the corkline of a tuna seiner to escape? He replied that while they are intelligent, they do not possess human intelligence. Big difference.
Around here the bike lanes are marked. And with the direction of travel. With traffic. Most bike riders here, ride against facing traffic. Confusing, dangerous and a problem. And it can be infuriating to yours truly.
You may be on the wrong thread.
Also, I lay this at the feet of the whales. They have giant brains. And next, not all animals are unable to cope with human machinery. So I think they need to step up their effort.
Geese will fly formation with an ultralight, dolphins play in the bow wave of ships and boats, and dogs stick their head out the window of the car loving every minute.
For a dog...that experience must make them feel like Major Stapp on a rocket sled at white sands.
Wrong whale thread.
what the heck are you talking about??
LOL!
LOL. Does this post come with an interpreter?
In Uncle Sam’s Army, I went TO Japan AND back on Kaiser Victory Ship troop carriers leftover from WWII. On the way over TO a stopover in Hawaii, we hit a whale in the wee small hours, as reported in the ship’s News Sheet the next day.
Do whales spread leprosy
Moby's Dick?
the Mooch thread is <<< way... 8^)
Duh. It’s all due to Global Warming. Earth’s increased temperature has made ships bigger (warm something, and it expands). Bigger ships are harder to avoid.
Why do I have to think of everything around here?
Here in Pennsyltucky, deer running onto the highway is always a concern. It intensifies during the fall rut, when they REALLY go nuts. I have “deer whistles” on all my vehicles. Would a speaker below the waterline on a ship, broadcasting a known whale alarm or danger sound help alert and warn the whales? Worth a trial, I would think.
“Do whales spread leprosy”
No, they spread lamp oil...
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