> From: Philip Hart [mailto:philiph at SLAC.Stanford.EDU] > On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, Iain E. Davis wrote: > > > > How do orca (from that universe) navigate? For that matter, how do > > orca from our universe navigate? > > Triangulation, of course. A shark has an extremely acute > sense of smell and can calculate the distance to landmarks > (e.g., the site where something died) and common ocean > currents or where rivers run into the sea. Recently there > are of course ocean-floor cables to follow but those haven't > made it to Dragaera yet. Very cool. I learned something today! The day is not a total loss. ;) I wonder if Orca have that sense of smell, or some other sense useful for navigation.