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In article <9huctg$qrv$2@slb6.atl.mindspring.net>, 
rothwell@ix.netcom.com says...
> 
> "Bill Mulcajhy" <rockaway2@hvi.net> wrote in message
> news:tjajoc525js580@corp.supernews.com...
> >
> > If  we can put transponders on planes to avoid collisions, why not whales.
> > There are only 300 right whales left before total extinction!!!  Bill
> > Mulcahy
> 
> OK, Bill. Climb into the fuselage and set up
> the damn thing. We'll watch you from the safety
> of the Land Rover and talk about Mutual of
> Omaha Insurance...
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Marlin Perkins

One article I read recently about the right whales (in the Boston Globe
I think, about 2-3 weeks ago), mentioned that scientists don't know
much about right whales' migration habits, etc. because if they attach
radio transponders (the usual way of tracking large animals in the 
wild), the transponders don't stay attached very long.

I don't know if this is because they annoy the whales who then actively
try to remove them or if there is no good place to loop a harness around
right whales or if they surgically implant them and the whales reject
them.

I think you would have the same problems trying to attach, for instance,
a sonar responder that would let ships know there were whales near by.

There are so few right whales left, that the easiest method might be to
track them individually and force ships to sail around the areas where
the whales currently are.  Again, the problem is finding them.

-- 
John