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Whale Song Art: Dolphin Calls Turned Into Kaleidoscopic Patterns Using Wavelets
Offbeat  (tags: animals, whales, dolphins, songs, art, environment )

Cher
- 6 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
These images may look like just pretty patterns, but they are visual representations of songs sung by whales and dolphins
2 comments
Whales Save Seal From Orcas
Offbeat  (tags: animals, whales, seals, environment, wildlife )

Cher
- 7 days ago - guardian.co.uk
There are plenty of stories of cetaceans saving humans. Indeed, Jonah was rescued by a whale when he was thrown overboard, and there have been tales of dolphins assisting swimmers in distress or shielding them from circling sharks.
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Bryant Austin's Stunning Whale Photography (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
Offbeat  (tags: animals, whales, photos, environment, wildlife, protection )

Cher
- 35 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
Marine Mammal Conservation Through The Arts is producing a documentary about Bryant Austin, a photographer whose life-size photographs of endangered whale species are touring the world and inspiring awareness about these amazing animals.
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Space Age Ship to Thwart Japanese Whalers
Offbeat  (tags: animals, whales, protection, Sea Shepherd, defence vessel )

Cher
- 45 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has unveiled their newest ocean defence vessel: the Ady Gil. The vessel, previously known as the Earthrace, is a fast, futuristic looking tri-maran that recently set the world record for global circumnavigation.
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Saving Whales and Dolphins Please Take Action!!
Offbeat  (tags: saving, whales, dolphins, please, take action )

Barbaroca
- 86 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Ten yr old Cousteau has written a petition to help save the whales and the dolphins. He has over one hundred signatures and his goal is 2,000. I signed his petition yesterday. Won't you please sign it today? Thank you.
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Whales and Wool: Celebrating Some Animals at the Expense of Others
Offbeat  (tags: animals, whales, wool, environment, unusual )

Cher
- 98 days ago - animalrights.change.org
A museum in Philadelphia is currently home to a life-size replica of a sperm whale--made of a remarkable 9,000 square feet of wool felt. Wool, as in that "fabric" we get by intentionally breeding domesticated sheep to carry terribly uncomfortable, heavy
1 comment
PETA's New "Save The Whales" Billboard Takes Aim At Fat Women (NOT Satire)
Offbeat  (tags: PETA, whales, Vegetarians, blubber, obese, women, health, billboard, ad, campaign, lose, weight, diet, food, odd, unusual, off-beat )

Tom
- 108 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
PETA's new billboard campaign in Florida is raising eyebrows and ire among women and health groups. A drawing on billboards in Jacksonville depicts an obese woman with the phrase, "Save The Whales, Lose The Blubber: Go Vegetarian."
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Heath Ledger and Isaac Brock Receive PETA Award
Offbeat  (tags: animals, whales, music video, Heath Ledger, Peta, award, environment )

Cher
- 119 days ago - blog.peta.org
After much anticipation, the new music video for Modest Mouse's "King Rat" was released this week--and it was worth the wait. The video, which was directed by Heath Ledger, is great not only for its artistry (I am always in favor of a touch of the
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Why Don't Whales Get "The Bends" ?
Offbeat  (tags: the bends, scuba divers, studies, whales, interesting )

Simone
- 121 days ago - ecoworldly.com
Scuba divers are quite familiar with the dangers associated with decompression. Diving deep into high-pressure waters forces the compressed air in their tanks into solution in the blood stream. As they surface, some of the nitrogen in this dissolved
1 comment
Japan Shooting Itself in Foot With Closed Whaling Defense Strategy
Offbeat  (tags: whales, whaling, illegal, Japanese Whaling )

In A Mirr
- 262 days ago - mdn.mainichi.jp
"If we don't keep an eye on the whales, the Japanese will come and eat them," said an anti-whaling activist in Mexico, garnering laughter from his audience.
1 comment
Japanese Whale Whisperer Teaches Beluga to "Talk"
Offbeat  (tags: GoodNews, humans, whales, off-beat, unusual, interesting )

Gwen
- 443 days ago - news.yahoo.com
TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - A Japanese researcher says he has taught a beluga whale to "talk" by using sounds to identify three different objects, offering hope that humans may one day be able to hold conversations with sea mammals.
2 comments
Huge Gatherings of Whale Sharks Discovered in Gulf of Mexico
Offbeat  (tags: whales, conservation, endangered, animals, unusual, interesting )

Marty
- 466 days ago - statesman.com
Scientists have become increasingly convinced that huge gatherings of whale sharks occur like clockwork in the northern Gulf of Mexico off the coasts of Mississippi and Louisiana.
3 comments
10 Most Bizarre Restaurants
Offbeat  (tags: Most Bizarre, Restaurants, whaling, whales, japanese whaling, unusual, ethics, food )


- 475 days ago - oddee.com
Number 1: Cannibalistic Restaurant (JAPAN) This is why the argument about the intelligent/ human like whale won't work out to stop Japanese Whaling.
5 comments
The Costliest Catch
Offbeat  (tags: interesting, technology, whales )

Bea
- 546 days ago - seashepherd.org
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is caught in a dilemma. Our operations at sea depend upon our fueling our vessels. Unfortunately fuel prices have sky-rocketed making our wildlife conservation campaigns extremely expensive
12 comments
Japanese Whaling - The Science of Whales   video
Offbeat  (tags: whales, whaling, japanese whaling, the science behind, whales natural pray, whales natural predator, scientific whaler )


- 596 days ago - youtube.com
The Institute of Cetacean Research presents the results of years of scientific whaling.
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