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. > >