carmeldipaola sent you a video: "Whale Song"Hello all, I'm going out a little wider than normal on my distribution list on this one, but it's just sooo special to me I really want everyone to see it. Inspires me to want to go on a whalewatch again! This weekend is the last one for the season, and it's supposed to be rainy on Saturday! :(
Love to all, Carmel Good friends are like stars...you don't always see them but you know they are there! ----- Original Message ----- From: YouTube Service To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 2:09 PM Subject: carmeldipaola sent you a video: "Whale Song" help center | e-mail options | report spam carmeldipaola has shared a video with you on YouTube: Whale Song http://bit.ly/SONGLINES An encounter with Sweetheart and her calf Heartthrob. An hour long encounter unique in the fact that it was the first time in our twenty years of research that a mother allowed a calf to interact directly with us in total trust: http://facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1034526070822&oid=24509903679 We name the whales mnemonically. We give them a name associated with a bodily marking or personality trait which helps us to remember and quickly recognize them in future encounters. Sweetheart, the mother, is named after a heart shaped marking she has near her dorsal fin. She is with her new calf Heartthrob who is only a few months old. Calves remain with their mother for about a year. Sweetheart had a calf in 1998 named Heartsong and a calf in 1999 named Heartbeat. The two escorts are also whales that are very well known to us. Their names are Nebo and Demi. The song is clearly audible through the hull of the research ves... more © 2009 YouTube, LLC 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066
