whales Archives - Writers Rebel https://writersrebel.com/tag/whales/ Fri, 06 Sep 2024 10:36:25 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.7 https://i0.wp.com/writersrebel.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/index-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 whales Archives - Writers Rebel https://writersrebel.com/tag/whales/ 32 32 184391167 Free Paul WatsonForfattere ser Grønt https://writersrebel.com/free-paul-watson/ Fri, 06 Sep 2024 10:24:29 +0000 https://writersrebel.com/?p=6109     On 21 July, the whale activist Paul Watson docked to refuel his ship,  the John Paul DeJoira, in Nuuk, Greenland. And in response, Denmark – of which Greenland is a part – did something morally incomprehensible. It ordered police to arrest and detain him. What was his crime? Watson, the former Greenpeace activist [...]

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]]> 6109 The Herring, the Whale and the Mining ExecutiveShannon Kelly Donahue https://writersrebel.com/herring-whale-mining-exec/ Thu, 30 May 2024 09:20:01 +0000 https://writersrebel.com/?p=6013   The herring came in on Tuesday, pulsing into Mud Bay with the tide, heralded by flocks of gulls and roaring sea lions. The run occurs in a flash, like their iridescent bodies catching sunlight as the school shifts in unison to evade a predator. Herring run when the water temperature is just right. Females [...]

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]]> 6013 AN OPEN LETTER TO HUMANKINDEirene Chen https://writersrebel.com/an-open-letter-to-humankind/ Thu, 13 Jul 2023 07:00:07 +0000 https://writersrebel.com/?p=5601   On the evening of 4 May 2023, three orcas (orcinus orca), otherwise known as killer whales, attacked and sunk a Swiss-flagged yacht in the Gibraltar Strait. The same day, crew on the British-flagged Mustique radioed the Spanish Coast Guard for help after four orcas ripped off its rudder and pierced the hull. Last month, [...]

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]]> 5601 What Would a Whale Say?Sean Lusk https://writersrebel.com/what-would-a-whale-say/ Thu, 02 Mar 2023 09:13:05 +0000 https://writersrebel.com/?p=5338   A little while ago Caitlin Moran wrote about Greta Thunberg. The article, laced with Moran’s characteristic humour, was respectful and admiring, but a line towards the end snagged me. Moran, discussing predictions that humans will soon be able to communicate meaningfully with whales, asked Greta what she thought whales would have to say about [...]

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