Klarinet Archive - Posting 000388.txt from 2002/07

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Orca song
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 14:04:33 -0400

On Wed, 17 Jul 2002, William Wright wrote:

> What interested me is the social role of orca song. The potential
> relevance to human music and language is obvious --- even if we can't
> make music underwater the way the Squidward does.

It may be less obvious than you think; in this case song may be
substituting for smell (another communications method).

I don't know ... I'm not ready to jump to conclusions.

Mark C.

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