Sunday, January 13, 2013

OCCASIONALLY SOMETHING GOOD HAPPENS: KILLER WHALES ESCAPE ICE TRAP

For several days many of us have been following a story, monitoring the predicament of a pod of killer whales, caught in a pool of water, trapped by the ice from going beyond it.  If you have the patience to sit through a short commercial, you will see the story on 1-10-2012 when the original story broke. Click here




 Today we are informed that they have escaped.  It is relieving to hear some happiness in Nature for a change.  Ot was sad to watch pictures of the whales leaping constantly straight up and back down into their small space of water in the ocean frozen around them.  Click here for the story in full.  Most of us can cheer for freedom and relate to the feeling we might guess the whales feel.  We cannot explain what they were doing so far North...at least not to those who do not believe the climate is changing and the ocean is warming.

The 'killer whale'  is the largest of the dolphins.  They are rather fascinating.  If you have the time, click here and learn much more about them


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