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Environment & Energy

Uncle Joe

(62,377 posts) Mon Jul 14, 2025, 04:04 PM Jul 14

A Whale Saved My Life Close Encounters BBC Earth

Sep 7, 2021

Whale scientist Nan Hauser describes how she believes a humpback whale saved her from a shark, and what happened when the same whale came back.

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A Whale Saved My Life Close Encounters BBC Earth (Original Post) Uncle Joe Jul 14 OP

Beautiful story Picaro Jul 14 #1

Lovely. Earthrise Wednesday #2

Picaro

(2,112 posts)

1. Beautiful story

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Mon Jul 14, 2025, 09:53 PM

Jul 14

Earthrise

(15,736 posts)

2. Lovely.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Wed Jul 16, 2025, 02:10 PM

Wednesday

I remain confused as to why humans do not expect a range of social behavior (and cognition and emotion) among social animals similar to our own. I’ve been open to a wide range of complex social behavior in other species since Goodall.

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