[ekim68]

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

[Zaney1]

Last I heard the whales were headed in the right direction. Thought someone might be interested in this article since it speaks directly to the title of the thread.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science....ap/index.html

[poochee]

Latest from Sacramento on the whales. They reversed course and are headed back to Sacramento. As of this morning.

[LANMaster]

Originally Posted by poochee

Latest from Sacramento on the whales. They reversed course and are headed back to Sacramento. As of this morning.

Maybe they want to cast their votes to rid California of all those Democrats?


Good morning, Poochers.

[poochee]

Originally Posted by LANMaster

Maybe they want to cast their votes to rid California of all those Democrats?


Good morning, Poochers.

Good morning.

Nope, they know they are safer surrounded by Democrats!

[Zaney1]

Could they be confusing Arnold's voice for whalesong ?

[poochee]

Originally Posted by Zaney1

Could they be confusing Arnold's voice for whalesong ?

Just heard they are circling beneath the Rio Vista bridge. Hope they move in the right direction!

[Gabriel]

Another species in decline....again

http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...RS.xml&src=rss

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Early results from a tiger census in India indicate the population of the endangered big cats is drastically lower than previously assumed, wildlife experts and conservationists said on Wednesday.

[izme]

Originally Posted by Gabriel

Another species in decline....again

http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...RS.xml&src=rss

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Early results from a tiger census in India indicate the population of the endangered big cats is drastically lower than previously assumed, wildlife experts and conservationists said on Wednesday.

[poochee]

Rescuers introduce killer whale sounds to push whales seaward
By Christina Jewett and Carrie Peyton Dahlberg - Bee Staff Writers
Last Updated 7:16 pm PDT Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Rescue teams on Wednesday introduced a recording of killer whales into the water near wayward humpback whales, hoping the scary sounds would push them toward the ocean.

The new sound, of orcas preying on a gray whale mother and calf, replaced an unsuccessful pipe-clanging strategy that was followed Wednesday by gentler recordings humpback feeding sounds. The ailing mother humpback whale and her calf had frustrated those attempts by repeatedly swimming upriver and even under a noisy tug.

That orca recording -- which was played until sundown -- carries its own risks, but its use underscores the rescue effort's growing urgency.

In the worst case, the killer whale sounds could frighten the mother into deserting her calf, or could scare both whales into stranding themselves in shallow water, said Scott Hill, a population ecologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Yet with the whales' condition worsening and the pipe-clanging clearly ineffective, "we feel it is important to get these animals to at least a brackish environment in the near future," Hill said.

Excerpt from: SacBee

[izme]

Originally Posted by poochee

Rescuers introduce killer whale sounds to push whales seaward
By Christina Jewett and Carrie Peyton Dahlberg - Bee Staff Writers
Last Updated 7:16 pm PDT Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Rescue teams on Wednesday introduced a recording of killer whales into the water near wayward humpback whales, hoping the scary sounds would push them toward the ocean.

The new sound, of orcas preying on a gray whale mother and calf, replaced an unsuccessful pipe-clanging strategy that was followed Wednesday by gentler recordings humpback feeding sounds. The ailing mother humpback whale and her calf had frustrated those attempts by repeatedly swimming upriver and even under a noisy tug.

That orca recording -- which was played until sundown -- carries its own risks, but its use underscores the rescue effort's growing urgency.

In the worst case, the killer whale sounds could frighten the mother into deserting her calf, or could scare both whales into stranding themselves in shallow water, said Scott Hill, a population ecologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Yet with the whales' condition worsening and the pipe-clanging clearly ineffective, "we feel it is important to get these animals to at least a brackish environment in the near future," Hill said.

Excerpt from: SacBee

I sure hope those whales make it, they are such awesome creatures

[poochee]

Originally Posted by izme

I sure hope those whales make it, they are such awesome creatures

This is upsetting to me. Hope they can turn them around.

[izme]

Originally Posted by poochee

This is upsetting to me. Hope they can turn them around.

Let's all hope they do turn them around..it upsets me as well

[LANMaster]

Originally Posted by ekim68

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

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

[lotuseclat79]

Originally Posted by LANMaster

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

Hi LAN,

Whales make sound, e.g. humpback whale songs, and therefore, it stands to reason that the low frequency sound that they make (not unlike elephant sounds which are low frequency), can be heard by other whales at some far distance in the ocean (and thus under water in a river).

Sound does travel in water you are aware I am sure. The two whales as I understand it, are humpback whales as well.

How do you conclude that whales can't hear? One does not have to have an ear to hear. Some animals like owls have uniquely shaped bone structures to accentuate their hearing from a directional point of view. Why not whales?

-- Tom