Charles was born in Detroit, Michigan to Swedish immigrants. Growing up on a farm in Little Falls, Minnesota, his father became a US attorney and congressman who opposed World War I. Lindbergh’s mother was a chemistry teacher. Similar to Bill Portas, whose father was also a lawyer and mother a teacher, Lindbergh began his career […]
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Since the cable channel Animal Planet is fresh from its semi-reality show called Whale Wars, I was interested in the program because I wanted to read a recently published book about whaling entitled Harpoon by Australian author Andrew Darby ( da Capo Press). The book mentions Paul Watson, the Shepherd of the Sea Conservation Society, […]
Blue whales, balsenoptera musculus, are the largest animals on Earth. They measure 65 to 105 feet (20 to 32 meters) and weigh anywhere from 100 to 200 tons (90,718 to 181,437 kilograms) with females being larger than males. Their heads make up around 25 percent of their entire body length. Like all whales, blue whales […]
The Antarctic krill, euphausia superba, are almost invisible to the naked eye. They only measure 2.3 inches (6.2 centimeters) in length, and weigh about 0.03 ounces (1 gram). Their bodies are divided into 3 sections, 2 of which are fused together (the head and thorax form the cephalothorax). Each section is then divided into individual […]