{"id":36234,"date":"2018-03-25T09:26:41","date_gmt":"2018-03-25T09:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=36234"},"modified":"2018-03-25T09:30:18","modified_gmt":"2018-03-25T09:30:18","slug":"hamelin-bay-whale-strandings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/03\/hamelin-bay-whale-strandings\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamelin Bay whale strandings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Among the cetaceans  that frequent the sea<br \/>\nAre the dolphins and pilot whales<br \/>\nAnd some agree<br \/>\nAreas affecting their sonar abide<br \/>\nBio-accoustically stressing the tide<\/p>\n<p>Hamelin bay near Augusta is one<br \/>\nKnown as a whale trap<br \/>\nThe shallows can run<br \/>\nA geomagnetic anomaly here<br \/>\nAnd strandings can happen<br \/>\nSo it does appear<\/p>\n<p>They are highly social<br \/>\nMatriarchal by choice<br \/>\nThey remain in their birth pod<br \/>\nThats where their voice<br \/>\nIs understood aptly<br \/>\nWhere they feel at home<br \/>\nLoyal and committed<br \/>\nWherever they roam<\/p>\n<p>Recently a large pod disturbed<br \/>\nBy the plight<br \/>\nOf the dolphins of Taiji<br \/>\nAnd the kangaroo&#8217;s flight<br \/>\nAnd The short finned in the Faroes<br \/>\nDriven to shore<br \/>\nAnd cut into ribbons<br \/>\nWhere its happening more<\/p>\n<p>The cetaceans are undermined,<br \/>\nBy these affairs<br \/>\nThey are solemn and unhappy<br \/>\nSo many pairs<br \/>\nView this brutality<br \/>\nIn a poor light<br \/>\nAnd decided to make their stand<br \/>\nFor what was right<\/p>\n<p>The aura of murder<br \/>\nAnd the tempo of ill<br \/>\nBecalms their emotion<br \/>\nImmobile and still<br \/>\nDisabled by wave flow<br \/>\nThe whole pod decide<br \/>\nSwimming blindly to strand<br \/>\nThemselves in the soft tide<\/p>\n<p>And this is what happened<br \/>\nWhy they all died<br \/>\nAll just decided<br \/>\nTo commit suicide<br \/>\nUnmoving unstirring<br \/>\nBring to a rest<br \/>\nCollectively thinking<br \/>\nThat this was the best<\/p>\n<p>Protest to make<br \/>\nTo the Australian trolls<br \/>\nThe government people<br \/>\nMost without souls<br \/>\nWith spurious falsity<br \/>\nAnd such deceit<br \/>\nThey slaughter our breathren<br \/>\nThey mock and they cheat<\/p>\n<p>Broome bears the crux<br \/>\nSupporting taiji<br \/>\nWhere so many pilot whales<br \/>\nDie and they be<br \/>\nShipped to aquaria all around the world<br \/>\nTo hell just for money<br \/>\nThats why they are hurled<\/p>\n<p>Kangaroo slaughter their cries<br \/>\nManifest<br \/>\nIconic animals that do invest<br \/>\nMuch of millenia living and they<br \/>\nAre murdered at night<br \/>\nIn the spotlights and pay<br \/>\nA very high price so other wild folk<br \/>\nUse solidarity and its bespoke<\/p>\n<p>Communication in oceans is rife<br \/>\nNothing is lost and so all the strife<br \/>\nIs felt by cetaceans who magically know<br \/>\nOf the assassinations where ever they go<br \/>\nBio accoustically systems are high<br \/>\nIts the great ocean web<br \/>\nThat does underlie<br \/>\nAll of the strandings<br \/>\nDepression and pain<br \/>\nAnxiety really creating the  strain<br \/>\nLiving together and perishing too<br \/>\nCorroborates and verifies<br \/>\nWhat these whales do<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Among the cetaceans that frequent the sea Are the dolphins and pilot whales And some agree Areas affecting their sonar abide Bio-accoustically stressing the tide Hamelin bay near Augusta is one Known as a whale trap The shallows can run &hellip; 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