Global views - lives and landscapes

Global views - lives and landscapes

Marine Protected Areas for Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises

Marine Protected Areas for Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises

海豚不離不棄 背小豚屍回家

海豚不離不棄 背小豚屍回家

廣西欽州三娘灣海域出現感人畫面。一條成年海豚背著受傷身亡的小海豚屍體回家，短短幾分鐘內，小海豚從大海豚身上滑落五次，大海豚始終不離不棄，緩慢地游向深海。

事件曝光後感動大批網民，還有人寫下「海豚之戀」的詩，讚揚海豚對同類不離不棄的愛。

廣西新聞網報導，廣西欽州三娘灣是中華白海豚的故鄉，經常有遊客乘搭遊艇到當地觀看「中華白海豚」。他們8日看見一條體長約3米的成年海豚出現在遊客觀海豚的海域，背著一條約1.5米長的小海豚艱難的往深海處游去。

當船慢慢靠近時，遊客發現小海豚已經死亡，腹部有1條長約30厘米的傷口，血漬已經變黑。在遊客觀察的三分鐘內，小海豚從成年海豚背後滑落五次，成年海豚當即轉頭回來，潛下水把小海豚再背起來，繼續前進，這幕感人畫面，讓不少遊客落淚。

另據香港媒體報導，香港海豚保育協會會長洪家耀稱，海豚是智慧相對較高的生物，成年海豚對死去的小海豚作出伴屍行為並不罕見。海豚往往伴屍數日，其間不能覓食，十分辛苦，也顯示海豚有人性化情感。

最後一句話顯示人類都從自己出發看事情

拜託，年輕朋友請都去旅行吧。

如果你還沒有護照，辦一本。

利用暑假時間，挑個背包
到印度德里、越南西貢、泰國曼谷、肯亞

吃些當地特別的食物、找尋讓你喜歡的當地人
有趟屬於你自己的冒險。

當你回到家，你會覺得你的國家看起來有些不一樣
你也將重新思考、並認識你們國家的社會體制、政府官員。

而你也將有機會了解到全球化所代表的意思
(不是”世界是平的”這本書所想表達的全球化)
也將看到氣候變遷來得比你想像中快、措手不及

在世界上，還有一些你所不知道的角落
人們每天走20公里的路，只為了取幾桶水

世界也將用旅行來告訴你
很多課本上沒教，還有你不旅行，一輩子都不會知道的事

它們正在等著你去認識它。

- Henry Rollins

52 Hertz: The Loneliest Whale in the World

For decades now, scientists at the NOAA have been tracking a mysterious whale song that sounds like the ghostly howls of a drowned tuba player. The sounds have been identified as belonging to a single whale, who sings at a frequency unlike any other whale in the world.

Dubbed "52 Hertz" after the frequency range in which he typically sings, the animal has been called the loneliest whale in the world, since his love songs seem destined to go unanswered. Most other species of baleen whale, such as blue whales and humpbacks, sing at frequencies much lower, between the 15-25 Hertz range.

Not only does 52 Hertz sing at a much higher frequency, but his calls are also shorter and more frequent than those of other whales. It's as if he speaks his own language-- a language of one. Even stranger, 52 Hertz does not follow the known migration route of any extant baleen whale species. He sings alone and travels alone.

Could this individual be the last of a previously unknown species of baleen whale? That's one possibility. Whale biologists have also proposed that he could be malformed, or maybe a rare hybrid-- perhaps a blue whale and fin whale cross. Whatever the explanation, 52 Hertz is one of a kind.

There's also some evidence that he is maturing, since his voice has deepened slightly since the Navy first identified him in 1992, according to a 2004 article at the New York Times.

Although 52 Hertz's exact age is unknown, he continues to survive 20 years after his initial discovery. He was last recorded not far off the Aleutians and Kodiak Island, according to Alaska Dispatch-- which is also the closest he has come to land since first being tracked. You can view a zigzagging map of his migration routes between 1992 and 2004 here.

You can also hear recordings of 52 Hertz's calls at the NOAA here, and you can even compare how he sounds to other baleen whales.

While whale lovers may lament the mournful tale of the loneliest whale in the world, there is some reason for hope, too. 52 Hertz seems to be healthy, in spite of his loneliness.

"The fact that this individual has been capable of existing in that harsh environment [for so many years] indicates there is nothing wrong with it," said Dr. Kate Stafford, a researcher at the National Marine Mammal Laboratory in Seattle, to the New York Times.

The whale's resilience could also be viewed as inspiration to anyone with a lonely heart. Despite 20 years of bellowing unanswered hymns into the cold echoes of the North Pacific, he sings on.

A famous Zen koan asks: What is the sound of one hand clapping?

Perhaps it resonates in 52 Hertz.

By Bryan Nelson

http://blogs.discovery.com/animal_news/2012/05/52-hertz-the-loneliest-whale-in-the-world.html

2004年12月紐約時報報導過這隻世界上最寂寞的鯨魚
從1992在北太平洋被軍用潛艇偵測器發現的這條種類不詳的鯨魚
不像其他任何長鬚鯨或藍鯨，不同的是，他沒有朋友。沒有家庭也不屬於任何族群。代號叫[52赫茲]的他, 發出的叫聲頻率比大號Tuba的最低音略高
當其他的鯨魚用12到25赫茲的低音頻溝通,他唱著52赫茲的詠嘆調
所以沒有其它鯨魚可以聽到他------

從[52赫茲]被人類發現追蹤到現在已經過了20年,根據動物星球頻道2012年5月的最新報導,唯一值得欣慰的是雖然寂寞,但[52赫茲]一切健康安好.
也許給所有感覺到寂寞的人安慰鼓勵:
即便沒有回應,[52赫茲]仍然繼續歌唱

「52赫茲」世界最寂寞鯨魚　歌聲只有自己聽得見

ETtoday – 2012年7月7日 下午3:42

國際中心／綜合報導

美國國家海洋暨大氣總署(NOAA)數十年來都在追蹤海底的一個聲音，它聽來像是鬼魂的嚎叫，也像是低音號的鳴奏。其實這個神秘聲音來自一隻名為「52赫茲」的鯨魚，由於牠的歌聲太獨特了，獨特到只有牠自己聽得見，因此至今仍無法找到伴侶。

「52赫茲」的名字取自於牠唱歌的頻率，牠與同類有所不同，一般鬚鯨亞目皆是以較低的頻率，約15至25赫茲在唱歌；可是牠卻是用頻率高出許多的52赫茲，就這樣唱著只有自己聽得見的歌，成為世界上最寂寞的一隻鯨魚。

有科學家猜測，「52赫茲」是一種未知的鯨魚；也有人說，牠是因為出現基因變異，或是稀有的「混血兒」，才會發出與眾不同的歌聲。無論如何，牠確實是獨一無二的。1992年，「52赫茲」首次在北太平洋被潛艇發現，現在牠至少已有20歲，早就進入繁殖的年齡。

儘管2004年美國《紐約時報》曾經報導過牠，讓牠在人類世界相當出名，但是這些名聲並未傳到鯨魚的世界。唯一值得歡欣的是，牠的身體目前仍然相當健康，或許正在海洋某處，繼續唱歌尋找牠的女朋友。

Jules et Jim 夏日之戀

對她來說，每一個愛都是一個獨特的存在。
在這個存在上發生的事，與其他存在都沒有關係。但她並不因此能免於嫉妒。
她帶她的大女兒去看醫生，當她生病的時候，她對醫生說：
「這是我唯一的女兒，大夫......」
大女兒很吃驚，她提及她的妹妹。
「怎麼會呢?」醫生問。
「另外一個，是我唯一的小女兒。」凱茨說。這就是她對她的愛人們的態度。