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Hidden Beach: why grey whales feast while orcas starve

April 19, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

What the whales are telling us             HIDDEN BEACH,  Washington––A single well-timed photo on a recent April 2018 morning could have captured in one frame almost the whole story of marine mammals in the Saratoga Passage,  on Puget Sound,  and indeed worldwide,  amid intensified competition for food,  accentuated by the effects of global warming.   […]

Filed Under: Conservation, Crustaceans, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Fur trapping, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, Laws, Laws & politics, Marine life, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Captain Ahab, Charles Wilkes, Fred McCarthy, Herman Melville, Howard Garrett, John Calambokidis, Ken Balcomb, Merritt Clifton, Puong Le, Susan Berta

More to the heads of sperm whales than Moby Dick & spermaceti

April 30, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Brains & culture The heads of sperm whales returned to the news on April 7,  2016,  long after they were last hunted for spermaceti,  the oily substance that was once burned as the leading source of artificial light. “It took Herman Melville 135 chapters to get to the part in his 1851 classic Moby Dick,”  wrote […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Animal sentience & intelligence, Book & film reviews, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Middle Right, Humane history, Marine life, Religion & philosophy, Science, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Hal Whitehead, Herman Melville, Karin Broulliard, Mauricio Cantor, Merritt Clifton, Moby Dick, Victor B. Scheffer

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