From:	Rusty.Neal@Bull.com
Sent:	Tuesday, September 11, 2001 10:16 AM
To:	blue_planet@lists.ient.com
Subject:	Re: [BLUE PLANET] - When is the next book due?


Another dolphin combat tactic could rely on their ability to find and herd
large
schools of fish. This could be useful as cover against sonar and could
cause
actual damage to vehicles depending on the type of propulsion and the size
of the fish.

"Sir! There is a pod of greater whites heading straight for us!

Another possibly useful tactic would be to find and tow large numbers
of blimps into a populated area, perhaps a harbor, to cause confusion and
perhaps just for harassment.

Rusty

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From:	Heivilin, Jim [banzai@missouri.edu]
Sent:	Tuesday, September 11, 2001 10:14 AM
To:	'blue_planet@lists.ient.com'
Subject:	RE: [BLUE PLANET] - Cetacean Tactics

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David R. Crowell [mailto:gpfarm-dave@northnet.org]
> Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - Cetacean Tactics
> 
> The fastest way to get me to leave Blue Planet forever is to 
> make cetaceans a copy of Brin's. I can't stand them. I have 
> been very glad to date that BP's fins have had a very 
> different characterization.
> 
I've never read Brin's work but I can say that the material we have on
cetaceans will be based on scientific data available now and as intelligent
assumptions as we can make.  Of course who knows what a dolphin *really*
thinks now much less after she's been uplifted. 

Jim
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From:	C.K. Lee [ckl@ccilearning.com]
Sent:	Tuesday, September 11, 2001 10:47 AM
To:	blue_planet@lists.ient.com
Subject:	RE: [BLUE PLANET] - Cetacean Tactics


How about fin vs. fin combat? Orca - really a large and aggressive dolphin -
do prey on dolphin (bottlenose, ect), but has uplifting removed the
inhibition that prevents dolphins from killing each other?

CK

-----Original Message-----
> The fastest way to get me to leave Blue Planet forever is to
> make cetaceans a copy of Brin's. I can't stand them. I have
> been very glad to date that BP's fins have had a very
> different characterization.
>
I've never read Brin's work but I can say that the material we have on
cetaceans will be based on scientific data available now and as intelligent
assumptions as we can make.  Of course who knows what a dolphin *really*
thinks now much less after she's been uplifted.

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From:	Rusty.Neal@Bull.com
Sent:	Tuesday, September 11, 2001 10:42 AM
To:	blue_planet@lists.ient.com
Subject:	[BLUE PLANET] - Cetation communication


How much information flow is there between genlifted and natural dolphins?
Obviously since we now can communicate simple ideas to natural dolphins,
how much better is the communication between the two seeing as how they
speak the same language? At least the physics of creating and processing
the dolphin sounds should be easier for a genlifted dolphin than for any
electronic device. Do natural dolphins have an oral history carried down
the generations? I would love to see some of this covered in the new book.
And the same goes for the orca and other genlifted cetations...

Rusty

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