July 2012
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: Signature whistles among pair bonded males →
seacetaceans:
Males usually form what is called a pair bond, a very close and stable relationship between two male dolphins. Males forming pair bonds show a tendency to develop very similar signature whistles. One of two actions occur to an individual male’s signature whistle; one dolphin may keep the…
For my non cetacean-savvy followers, a signature whistle is almost like a name that...
End Killer Whale Captivity: To Dolphinsintanks. →
endkillerwhalecaptivity:
In response to this post by dolphinsintanks. http://dolphinsintanks.tumblr.com/post/26241922651/to-freedomfororcas-when-it-comes-to-ingrid-visser
Orca network -
Host events to educate people not to eat salmon. Have performed Talks all around the country and in local schools. Heavily…
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June 2012
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perfectrainbow:
WHY IS THIS WORLD FILLED WITH SO MANY ATTRACTIVE MEN WHO DONT WANT TO TOUCH ME
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Please, reblog if you're among the BBC Sherlock...
weaponizedwit:
aroundthesunlikeateddybear:
talesofamagicallife:
AND PROUD OF IT!!
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Cetacean Inspiration: Georgia Aquarium is... →
cetaceaninspiration:
Earlier this year, a baby beluga calf died at Georgia Aquarium only a few days after birth. Now, it seems like they are on the hunt for more. Last week a beluga calf was found stranded, deemed unreleasable and is now being nursed back to health. The government has decided to send it to an…
Fuck the GA Aquarium.
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a review of Brave. One day, the minds at Pixar...
Pixar: So, princess stories. Disney has done that a lot. But.... maybe we can improve on some stuff.
Pixar: You know how mothers just seem to be.... well, missing from those stories? Missing or just quiet or a non-presence in the shadow of The Father or evil in-laws?
Pixar: Yeah. Let's give our girl a mother.
Pixar: Hell, let's make the whole story about their relationship, without minimizing the father-figure and making sure to give all of them unique and rich characterization.
Pixar: Oh, and our girl can shoot. Like a BOSS.
Pixar:
Pixar: Let's make a point of celebrating her physical strength without making it the only thing that defines her!
Pixar: ..... in fact, hey. Wow.
Pixar: Let's make her defining character moment center around compassion and *rhetoric*, where her intelligence and maturity and love of family are as important as her physical heroism.
Pixar: Oh.
Pixar: And while we're on a roll?
Pixar: Let's make sure that our female protagonists have complete agency, that none of their major defining moments or decisions revolve around or are accomplished only through the actions of men, that they are graceful and kind while being equally capable of crassness and unkindness, that romance is not our heroine's goal and that no part of her motivation hinges on pleasing or impressing or playing the catalyst for a male character--
Pixar: --and that we accomplish all of that without belittling the importance of the male characters or their relationships as a realistic interconnected family!
Pixar: And while we're at it?
Pixar: Let's take that conservative "mama bear" trope and redefine it in the most simultaneously heart-rending and humorous way possible, leaving more metaphorical parallels for the audience to chew on than they'll even realize until later.
Pixar:
Pixar: And I guess we can make it heart-breakingly lovely to look at while we're at it.
Pixar: And with Celtic aesthetics. That mythological trove is way underused these days.
Pixar: .... and we have thoughts for a short, too.....
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