Why are we not using alternate energy sources instead of using this sonic cannon technique to find oil?? Why are humans such a plague on this planet? This is one of many, many reasons!! No regard for the right whale, which is almost extinct.
Quote from MSN News - "Of foremost concern are endangered species like the north Atlantic right whale, with a total population of about 500. The whales use the seas off of northern Florida and southernGeorgia to give birth to their calves before their migration north. Since the cetaceans are so scarce, any impact from this intense noise pollution on feeding or communications could have long-term effects, Scott Kraus, a right whale expert at the John H. Prescott Marine Laboratory in Boston
"No one has been allowed to test anything like this on right whales," Kraus said of the seismic cannons. "(The Obama administration) has authorized a giant experiment on right whales that this country would never allow researchers to do."
