It wasn’t too long ago that 10 times as many great whales courted, mated, sang and frolicked in the oceans of Earth. Their songs danced over thermoclines in the water – interfaces between layers of water of different temperatures. Using the temperature differences of adjoining layers of water as their musical instruments and their huge resonant heads vibrated chamber music, filling the oceans with song the way birdsong fills the air above. There were 10 times the whales and dolphins and also 10 times the fish, krill coral but we all know that. Someimes it’s the little things that make a huge difference, a cellular change. And someitmes it’s the big things, like banning sonar blasts in frequencies that kill whales and dolphins like giving up war and sourcing energy and food and resources locally so less tanker traffic croeds the useful ocean currents. And designing whale friendly ships and fishing gear.

Then there will be whales again – lots of whales and krill and algae and the oceans will come alive.

Whales and dolpnins can helo us if we help them. They can help us reconnect with our love of mother ocean, our love of plannet earth, our love of our own natures.

Communing and communicating – learning from each other it’s what we’ve always done. We can do it again – not to destroy each other or exploit each other but to enjoy each other’s company. Let’s do it!