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...inch Frisbee provides a perfect replica of the dorsal fin common to the Landshark’s oceanic relative. But as Dichtel clarifies, “It is not a Landshark until it gets on the shoulders of two or more people, and hovers over the crowd [at a party...
...slowly - a languor born of chronic underemployment. Still, the Chinese come. "We Chinese can find business opportunities everywhere," grins Cen Haokun, one of three affable brothers who own six restaurants and a shark's fin and sea cucumber exporting business in Mombasa. Farther down the coast, Mohamed Oloya lops dorsal fins off great whites, then sells them to a middleman who transfers the shark bits to the brothers Cen. The Malindi-born fisherman is unsure why the Chinese crave a useless chunk of cartilage. "The Chinese know how to make money," he shrugs, "even from something that no one else...
...authentic experience. What made Westermann such a good artist was the combination of discipline and intense feeling. An image he returned to, often and each time differently, was the Death Ship, a simple block of carved wood, sometimes afloat on a green sea of dollar bills, with the tiny dorsal fins of sharks implacably circling it. Death Ship Runover by a '66 Lincoln Continental, 1966, refers not to World War II but to Vietnam, a war Westermann hated and opposed. The auto that has just run over the ship (and, by implication, its men) with an inked tire tread...
...extraordinary effort, but then again, this was no ordinary cetacean. The 22-ft.-long, 10,000-lb. orca with the droopy dorsal fin was none other than Keiko, the star of the 1993 hit movie Free Willy. In the film, Keiko plays a killer whale condemned to a life in cruel captivity until released to ocean freedom through the efforts of a small boy. The part came easily to Keiko, whose real life story paralleled Willy's, and the movie inadvertently made his plight known worldwide. Now, in an ambitious experiment, a dedicated team of scientists, animal behaviorists, trainers, divers...
...second afternoon at the lodge. In a boat on Johnstone Strait, we catch sight of three orcas, otherwise known as killer whales. Paul Chaplow, who has spent the past 10 years in these waters, reveals the identities of the three orcas. What were moments ago little more than anonymous dorsal fins zipping by in dark waters became R2, a 62-year-old mom, and her two sons, R3, age 44, and R12, 34. Because their society is matriarchal, the sons will remain with their mother until she dies. The whales, remarkable for their complex social structure, distinct dialects and their...