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Whales were being slaughtered by fleets of industrial whaling ships in the 1970s.David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet · 2020 — Capítulo 6 de 10 · 2'52" · C1
Whaling Turns from Harvest to Crime, Explained: little more than
In the 1970s, fleets slaughter whales, and the blues number only a few thousand. Off Hawaii, someone records humpback songs and says to listen. Under that, the songs change opinion, and "The killing of whales turned from a harvest to a crime."
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In the 1970s, industrial ships slaughter whales. Blue whales number only a few thousand. Off Hawaii, humpbacks are found by their calls, and an underwater microphone captures songs that are long and complex. Those mournful songs change how people see them: no longer little more than oil and meat, they become personalities, and killing them turns from a harvest into a crime.
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little more than
barely anything beyond this
little more than flattens the old view so whales are almost nothing but oil and meat.
The night shift was little more than a line on the roster.
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- slaughtered
killed in large numbers
- listening out for
wait and listen for a sound
- the key to
the thing that makes a change possible
- personalities
individuals with a character of their own
- harvest
a yield treated as rightful
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passive progressive: The whales receive the action, and the slaughter is still underway.
Whales were being slaughtered by fleets of industrial whaling ships in the 1970s.Move from slaughtered straight into by without a stop.
Whales were being slaughtered by fleets of industrial whaling ships in the 1970s.apposition: It renames the largest whales instead of adding a second group.
The largest whales, the blues, numbered only a few thousand by then.blue whales, for short — Here it shortens blue whales. Alone, the blues is usually the music, not a color.
The largest whales, the blues, numbered only a few thousand by then.so close to impossible it barely differs virtually means almost, not virtual.
They were virtually impossible to find.Place the stress on virtually, then tap impossible.
They were virtually impossible to find.wait and listen for a sound
After the whales seem impossible to find, listening out for names the method: wait for calls.
We found humpbacks off Hawaii only by listening out for their calls.extended and structurally intricate
Recordings like these revealed that the songs of the humpbacks are long and complex.pick it up from one another
Humpbacks living in the same area learn their songs from each other.reduced relative: The phrase limits the humpbacks to those sharing one area.
Humpbacks living in the same area learn their songs from each other.a main musical idea and its changes
And the songs have distinct themes and variations which evolve over time.change gradually as time passes
And the songs have distinct themes and variations which evolve over time.relative clause: which refers to themes and variations; both change over time, and this is not a new sentence.
And the songs have distinct themes and variations which evolve over time.songs that sound grieving
Their mournful songs were the key to transforming people's opinions about them.the thing that makes a change possible
the key to assigns the mournful song the job of changing opinion, not just decorating the scene.
Their mournful songs were the key to transforming people's opinions about them.cease that action
Please stop killing the whales.barely anything beyond this
little more than flattens the old view so whales are almost nothing but oil and meat.
Animals that had been viewed as little more than a source of oil and meat became personalities.long relative: The that-clause delays the change until the old view is fully stated.
Animals that had been viewed as little more than a source of oil and meat became personalities.say it on behalf of others
We are men and women, and we speak for children, and we're all saying, "Please stop killing the whales."hunt a kind of animal until none remain
We have pursued animals to extinction many times in our history,not something people will allow anymore
but now that it was visible, it was no longer acceptable.now-that clause: Visibility is treated as a fact that removes acceptance.
but now that it was visible, it was no longer acceptable.Say it was lightly and give the weight to no longer.
but now that it was visible, it was no longer acceptable.change from one kind to another harvest is a rightful yield of whales, not a crop.
The killing of whales turned from a harvest to a crime.Keep from and a in one breath, then land on harvest.
The killing of whales turned from a harvest to a crime.a moral sense held by many at once
A powerful shared conscience had suddenly appeared.die out as a species
Nobody wanted animals to become extinct.slowly starting to care
coming to care keeps the concern unfinished: people are growing into it, not already there.
People were coming to care for the natural world...brought to know about it
as they were made aware of the natural world.as-clause: as means while they learn, so care follows awareness.
as they were made aware of the natural world.the method or channel needed
the means to closes the passage by naming a way to spread awareness, not a new accusation.
And we now had the means to make people across the world aware.Whaling Turns from Harvest to Crime, explicado
What's really going on
Blue whales number only a few thousand and are virtually impossible to find. Humpbacks off Hawaii are found only by their calls. A recording just made in the Pacific shows songs that are long and complex, learned from other whales in the same area, with themes and variations that evolve. One line states the result in full: "Their mournful songs were the key to transforming people's opinions about them." Someone says "Hello, Boctok. We are Canadian" and then "Please stop killing the whales." Animals viewed as little more than a source of oil and meat become personalities. People have pursued animals to extinction many times, but once that killing is visible it is no longer acceptable. "The killing of whales turned from a harvest to a crime." A powerful shared conscience appears, and nobody wants animals to become extinct. People come to care as they are made aware, and there is now the means to make people across the world aware.
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JusticeOnce the killing is visible it is no longer acceptable, and it turns from a harvest into a crime as a shared conscience appears.
SurvivalIndustrial fleets slaughter whales in the 1970s. The blues number only a few thousand and are virtually impossible to find.
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- slaughtered by fleets — Move from slaughtered straight into by without a stop.
- virtually impossible — Place the stress on virtually, then tap impossible.
- it was no longer — Say it was lightly and give the weight to no longer.
- from a harvest — Keep from and a in one breath, then land on harvest.
Whales were being slaughtered by fleets of industrial whaling ships in the 1970s.Industrial whaling fleets in the 1970s are killing whales on a mass scale.
Their mournful songs were the key to transforming people's opinions about them.The long sad songs are what shifts how people see the whales.
Animals that had been viewed as little more than a source of oil and meat became personalities.Creatures once treated as almost nothing but oil and meat come to be seen as individuals with character.
The killing of whales turned from a harvest to a crime.Killing whales stops counting as a legitimate take and starts counting as a crime.
A powerful shared conscience had suddenly appeared.A shared sense of right and wrong about the slaughter shows up all at once.
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Why do the humpback songs matter here?
The lines say recordings revealed songs that are long and complex, learned from other whales in the same area, with themes and variations that evolve. One line states their mournful songs were the key to transforming people's opinions about them.
How were humpbacks found off Hawaii?
They were virtually impossible to find. The account says they were found only by listening out for their calls, with an underwater microphone in the Pacific near Hawaii.
Why did whales stop being thought of as oil and meat?
Animals that had been viewed as little more than a source of oil and meat became personalities. The mournful songs are named as the key to transforming people's opinions about them.
Why does killing whales turn from a harvest into a crime?
People have pursued animals to extinction many times, but once the killing was visible it was no longer acceptable. The killing of whales turned from a harvest to a crime, and a powerful shared conscience had suddenly appeared. Nobody wanted animals to become extinct.
Why do people come to care for the natural world here?
The lines say people were coming to care for the natural world as they were made aware of it, and that there was now the means to make people across the world aware.
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