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Pilot whales: social creatures in dangerous straits | Philip Hoare | guardian.co.uk

The behaviour of whales threatening to beach themselves in the Outer Hebrides shows the complexity of cetacean sociability

An informative and customarily intelligent article by Philip Hoare on social interaction amongst pilot whales.

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Posted on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Tagged with: Philip Hoarewhalesmarine mammalsScotlandnewsHal Whiteheadpilot whaleswhalemarine lifeseaocean
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[bai'ra:-nik] 1. Characteristic of, or after the manner of Byron or his poetry. 2. quasi-n. pl. [after Philippics.] Declamatory utterances or invectives in the style of Byron. 3. Byronic hero: prominent literary character type of the Romantic period, whose characteristics include: extraordinary intelligence and perception; high level of education and intellectual prowess; arrogance; cunning and manipulation; emotional conflictedness; moodiness; self-criticism and introspection; self-destructive behaviour; aesthetic sophistication; dark mysterious beauty; powers of attraction; seductiveness and sexual perversion; world-weariness; distaste for social institutions and norms; disrespect of social ranks; being an outcast, an outlaw, or an exile.


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