Killer whales raise their voices to be heard over boat noise, and the effort may be wearing the whales out as they try to find food amid dwindling numbers of salmon, new research says. The killer whales of Puget Sound make more calls and clicks while Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala - via National Geographic
Yet another way we are destroying our environment. Extremely important to continue to report all emergent research. Our only chance of solving the problems is continual information exchange.
It is only a gut feeling but having heard the review of "The Cove" and considering that Killer whales are top predators just as are dolphin, the noise problem seems to fade into the background compared to the levels of pollution that are likely in the bodies of killer whales. Apparently the dolphins that the Japanese slaughter are more toxic in PCB's, Mercury and a host of other pollutants that a toxic waste dump. The very people who are harvesting them have Minimata disease ... More »
Retrieving Comments
