"The person who says it cannot be
done, should not interrupt the person doing it
!"
Whales, The Ambassadors of Peace.
Dr. Blake in Baja Mexico with his new Friend Louie, the Gray Whale
It was while I was in Baja observing these magnificent beings that I got the idea to refer to my new friends as, "The Ambassadors of Peace." The fact that they are so friendly to people, after centuries of being murdered by people, made me feel they are here to teach us about caring for each other instead of killing each other. I was humbled by their generosity in sharing their lives with us and allowing us to be close to them.
The whales have inhabited the Earth for millions of years and are here to teach us about how to live in harmony with our planet and our fellow beings. On my trip to Baja Mexico I learned a great deal about the Gray Whales and then began to study the other species of whales that are just as amazing as their brothers and sister the Gray Whales.
There are 10 species of Mystieti or baleen whales and 65 species of Odontoceti or toothed whales. All of these mammals are exceptionally intelligent and are great teachers about life and living.
The sound you heard when you opened my site (click here to hear it again) is that of the singing of the Humpback Whale. It is the sound that is most often associated with whales. Their songs are magnificent and extremely complicated, some times lasting over and hour in length. A great deal of research has gone into trying to understand the complexity and meaning of these beautiful songs. You cannot help but be touched by the feeling of love in their voices and know that they have feelings for each other and for living. It is their song that I wish to share with you and have you all experience the peace that they can bring us all.
Touching the whales was a magical experience I will never forget and will return again and again to replenish my inner feelings of contentment when in their world. Giants who have inhabited this planet for millions of years, larger than any dinosaur and as gentle a being as you will encounter. Their survival is essential for our survival. Without them we are ships without rudders, wandering aimlessly on the sea of time.
The message I was given by these bahemathes of Peace was to walk gently on the earth, control our numbers and do not worry about time. These are but three of their virtues and lessons the human species must learn or perish. Living as a community as the whales have done for millenia, is what all animals wish us to learn and most importantly apply in our daily lives.
I have listed the following websites as sites to learn more about the plight of the whales and what each and every one of can do to preserve them for generations to come. Each and every one of us makes a difference on this planet and the power of one is limitless."The person who says it cannot be
done, should not interrupt the person doing it."
A Whale story to warm your hearts.
If you read the front page story of the
SF Chronicle Thursday, 15 Dec 2005 -- you read about a mature,
female humpback whale who had become entangled in a spider web
of crab traps and lines. She was weighted down by many
hundreds of pounds of traps that caused her to struggle
ceaselessly just to stay afloat. She had hundreds of yards of
line (rope) wrapped around her body - her tail, her torso, and
a hefty nylon line tugging in her mouth. A fisherman spotted
her just east of the Farralone Islands (outside the Golden
Gate) and radioed an environmental group for help. Within a
few hours the rescue team arrived and determined that she was
so bad off that the only way to save her was to dive in and
untangle her - a very dangerous proposition -- as a single
slap of the tail could kill a few rescuers. They worked for
hours with curved knives and eventually freed her. When she
was free, the divers say she swam in what seemed like joyous
circles. She then came back to each and every diver, one at a
time, and nudged them, pushing them gently around. Some of the
divers say it was the most incredibly beautiful experience of
their lives. The guy who cut the rope out of her mouth says
her eye was following him the whole time, and that he will
never be the same.
www.wylandfoundation.org
Wyland Foundation. Dr. Blake is a big admirer of Wyland and his work. He is one of the best friends the seaworld kingdom has on this planet. Helping his work helps all living things on the planet earth.
www.savethewhales.org Save the Whales Foundation is a wonderful organization that needs all the help it can get to promote its work to preserve one of man's biggest friends, the whale.
http://www.webdirectory.com/Wildlife/Whales/ Amazing Environmental Organization WebDirectory! is the result of a group of hard working people dedicated to helping others keep in touch and informed on the World Wide Web. With thousands of sites, it is the largest exclusively environmental organization directory on the Web and includes sites from over 100 countries
http://www.pacificwhale.org/index.html Our mission at Pacific Whale Foundation is to
inspire and promote appreciation, understanding and protection
of whales, dolphins, coral reefs and our planet's oceans. We
accomplish this through public environmental education, by
supporting and conducting responsible marine research, and by
addressing marine conservation issues through activism and
education. To save whales from extinction -- that was the
dream of Greg Kaufman, the founder of Pacific Whale
Foundation.
http://www.savethewhalesagain.com/wm_master.html
.Save the Whales
Again! is a campaign
of The Whaleman
Foundation and Animal Welfare Institute . The
Animal Welfare Institute, founder of the original
“Save the Whales” movement, was
established in 1951 to reduce the sum total of pain and fear
inflicted on animals by humans. The Whaleman Foundation is an
oceanic research, conservation and production organization
dedicated to preserving and protecting dolphins, whales, and
their ocean habitat.
