Like A Beached Whale

Every so often you will read about whales or dolphins that beach themselves. No amount of coaxing will get them back into the water and they die, exposed to the air. No one really knows why these mammals of the ocean come ashore and stay but there is plenty of speculation concerning man’s influence in “murdering” these poor innocent animals. How through air and water pollution we are destroying their environment and probably driving them to ground themselves through sonic noise pollution. The poor animals want to die to escape the horrors that man has imposed on them.

Did anyone ever think that maybe whales and dolphins were intelligent enough to form cults? They are supposed to be intelligent animals and with their superior intellect may be susceptible to brain washing. I think back to the Hale Bopp comet a few years ago and all of the chemically castrated computer nerds that drank the caustic kool-aid and went to the mother ship. It could be that the whales and dolphins form into groups (I hear they call themselves pods) and when the kelp flows the right way and the moon reflects from the mother of all pearls, they are driven to swarm to the beach and dry themselves out.

Another possibility is that they are big fans of George Hamilton and want to get as much sun as possible. Since they can’t afford to go to the tanning booth or have a working knowledge of sun screen, they are forced up on the sand and will die to stay there. If only George had such devotion from his fan club.

No one really knows why these groups of ocean mammals swim onto the beach. The environmental (I stress mental) wackos would have man believe that we are the root cause and what ever we are doing must stop. It does nothing to explain the behavior. It is so much easier to find fault with humanity than look at human behavior and see if we behave in ways similar to whales. Can you say schizophrenia? I actually prefer the cult theory. Maybe we can get them all painted with Nike swooshes.

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Cobb