[LANMaster]

Originally Posted by ekim68

Right on...You go Whales.....

Originally Posted by LANMaster

They can't hear you ..... they're whales.

What I meant by "hear" was "understand".

And I couldn't help but think about the Geico commercial where the caveman is told to talk to a cave-doll, and he says, "It doesn't answer ... it's a doll".

[ekim68]

Originally Posted by LANMaster

They can't hear you ..... they're whales.

Heh, heh....

Well then:

Uuruhah, Wommonone, Ohrnwaanuhuuu...

[LANMaster]

Originally Posted by ekim68

Heh, heh....

Well then:

Uuruhah, Wommonone, Ohrnwaanuhuuu...

Ya lost me there.

[ekim68]

It's whale talk...

[Gabriel]

Originally Posted by LANMaster

Ya lost me there.

I think it means "Jonah...get back here you pesky human" in whale language LAN

[ekim68]

Rescuers come up with hose plan for whales

RIO VISTA, Calif. (AP) — Marine biologists said Thursday that they planned to spray two lost, injured whales with fire hoses in the next attempt to force the pair to head back to salt water.

The method has never been tried before, and biologists don't know how the whales will respond Friday. If the whales like the spray, crews will try to lure them back to the ocean; if they hate it, they'll try to force them there.

"No one has done this before," said Frances Gulland, who is leading the campaign to move the pair back to the ocean. "At this point, we don't know if it will be a deterrent or an attractant," she said.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...cramento_N.htm

[LANMaster]

Originally Posted by ekim68

It's whale talk...

What does it mean. Have you translated it into English yet?

[LANMaster]

Originally Posted by Gabriel

I think it means "Jonah...get back here you pesky human" in whale language LAN

Was Jonah swallowed by a whale?

[poochee]

New tactic to move whales: Shoot water at them
By Todd Milbourn - Bee Staff Writer
Last Updated 10:15 am PDT Friday, May 25, 2007

The whale rescuers are trying a new tact to get Delta and Dawn moving toward the ocean.

In a morning press conference at U.S. Coast Guard headquarters in Rio Vista, officials said they will shoot water from a fire hose toward the whales in hopes that the bubbles or changes in water pressures prompts them to swim downstream.

"We don't know if it is going to work. One thing we heard from the public, is that we need to experiment and try new things. This is definitely a new thing," said Greg Hurner with the California Department of Fish and Game.

The humpback whales are swimming near the Ryer Island ferry in the same vicinity where they have been in recent days.

Scientists said they continue to be concerned about the whales' wounds and deterioration of their skin in the fresh water of the Sacramento River delta.

A flotilla of four U.S. Coast Guard boats will stay close to the pair over the Memorial Day weekend, rigorously enforcing a 500-yard boat-free zone around the whales. The Coast Guard advises slowing down to "no-wake speed" when boaters are anywhere near the huge mammals.

"You'll be able to recognize us -- stay clear!" said Coast Guard Ensign Brian Trapp, adding that violators could face prosecution under the Endangered Species Act or the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

Adding to the river congestion will be several hundred boats heading for Sacramento's Jazz Jubilee. Trapp said recreational boaters can tune into marine radio Channels 16 and 22A, which will broadcast updates on the whales' location on the hour.

Frances Gulland, lead veterinarian in the rescue effort, said the anticipated weekend boat traffic is a concern for scientists trying to head the whales back to the Pacific.

"I would love it if no one were on the water at all, but we're realistic," she said at a news briefing Thursday.

The mother and her calf had a peaceful day Thursday after scientists decided to halt temporarily their attempts to point the mammals in the right direction.

Gulland reported that they stayed in a three-mile stretch of the Delta, between Cache Creek and Marker 43 in the Deep Water Shipping Channel.

Excerpt from: SacBee

[Gabriel]

Originally Posted by LANMaster

Was Jonah swallowed by a whale?

Unless you can imagine a fish that big, it would most likely have been a whale

[LANMaster]

Originally Posted by Gabriel

Unless you can imagine a fish that big, it would most likely have been a whale

3000+ years ago it was written as a big fish prepared by God. Not a whale.
It was probably the only one its kind. Perhaps even some kind of submarine.

[ekim68]

Originally Posted by LANMaster

What does it mean. Have you translated it into English yet?

Have you tried sounding out the words? I made them up...But, in a way it sounded like the speech of the antarctic speaking whales, and, I haven't learned antarctic, yet....

(So, I can't translate it yet..)

[izme]

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[poochee]

Originally Posted by izme

This is a must read book for animal lovers

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This is one of the best books that I've read. I do think and care about those animals trapped in the center of war

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[izme]

Originally Posted by poochee

Thanks!

Hiya Poochee, you're welcome

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