Do whales appreciate clarinet music? According Dr. David Rothenberg professor of Philosophy and Music at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, in the US, there is a definite possibility that they do. The professor, who is himself a clarinetist, embarked on a preliminary investigation in January-February 2007, when he played a live gig to a group […]
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Whale carcass burial, or not
In her 2009 thesis ‘Beach burial of cetaceans: implications for conservation, and public health and safety‘, Ann Bui of Auckland University of Technology, writes: “Although burial is the most convenient and most economical strategy to dispose of cetacean carcass [in New Zealand], especially in mass stranding events or when cetaceans are of large size, […] […]