G.D. Falksen's Blog, page 1216
December 3, 2012
allcreatures:
Beluga whale ‘makes human-like...
Beluga whale ‘makes human-like sounds’
Researchers in the US have been shocked to discover a beluga whale whose vocalisations were remarkably close to human speech.
While dolphins have been taught to mimic the pattern and durations of sounds in human speech, no animal has spontaneously tried such mimicry.
But researchers heard a nine-year-old whale named NOC make sounds octaves below normal, in clipped bursts. [continued]
November 28, 2012
November 27, 2012
oldbookillustrations:
Go look in any glass and say, What moral...
Go look in any glass and say,
What moral is in being fair
H. Winthrop Peirce, from The day dream, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, illustrated under the supervision of George T. Andrew. New york, circa 1885.
(Source: archive.org)
So about 6 months ago I shot a scene for Dirigible Days that...
So about 6 months ago I shot a scene for Dirigible Days that will be in the next episode, here is a preview for that episode “”Hierophant Unbound”
