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07-15-2009, 07:36 AM
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Geezer Gone Wild
Join Date: Nov 2001
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We're Not Alone
Excellent article in this past Sunday's NY Times Magazine on a study done in a Baja lagoon with gray whales and humans and interspecies communications.
It seems that the gray whales are actively socializing with humans in the calving area, even bringing their young boatside to see the researchers
Recent studies on their brain structure show that they have large concentrations of spindle cells - neurons that are responsible for functions like complex language, self-awareness, compassion, grieving, etc - that were once thought to be associated only with humans and some of the higher primates. Some species have been found to have a total brain mass of 19 pounds
Plus, they have a 15 million year jump on us in terms of evolution.
Really good read - the article is here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/12/ma...2whales-t.html |
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
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07-15-2009, 08:05 AM
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Dismember
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Maine
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Unfortunately, the Japanese only have a brain mass of 7 lbs and their researchers are into collecting "specimens" for "research".
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72 hrs of fishing SoCo, not a felony in all 50 states.
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07-15-2009, 08:20 AM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
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Ahhh, but they don't have the Opposable Thumb 
Tell the whales to check back in 15 million years and see if they have the necessary digits to shake three times after taking a leak  |
~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
Striped Bass Fishing - All Stripers
Kobayashi Maru Election - there is no way to win.
Apocalypse is Coming:
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07-15-2009, 08:43 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Here and There Seasonally
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Originally Posted by JohnR
Ahhh, but they don't have the Opposable Thumb
Tell the whales to check back in 15 million years and see if they have the necessary digits to shake three times after taking a leak |
C'mon, Boss, you know that they won't stop at three... |
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
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07-15-2009, 11:25 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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any more than that would be uncivilized  |
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07-15-2009, 12:45 PM
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Geezer Gone Wild
Join Date: Nov 2001
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Originally Posted by JohnR
Ahhh, but they don't have the Opposable Thumb |
You're right, Cap - which would also render them incapable of texting, but it appears that they're too intelligent for it already...  |
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
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07-15-2009, 02:20 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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no one has built them an underwater i pod
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07-15-2009, 03:41 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Rhode Island
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Any species that can almost be eradicated by people from New Bedford can't be all that advanced.
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07-15-2009, 05:37 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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Brilliant!
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Originally Posted by Joe
Any species that can almost be eradicated by people from New Bedford can't be all that advanced.
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07-20-2009, 02:59 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Hyde Park, MA
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"It seems that the gray whales are actively socializing with humans in the calving area, even bringing their young boatside to see the researchers "
Yeah, that's the equivilent of us showing our children a picture of a drug addict/pusher and saying "Stay away from these!!!"
Any mammal hung like a whale can't be all bad.
(Blue whales' "harpoons" are 10 feet long and 4 feet wide at the base. The mate by floating belly up on the surface and use it like an elephants trunk! Another amazing nature special my sister will never forget seeing.)
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07-20-2009, 06:40 PM
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The Bawston Whalah
Join Date: Jul 2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe
Any species that can almost be eradicated by people from New Bedford can't be all that advanced.
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ROFLMFAO  |
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