[HN Gopher] For humpbacks, bubbles can be tools ___________________________________________________________________ For humpbacks, bubbles can be tools Author : benbreen Score : 21 points Date : 2022-12-31 16:49 UTC (6 hours ago) (HTM) web link (hakaimagazine.com) (TXT) w3m dump (hakaimagazine.com) | 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... ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-12-31 23:00 UTC)