From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Tue Sep 15 12:16:09 2009 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:16:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MndVZ-0001NU-4H for lojban-beginners-real@lojban.org; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:16:09 -0700 Received: from imr-db01.mx.aol.com ([205.188.91.95]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MndVT-0001Mf-9b for lojban-beginners@lojban.org; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:16:08 -0700 Received: from imo-da01.mx.aol.com (imo-da01.mx.aol.com [205.188.169.199]) by imr-db01.mx.aol.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id n8FJFo1E003457 for ; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:15:50 -0400 Received: from MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com by imo-da01.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v42.5.) id d.c6c.564e5fb9 (41812) for ; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:15:45 -0400 (EDT) From: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Message-ID: Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:15:45 EDT Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: gusni-opportunity-bringing along To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_c6c.564e5fb9.37e141e1_boundary" X-Spam-Flag:NO X-AOL-SENDER: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com X-archive-position: 2342 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@lojban.org X-list: lojban-beginners --part1_c6c.564e5fb9.37e141e1_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 9/15/2009 14:34:35 Eastern Daylight Time, lamelnyk@gmail.com writes: > 2009/9/14, MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com > Dolphins are optically > blind? That's astonishing! > > http://www.travel-culture.com/pakistan/indus_dolphin.shtml > > -- > mu'o mi'e lex > Nothing in that article says the Indus dolphin is blind. It says only that the eyes are "pinholes" and that the dolphin uses echolocation to find food along the river bottom. Besides, even if this one kind of dolphin is completely blind, it's misleading at best to conclude that "dolphins are blind." Dolphins in general have very good eyesight. So says http://www.seaworld.org/infobooks/bottlenose/sensesdol.html stevo --part1_c6c.564e5fb9.37e141e1_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In a messag= e dated 9/15/2009 14:34:35 Eastern Daylight Time, lamelnyk@gmail.com write= s:


2009/9/14, MorphemeAddi= ct@wmconnect.com > Dolphins are optically
blind?  That's astonishing!

http://www.travel-culture.com/pakistan/indus_dolphin.shtml

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mu'o mi'e lex


Nothing in that article says the Indus dolphin is blind.  It says= only that the eyes are "pinholes" and that the dolphin uses echolocation= to find food along the river bottom.
Besides, even if this one kind of dolphin is completely blind, it's mi= sleading at best to conclude that "dolphins are blind."
Dolphins in general have very good eyesight. So says http://www.seawor= ld.org/infobooks/bottlenose/sensesdol.html

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