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10
Nov
2011
Un cétacé à la dérive en baie de Seine (Normandie)

92 days ago by Sibylline

10 Novembre 2011. Mardi 8 novembre 2011 vers 14h, le Patrouilleur de Service Public Pluvier de la Marine nationale en mission de surveillance maritime repère le cadavre d’un mammifère marin à la dérive en baie de Seine, à 15 nautiques dans le nord de Ouistreham. Averti, le Centre Régional Opérationn ...

11
Oct
2011
Leviathans in Tinseltown

121 days ago by Hieronymo

The largest animal to ever exist is the blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) an immense rorqual capable of growing to over 30 metres (100 ft) in length and 180 metric tons (200 tons) in mass. Although science has made substantial progress in understanding these great leviathans, the whales still harbo ...

28
Sep
2011
Some profound lines from the end of Whale for the Killing

135 days ago by retrieverman

I came across lines from Farley Mowat’s Whale for the Killing (1972), which I think truly reflects the fundamental problem of our species. We think we’re not part of it all. We think we’re separate and above all the rest of the living things. And in creating this delusion, we have sequestered oursel ...