Remembering Mayak Several decades ago, it was, that I volunteered at a local Zoo and Aquarium, back in a day when volunteers who proved that they would work hard and who showed a knack for working with the animals could become assistant zoo keepers. I had the great fortune to be one Read More …
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ARE CETACEANS SMARTER THAN HUMANS?
It’s a long-standing debate: just how intelligent are dolphins, whales, and porpoises [ together, called cetaceans]? I don’t think we know the answer yet. Perhaps we never will. HOW DO WE MEASURE INTELLIGENCE, ANYWAY? Hah! That’s the $64,000 question. Over time, many approaches have been tried for measuring intelligence. Humans in the past Read More …
CAPTIVE WHALES–WHAT NEXT?
SEAWORLD MAKES MAJOR ORCA CONCESSIONS Most of us are aware by now of the announcement by SeaWorld that it is ending its orca whale breeding program, thanks in no small part to the eye-opening, heart-wrenching documentary, “Blackfish.” Does this end to breeding mean that among the SeaWorld facilities, when the current captive orcas have died, Read More …
HOW TO WRITE FICTION ABOUT YOURSELF
Write What You Know Yada Yada You writers have heard it a thousand times, right? Write what you know. And you think: What I know could put cowboy to sleep during a steer riding contest. Or: What I know would get me arrested if I enlightened my chosen target audience of grade schoolers. Or Read More …
Charity Nominations Open
Charity Nominations Open Let’s kick this blog off by using it to do some good. My first book “My Books” is coming out around the first of February, and I shall donate ten percent of my royalties on this and every other book I write to a charity you pick. So even before I can Read More …
Lets kick this blog off by doing some good!
My first book is coming out soon, and I shall donate ten percent of my royalties on this book to charities you pick. So even before I can have some fun with the blog, I need the first charity. Nominate your favorite now, and the charity nominated by the most people in the first two Read More …