HUGE UNDERSEA MOUNTAIN IS OR IS NOT A VOLCANO

The cone-shaped mountain is 4,600 metres (15,100 feet) high, 50 kilometres in diameter at its base and its summit is 1,300 metres below the surface...

SNEAKY WHALES CAUGHT STEALING MEALS

"Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus), which are the largest of the toothed whales, echolocate to pinpoint their prey. Basically, they wmit clicking sounds that bounce off potential meals, including large squid and other fish. Scientists think an organ inside the animal's massive head (which can take up 25 to 35 percent of its body length) plays a role in transmitting the clicks." Jeanna Bryner

BLUE CRUSH : FILM ABOUT WOMEN IN SURFING

Watched "Blue Crush" the movie about "girls" who surf in Hawaii, and the big event - surfing the pipeline! First saw this film on the Big Screen and was so impressed with the filming. Now a friend who watched it with me thought it was a "terrible" surfing movie and says he's seen many of them. But he's a man, and 71 years old, so- "Blue Crush" is NOT GIDGET! I think it's difficult to spin a good story into a movie that has so much action in it. However, the story about the surfer "girl" who is left to raise her little sister because her mom has followed her Meal Ticket to Vegas, and her involvement with a well paid NFL football player on vacation which takes her mind away from training to compete, has a lot of FEMINIST THEMES. First of all, maybe things are changing but women in ACTIVE ROLES - on boards - and not just passive admirers is rare in surfing magazines photos (females tend to be bikini-clad pretties clamoring around males), films, and movies. Secondly, how many movies involve a woman getting respect - from a profession, from her friendly peers, from the local surfer "boys," as well as her boyfriend and her little sister?! There was plenty of conflict and resolution here...

PACIFIC WHALE FOUNDATION out of HAWAII

Click on the link above to get to the Pacific Whale Foundation!

"Our mission" to promote appreciation, understanding and protection of whales, dolphins, coral reefs and out planet's oceans."