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fandomhigh2010-06-08 12:52 pm
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Maritime Mammals, Tuesday, Period 6
Summer had handwavily let her students know to meet at the docks for today's class. She was happy to see that the weather was cooperating and it would be sunny out on the water.
"Today, we're going to experience a dolphin and whale watching trip," Summer explained, gesturing to the boat waiting for them. "We should hopefully get to see some bottlenose dolphins and maybe a whale or tow along the way."
Summer might have been as excited for this as (hopefully) her students were. She gestured for the kids to get on the boat and put on their life jackets. Safety first. Even Summer was wearing one and she knew first hand how they could save someone's life.
As soon as everyone's jackets were checked and secure, Summer checked the boat's controls and set off.
"Now, we might see up to ten dolphins in a pod or we could see a single dolphin at any one time. It depends on the dolphins themselves. Though they are social creatures, they've been known to travel long distances alone."
Summer kept the boat at a slow and steady pace as they made their way further from shore. "Dolphins search for prey primarily using echolocation, which is similar to sonar. They emit clicking sounds and listen for the return echo to determine the location and shape of nearby items, including potential prey," she continued. "Bottlenose dolphins also use sound for communication, including squeaks and whistles emitted from the blowhole and sounds emitted through body language, such as leaping from the water and slapping their tails on the water surface. You might see something like that if I get a wake going and the dolphins show up to ride it out."
Having said that, Summer picked up the pace of the boat a bit more to get to open water.
[OCDcoming up.]
"Today, we're going to experience a dolphin and whale watching trip," Summer explained, gesturing to the boat waiting for them. "We should hopefully get to see some bottlenose dolphins and maybe a whale or tow along the way."
Summer might have been as excited for this as (hopefully) her students were. She gestured for the kids to get on the boat and put on their life jackets. Safety first. Even Summer was wearing one and she knew first hand how they could save someone's life.
As soon as everyone's jackets were checked and secure, Summer checked the boat's controls and set off.
"Now, we might see up to ten dolphins in a pod or we could see a single dolphin at any one time. It depends on the dolphins themselves. Though they are social creatures, they've been known to travel long distances alone."
Summer kept the boat at a slow and steady pace as they made their way further from shore. "Dolphins search for prey primarily using echolocation, which is similar to sonar. They emit clicking sounds and listen for the return echo to determine the location and shape of nearby items, including potential prey," she continued. "Bottlenose dolphins also use sound for communication, including squeaks and whistles emitted from the blowhole and sounds emitted through body language, such as leaping from the water and slapping their tails on the water surface. You might see something like that if I get a wake going and the dolphins show up to ride it out."
Having said that, Summer picked up the pace of the boat a bit more to get to open water.
[OCD
Re: Lecture & Chat
It was okay. She'd seen millions of dolphins and whales. She knew several of them personally and on a first name basis.
And that was the problem. What if someone saw her? And then reported home to her father? She just could not risk that, so Ariel was going to be....over there....inconspicuously...hum hum.