PAT MATHEWS wrote:
>
> Yup. I watch  "Are you Smarter than a Fifth Grader" and write down my own
> answers just for fun. And I missed a question onthat anyone who has read
> "Startide Rising" should have been able to ace.
>
> "An orca, often called a killer whale, is a species of dolphin. True? Or
> False?"
>
> Well, as the Streaker's crew could tell you, the answer is True. And is my
> face red!
>
Except that K'tha-Jon does not have Orca genes, he has "Feresa attenuata"
genes, which is a species of dolphin called the _pigmy killer whale_. The
text is careful not to assign any ex-cathedra attribution of orcaness to him.

Alberto Monteiro
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