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Courting a Gray Whale: Matters of Essence, Matters of Scale

I have no idea how long ago I saw film footage of Jacques Cousteau in full diving suit, floating around in front of the eye of a whale, and then the interview in which he spoke of looking into the eye of the whale, seeing and being seen, how it changed him forever. Ever since then, I have wanted to look into the eye of a whale. I had heard that in the Baja lagoons, I would certainly see whales, and perhaps even touch one. But my secret highest hope as I packed for my Baja expedition in February was that I might look into the eye of a whale, that I might experience that seeing and being seen.

animal family, animal sanctuary, animal studies, anthrozoology, ecospirituality, human-animal relationsAnne BenvenutiMarch 30, 2013Jacques Cousteau, Baja, whale, Magdalena Bay, pacific gray whale, bioacoustics, animal personhood, animal sentience, animal family, animal courtshipComment