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mylescorcoran at 03:48pm on 20/01/2005
mylescorcoran at 03:48pm on 20/01/2005I was just reading an article at kuro5hin.org called "The Loneliest Mystery of the Deep"
For the last 12 years, a single solitary whale whose vocalizations match no known living species has been tracked across the Northeast Pacific. Its wanderings match no known migratory patterns of any living whale species. Its vocalizations have also subtly deepened over the years, indicating that the whale is maturing and ageing. And, during the entire 12 year span that it has been tracked, it has been calling out for contact from others of its own kind.
It has received no answer. Nor will it ever.
That's one of the saddest things I've heard of late, even in these times of Iraq, Darfur and tsunamis. I don't know why it affected me so.
For the last 12 years, a single solitary whale whose vocalizations match no known living species has been tracked across the Northeast Pacific. Its wanderings match no known migratory patterns of any living whale species. Its vocalizations have also subtly deepened over the years, indicating that the whale is maturing and ageing. And, during the entire 12 year span that it has been tracked, it has been calling out for contact from others of its own kind.
It has received no answer. Nor will it ever.
That's one of the saddest things I've heard of late, even in these times of Iraq, Darfur and tsunamis. I don't know why it affected me so.
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