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WHEREAS an Orca whale held in captivity tends to exhibit, after a time, a dorsal fin that is flopped over instead of stoutly erect as they are in the wild.
THEREFORE I propose a dorsal fin brace, borne by a circumferential harness, that returns the dorsal to its natural upright position.
Illustration
http://bz.pair.com/fun/OrcaStraight.html
[bristolz, Oct 06 2004]
Tommy Cooper
http://www.michaeld.../CoverArt/10870.jpg
Fez wearer, genius, corpse. [calum, Oct 06 2004]
Why do Orca fins collapse?
http://oceanlink.is...i.html#anchor662263
Answered by Todd Nivens of the Vancouver Aquarium. [bristolz, Oct 07 2004]
Another solution
http://www.halfbake.../Nitrogen_20breasts
Implant or attach lighter-than water devices to help keep dorsal fins straight even in low-pressure water. [Worldgineer, Oct 07 2004]
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As a relative newbie (Oct 2003) I am delighted to see that the HB is back and some new/old ideas are being churned. Bristolz' illustrations are so charming, would that all ideas could be so displayed! |
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Bris'' (is that a new mark for shortening and posessive?) idea is dear to my heart, as I grew up visiting (and still have) relatives on Orcas Island, WA, and saw any number of Orcas in the wild - my mom tells of having rowed out in a small rowboat to gambol among them. |
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Sad to see the encaptured and detumescent versions, though I'm glad others get to see them at all. Bris' device should help to see them at their best! |
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Will there be other pun-based entries? I did take a class in Orchestration, not <oar castration> or <whore cussed ration> <ORK a Station> (remember Mork & Mindy, anyone?) |
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I am looking forward to links returning in due course. |
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I've been to Orcas island too - however I can't remember the degree of erectness of the whales' fins I saw there. |
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Whale I don't actually think this idea's a flop, you are marketing to a fairly fin slice of the market. |
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When I was little, my mother used to row us out to the Orcas, and we’d have a picnic on one. We’d barbecue on its back, and make a day of it. Then, when I was in high school, my friends and I would motor out and pitch a tent, using that fin as the center pole. We had a pillow fight one night, and it got bent a little. That’s all it was, really, I swear. We didn’t do it on purpose. |
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Any brace that could force the fin straight would chafe the orca, causing pain while fixing something harmless. [-] |
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Note that the curved dorsal fin is only a characteristic of the female orcas. |
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Good post. Perhaps the aquarium people could take turns rubbing the fin until the cartilage remains nice and firm. There, I said what you were thinking. |
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