The Man Who Talks to Whales
By Natalie Croak (06/09/13 12:59:13)
The first chapter of "The Man who Talks to Whales" went into the author's relationship with animals and how this changed as he got older. Ever since I was little I have been fascinated by animals. My mom told me that when I was a toddler she'd let me explore the backyard and I would always bring worms and spiders over to show her (which she definitely did not appreciate). As I got older I continued to love animals, capturing snakes and lizards to watch and keep as pets for a day before letting them go. Nollman describes wanting to learn from animals, not just learn about them. I agree with this because I think that the more that we learn from animals the more we learn about ourselves and how the world operates.
The fourth chapter goes into what Nollman describes as interspecies protocol. One example of this is the lions and bushmen in Africa have an understanding of when it is each groups turn to use the watering hole. I thought that this was really interesting because I never learned about this type of protocol in any of my biology classes. However I think that this type of protocol would only occur when there is a resource that both groups need and there is no shortage of it.

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