“Right whales, for all their size, are surprisingly athletic. They roll, they slap their flukes, they lift their heads out of the water in a move known as a spy hop. They find playthings and are particularly fond of swimming repeatedly through clumps of seaweed, which slides over them like a feathered boa.” MovingWaterKnownSizeLiftsHopsSwimmingSpyAthleticSlidesWhalesSlapSeaweedFlukes Author:Tim Cahill
“If they survive, today's children will inherit a world that our fathers and grandfathers have ravaged, where the seas are acidic cesspools that the whales have fled, where rain forests are Indian memories never to return, and where human greed has plundered Mother Earth's innards and turned human genes into factories for profit. They will inherit a diminished planet where fresh water is increasingly rare, and where fresh air is a commodity... We live in a world that fears and hates its young. How else can one explain the bequest of such a foul, polluted, and hollow inheritance?” IfsWorldHumansChildrenTodayEarthYoungMotherHateFatherWaterMemoriesAirSeaPlanetsReturnFutureRainGreedProfitForestsIndianFactoriesGenesGrandfatherCommodityInheritanceHollowOur FatherFoulWhalesMother EarthFresh AirFresh WaterFathers And Grandfathers Author:Mumia Abu-Jamal
“I attempt to surf. Im not as good as anyone else in the water. Im more like a beached whale. I just hang out on my board. I can ride, but I get too nervous unless I go with my boyfriend or my trainer. There are too many burly men out there!” MenI CanWaterNervousBoardsHanging OutWhalesSurfTrainersMy Boyfriend Author:Olesya Rulin
“We hoped to land a wild cat that would tear out the bowels of the Boche. Instead we have stranded a vast whale with its tail flopping about in the water.” WorldWarWaterLandTearsCatWar Of The WorldsTailsWorld War 2WhalesStrandedBowelsFlopping Book:The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill Source: The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill
“And one rose in a tent of sea and gave A darkening shudder; water fell away; The whale stood shining, and then sank in spray.” WaterSeaShiningRoseWhalesTentsSprayDarkening Book:The collected poems of Yvor Winters Source: The collected poems of Yvor Winters
“Water can be a blessing or a curse. Too often we make conservation about saving a whale, a coral reef or a marsh. But we don't make it about saving life. The one thing that every single human being has in common is our need for water.” NeedsHumansWaterHuman BeingsCommonOne ThingBlessingSavingCurseConservationWhalesSave A LifeReefsMarshesCoral Reefs Author:Alexandra Cousteau