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The Cetacean Brain and Hominid Perceptions of Cetacean Intelligence

The Cetacean Brain and Hominid Perceptions of Cetacean Intelligence

February 15, 2024 “What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason!How infinite in faculty! In form and moving how express and admirable!In action how like an angel! In apprehension how like a god!The beauty of the world! The paragon of animals!”– William Shakespeare, Hamlet In November 2023, scientists from the University of California Davis utilizing AI initiated a conversation with a female Humpback whale. The whale named Twain responded. Since 1976 I have predicted that one day,…

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All Ten of My Last Year’s Stories in Costa Rica’s Howler Magazine.

All Ten of My Last Year’s Stories in Costa Rica’s Howler Magazine.

1. Sailing into Harm’s Way. June 2023 2. Victory for the Whales in Iceland. July 2023 3. Negative Capability. August 2023 4. The Sad but Predictable Demise of Lahaina September 2023 5.. We are the Children of Flowers. September 2023 6 Bizarre Adventures in the Faroe Islands September 2023 7. The Irony of Burning Man October 2023 8. A Billionaire’s Pledge and Respect for Climate Change November 2023 9 The Looming Catastrophic War on Life in the Deep Sea/. December…

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THE VIRTUES OF PIRACY

THE VIRTUES OF PIRACY

The Howler Magazine   April 30, 2023 Captain Paul Watson Full disclosure: I am a real, legitimate pirate and quite proud of it. My legitimacy as a pirate was confirmed in 2014 by the 9th U.S. Circuit Federal Court Judge Alex Kozinski, who wrote in his verdict that my actions in defending whales from the unlawful operations of the Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean were legitimately the actions of a pirate.  I was not charged or punished for being a…

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