Video of the southern resident ceremony on Oct. 4, 2005
See the full description of this event and participate in associated dialogue
at the Orcasphere
Blog. This movie (served via youtube.com)
is nearly 6 minutes long. It is also available in streaming .mp4 format (15Mb).
Note that there are about 8 seconds of silent blackness at the beginning of the
movie. Calm down, get your headphones on, and be patient! A very unusual
simultaneous call by many individuals can be heard during the last minute of
the recording.
Video credits go to Beam Reach students Brett Becker and Courtney Kneipp.
Still photo credits go to the Washington State Department of Ecology and Iris
Hesse of the Center for Whale Research.
"``[The dugong has] been so relentlessly hunted that, just like its close cousin the manatee, it's becoming rarer and rarer.'' ``Well then, Captain,'' said Conseil [the taxonomist] gravely, ``if by chance this one here is the last of his race, wouldn't it be better to spare him -- in the interests of science?'' ``Maybe,'' retorted the Canadian [harpooner Ned Land]; ``but in the interests of cooking, it would be best to hunt him.'' ``Go ahead then, Master Land,'' said Captain Nemo." -- Jules Verne, "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" (1870).
