[HN Gopher] For humpbacks, bubbles can be tools
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       For humpbacks, bubbles can be tools
        
       Author : benbreen
       Score  : 21 points
       Date   : 2022-12-31 16:49 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
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       | Wonnk13 wrote:
       | Off of Cape Cod by Stellwagen Bank you can see dozens any given
       | day in the summer. Bubblenets are incredible to see up close.
       | Another poster stated it perfectly- the intelligence and behavior
       | of these creatures is incredible.
        
       | geocrasher wrote:
       | The intelligence, beauty, and complexity of humpback whales never
       | fails to astound me. Even invertebrates such as octopus are
       | highly intelligent and resourceful. There's so much to be
       | understood and discovered in the oceans!
       | 
       | In a semi-related note, I was too young to realize the
       | environmental agenda in Star Trek IV, The Voyage Home when I
       | first saw it. But since then, I've been absolutely mesmerized by
       | humpback whales. I hope someday to be able to dive and swim near
       | them.
       | 
       | Edit: From Wikipedia [1]:                  "Nimoy said Meyer gave
       | the script "the kind of humor and social comment, gadfly attitude
       | I very much wanted". He added that his vision was for "no dying,
       | no fighting, no shooting, no photon torpedoes, no phaser blasts,
       | no stereotypical bad guy. I wanted people to really have a great
       | time watching this film [and] if somewhere in the mix we lobbed a
       | couple of big ideas at them, well, then that would be even
       | better.""
       | 
       | [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_IV:_The_Voyage_Home
        
       | Lyngbakr wrote:
       | This is a lesson that humans have borrowed to create an ingenious
       | way of extracting garbage from rivers[0].
       | 
       | [0]
       | https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/05/incredib...
        
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