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National Security or Whale Protection? Supreme Court Says Whales Lose

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said Wednesday at a Supreme Court argument over the Navy’s use of sonar in training exercises off the coast of Southern California. Tags: us supreme court whale sonar military. Roberts Jr. Now, I think that’s a pretty clear balance,” Chief Justice Roberts said. “Now,

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Do animals have religions?

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My train of thought is: animals can communicate ? I was out to dinner with my husband and the question just popped into my head- every human civilization has independently developed religions and I was just wondering everything we don’t know about the animal world as we can’t communicate with them.

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Honey, I Shrunk The Dinosaurs!

10,000 Birds

Whales are cows. The point is, of course, that whales are not cows. Whales emerge from within the larger group of mammals that includes cattle, deer, pigs, camels, with camels being the most deeply rooted. (So You should have said whales. Even though whales are cows. Meanwhile I have a few random thoughts.

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Possible New Sonar Rules to Protect Marine Life

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The use of sonar is controversial because of its harmful effects on marine life such as whales. If approved, those measures would be in effect from 2010 to 2015 for the Navy's training area in the Pacific Ocean off the Washington, Oregon and Northern California coasts. Tags: seattle navy marine life whales pacific northwest.

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Twenty Years Ago

Animal Ethics

In what has to be considered pure escapism (from the presidential campaign, if nothing else), every news organization is leading with the story of three young whales off the north coast of Alaska (near Barrow). The whales were frozen in by ice floes on their southward migration from the arctic. I’m surprised nobody has named them yet.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

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Elephants, whales, hippopotamuses, giraffes, and alligators use low-frequency sounds to communicate over long distances, often miles; and bats, dolphins, whales, frogs, and various rodents use high-frequency sounds to find food, communicate with others, and navigate. A Grateful Whale. Photo by Flickker Photos.

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Think Bush Is a Pro-Animal Environmentalist? Think Again!

Animal Ethics

According to this AP Newswire issued yesterday: "President Bush exempted the Navy from an environmental law so it can continue using sonar in its anti-submarine warfare training off the California coast — a practice critics say is harmful to whales and other marine mammals. Navy to do so?

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