|
|
Initial 5 burning questions
|
- Are there any acoustical patterns while SRKW forage? If so, is there a difference in communication/physical behavior when competition is in the area (within 500 meters)? Or when prey abundance is large or small?
- Is there a difference in feeding behavior (defined by echolocating and behavior?) and/or surface behavior when low or high amount of boats are in the area of surfacing whales in the Salish Sea? (acoustical limits/boundary?)
- Is there a relationship between age and spacing when SRKW travel together?
- How are sounds produced by Norwegian killer whales, Orcinus orca,during capture different than SRKW that are being whale-watched?
- Is there a relationship between whale watching traffic and seasonal direction of the pods? Is there a relationship between whale watching traffic, orca funding, ecotourism and population numbers of J,K,L? Is there a behavioural response of killer whales (Orcinus orca) to whale-watching boats difference between northern and southern residents?
|
|
|
|
Final 5 burning questions
|
-
-
-
-
-
|
|
|
|
| Inspiration: |
"``[The dugong has] been so relentlessly hunted that, just like its close cousin the manatee, it's becoming rarer and rarer.'' ``Well then, Captain,'' said Conseil [the taxonomist] gravely, ``if by chance this one here is the last of his race, wouldn't it be better to spare him -- in the interests of science?'' ``Maybe,'' retorted the Canadian [harpooner Ned Land]; ``but in the interests of cooking, it would be best to hunt him.'' ``Go ahead then, Master Land,'' said Captain Nemo."
-- Jules Verne, "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" (1870). |
|
