The comment "thanks for the magic" in the above article is troubling.
While, from our point of view, being near enough to view the whale may have been in some way thrilling for us - the experience for the whale was neither thrilling nor magical. She was caught in an environment that was toxic to her health and she couldn't find a way out. Instead of making her way up the coast she circled relentlessly in what can be described as confusion. The mis-navigation that resulted in her being in the Klamath river caused her physical and I'd suggest, psychological distress.
I'm glad the whale is no longer suffering but find the whole episode unfortunate.
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Loren
on 08/16/2011 at 6:13 PM
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Re: “Mama Whale Passes”
The comment "thanks for the magic" in the above article is troubling.
While, from our point of view, being near enough to view the whale may have been in some way thrilling for us - the experience for the whale was neither thrilling nor magical. She was caught in an environment that was toxic to her health and she couldn't find a way out. Instead of making her way up the coast she circled relentlessly in what can be described as confusion. The mis-navigation that resulted in her being in the Klamath river caused her physical and I'd suggest, psychological distress.
I'm glad the whale is no longer suffering but find the whole episode unfortunate.