I love whales and dolphins. PBS had a wonderful three-hour program on the giants of the world's oceans. Some of them are 200 years old! I cannot believe that they were savagely hunted in the 19th century and early part of the 20th century. They are still hunted by individuals from various nations: Japan, New Zealand, and some other countries. They find ways of justifying murdering these beautiful sentient creatures. At 10:00 p.m., they had a short segment on El Boto, that beautiful pink dolphin of the Brazilian Amazon River. They are completely different from other dolphins. Unlike the ocean dolphins, the pink Boto is extremely flexible. It turns its head sideways. This is really fascinating.
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