Dragaera

Orb to navigate

Thu Aug 28 14:12:45 PDT 2003

Danger!  Danger!  You did not learn something from me.  Please refer to
Greg Morrow's post for information that (I assume) he didn't make up in a
whimsical mood.



On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, Iain E. Davis wrote:

> > 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.
>
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