“My favorite wild animal is a narwhal - the unicorn of the sea. It’s a whale with a tooth that sticks out of its head that’s almost two-thirds the length of its entire body.” TwoBodyAnimalSeaThirdsSticksMy FavoriteTeethLengthWhalesUnicornWild Animal Author:Kesha
“Seriously, I think everybody needs to be more disciplined; nobody needs any meat. But from a perspective of how many animals suffer, it's probably better to kill and eat one whale than it is to eat fish, chickens, cows, lambs and eggs.” ThinkingNeedsSufferingAnimalPerspectiveFishesMeatEggsChickensCowsLambsWhales Author:Ingrid Newkirk
“The ocean is a place of paradoxes. It is the home of the great white shark, two-thousand-pound killer of the seas, and of the hundred-foot blue whale, the largest animal that ever lived. It is also the home of living things so small that your two hands might scoop up as many of them as there are stars in the Milky Way.” WayTwoHomeHandsMightStarsWhiteAnimalSeaFeetThousandOceanHundredBluePoundsParadoxKillersLiving ThingsSharksWhalesMilky WayTwo Hands Book:Lost Woods: The Discovered Writing of Rachel Carson Source: Lost Woods: The Discovered Writing of Rachel Carson
“Also, in the category of 'obvious but still shocking,' an animal called a 'killer whale' killed someone who was trying to play with it. Now, no one knows exactly what enraged the whale, but earlier in the week, it had been thrown off a flight by Southwest Airlines.” KnowsTryingStillsPlayAnimalWeekObviousFlightThrownCategoriesKillersShockingAirlineWhalesSouthwest AirlinesKiller Whales Author:Bill Maher
“Molecular genetics can show off some surprising relationships like, for example, the close relationship of whales to hippopotamuses, which I think nobody ever guessed until molecular data was looked at. The closest relatives of whales are hippopotamuses, even closer than any other cloven-hoofed animals.” ThinkingShowsAnimalExampleDataSurprisingClosestGeneticsWhalesShowing OffClose RelationshipHippopotamus Author:Richard Dawkins
“Oceans need more attention because climate change IS an ocean issue. Our oceans will be the first victim, and sea life will suffer dramatically. Detailed proof is hard in ocean science, but I think we're already seeing big ocean changes caused by climate change, such as starvation of whales, seabirds, and other animals off the coast US west coast.” ThinkingNeedsFirstsHardBigsSufferingAnimalAttentionIssuesSeeingSeaOceanVictimWestClimateClimate ChangeProofCoastStarvationWhalesWest CoastSea Life Author:Mark Powell