“Ravings” are a series of essays written by my sister Linda J. Clarke. It was her hope that people who read them would gain a “tenderness and appreciation for the animals and plants who share this world with us.” For more on Linda and her book, “On A Planet Sailing West”, click here … Linda Clarke. Below is the complete text of her latest raving, “Eagles on Honeymoon Island”.
…we were here together in a place we did not know, nor one another
Kenneth Patchen
BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS IN THE SAVANNAH RIVER
Pods of bottlenose dolphins swimming up and down the murky Savannah River next to Georgia’s third largest city are barely noticed. Although decades of research suggest they are intelligent, creative, emotional beings, comparable souls to our own, they are submerged underwater most of the time, free from the complexities of being dehydrated bi-peds. Dolphins have brains as large and complex as humans. They have had these brains 30 million years longer than we have had ours. They have not only mastered their watery domain, they have, though top predators of the sea, become masters at surviving without aggression. Their best friends outside the pod have always been [read more …]
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