“Is that a fish?”
“No, flat tale, blowhole no gills, that’s a whale, silly.”
Whales are magnificent creatures. Beauty, intelligent, and full of mystery.
It’s interesting how these gentle giants that are seen on Save the Whales T-shirts, since many of their species are now endangered from the result of over-hunting, were once feared and believed to be sea monsters. In 1913, a German liner was reported in a newspaper to have been attacked by a herd of right whales [though unknown to be harmless at the time]; because of their jagged teeth, Sperm whales were known as the Devil of the Sea, hence part of the inspiration for Melville’s Moby Dick; and killer narwhales were believed to be able to pierce through ships with their tusks, according to monstresmarins.ca. Continue reading