A SO-CALLED MINI ICE AGE…..THAT SUPPOSEDLY COVERED MOST OF NORTH AMERICA….MOST OF THE BRITISH ISLES AND A LOT OF EUROPE——SOME SAY 15 TO 20 THOUSAND YEARS AGO.
HOW DOES THIS STACK UP WITH WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO READ— TAKEN FROM A BBC DVD, NARRATED BY DAVID ATENBOROUGHER.
THE GREAT FEAST
THE POWER OF THE SUN DRIVES OUR SEASONS, TRANSFORMING OUR PLANET.
DRAMATIC SEA TIDES AND AIR FLOW BRING CHANGES THROUGH THE YEAR.
AND IN A FEW PLACES THESE CHANGES PRODUCE SOME OF THE MOST DRAMATIC CHANGES ON EARTH.
THE SEAS ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST OF AMERICA CAN BE SOME OF THE RICHEST ON THE PLANET.
THE COAST WATERS CREATE SOME OF THE GREATEST LIFE ON EARTH, DRIVEN BY SOME OF THE TINIEST CREATURES; AS THEIR NUMBERS MULTIPLY THEY FEED VAST SHOELS OF FISH, WHICH IN TURN PROVIDE FOOD FOR EVER LARGER HUNTERS.
BILLIONS OF LIVES WILL BE SHAPED BY THIS EMENSE BLOOM. AND THE MIGHTIEST HUNTER OF THEM ALL, FINDS A REMARKABLE WAY TO HARVEST THIS FEAST.
IT’S JANUARY - BOTH LAND AND SEA ARE LOCKED IN THE DEPTH OF WINTER—— [AH BUT THERE IS SUPPOSED TO BE AN ICE-AGE PREVENTING WHAT YOUR ABOUT TO HEAR - Keith Hunt].
THE SEAS ALONG THE COAST OF ALASKA AND BRITISH COLUMBIA, WILL BECOME THE RICHES ON EARTH [THEY WILL? WITH A MASSIVE ICE AGE 15 TO 20 THOUSAND OR MORE YEARS AGO - Keith Hunt]
BUT FOR THE MOMENT THEY LIE DORMANT [YA UNDER A MILE OR TWO OF ICE, SO THEY WANT US TO BELIEVE - Keith Hunt].
THE TIME OF GREAT FEASTING IS MANY MONTHS AWAY [HOW ABOUT MANY MANY YEARS AWAY UNDER AN ICE FIELD - Keith Hunt].
A NUMBER OF MAGICAL CHANGES MUST TAKE PLACE [YEP THE BIGGEST, MELTING OF THE 1 OR 2 MILE ICE OVER MOST OF THE NORTHERN ICE SHIELD—LONG LONG LONG TIME TO MELT - Keith Hunt]
THE MOST CRUCIAL CHANGE WITH BE DRIVEN BY THE SUN.
AND THIS COASTLINE WITH ITS INLETS AND SHAPED BY GLACIERS, WILL PLAY A HUGE PART FOR THE BIG FEAST. BUT FOR NOW IT REMAINS IN THE COLD, ONLY THE TOUGHEST CAN SURVIVE [I GUESS SO 1 AND 2 MILE ICE SHIELD, AND EVEN A MINI ICE AGE STILL LASTS THOUSANDS OF YEARS BEFORE IT CAN ALL MELT - Keith Hunt].
THE SEA-LIONS HUGGLE TOGETHER TO SHARE WARMTH. IT’S JUST 5 DEGREES F. THEY HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO SUFFER THE WEATHER [DID THEY NOT KNOW THEY WERE 1 OR 2 MILES ON TOP OF AN ICE-SHIELD; DID THEY NOT KNOW FOOD WAS NOT COMING; DID THEY NOT KNOW THEY WERE STUCK IN A MINI-ICE-AGE? Keith Hunt].
THE SHOELS OF FISH THEY DEPEND ON LIVE NOW IN THE DEEP WATER [COLD DOWN THERE, WHY BOTHER COMING UP; VERY COLD UP THERE ALSO — 1 TO 2 MILE ICE SHIELD - Keith Hunt]
THE SHOELS OF FISH THEY DEPEND ON LIVE NOW IN THE DEEPEST WATER.
FOR NOW THE FISHING IS HARD; IT’S AN UNFORGIVING PLACE TO RAISE A FAMILY [GUESS SO ICE AND ICE EVERYWHERE, 1 OR 2 MILES THICK; AIN’T GOING TO DO WELL AT ALL RAISING ANYONE. Keith Hunt]
IT’S AN UNFORGIVING PLACE TO RAISE CHILDREN UPON [YA I GUESS SO — 1 OR 2 MILE THICK ICE OVER MOST OF THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE - Keith Hunt].
THE CONDITIONS ARE SO SEVERE THE MOTHER SEA-LIONS HAVE TO SUCKLE THEIR YOUNG UP TO 3 YEARS [WELL IF THEY WERE LIVING ON AN ICE SHELF UNDER A MINI ICE-AGE….. THE MOMS AND YOUNG WOULD NEVER HAVE SURVIVED; THEY WOULD I SUPPOSE HAVE EVOLVED TO GO AWAY, STAY AWAY, AND NOT BOTHER WITH AN ICE SHELF OF A MILE OR MORE THICK. BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE SEA-LIONS, THEY MUST HAVE MIGRATED OR WERE NEVER THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE. AND IF THAT WAS SO, WHY ON EARTH DID THEY MOVE UP TO THE ALASKA REGION? WHY LEAVE AN AREA THEY LIVED IN NICELY? HOW DID THEY KNOW AFTER THE ICE-AGE WAS OVER, TO MOVE TO THE ALASKA AREA TO BREED AND RAISE A FAMILY? HOW DID THEY KNOW THERE WOULD BE FOOD FOR THEM? DOES EVOLUTION HAVE A MIND THAT TALKS TO ITSELF - Keith Hunt]
FOR THIS PREGNANT SEA-LION THE RISKS ARE EVEN GREATER.
THE SEAS MUST COME TO LIFE IN GOOD TIME FOR THE ARRIVAL OF HER PUP, AND AT THIS STAGE THE ODDS DON’T LOOK GOOD [HOW DID EVOLUTION TALK TO ITSELF AND SAY “WELL THE ODDS WILL BE GOOD”? - Keith Hunt]
FOR NOW ALL SHE CAN DO IS WAIT FOR THE SUN TO BRING CHANGE [BUT IF SHE WAS SURVIVING WHERE SHE WAS, WHY MOVE AWAY TO A PLACE THAT SHE DID NOT KNOW, AND HAVE TO WORK WITH “ODDS” THAT COULD HAVE KILLED HER - Keith Hunt]
THESE SEAS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GIVE FOOD AT THE HEIGHT OF THE SEASON; THEY CAN ATTRACT HUNTERS FROM AROUND THE VAST PACIFIC [BUT HOW DID THESE HUNTERS KNOW THERE WOULD BE FOOD IN THE ALASKA AREA? DOES EVOLUTION HAVE A MIND THAT TALKS TO ITSELF? LIKE “YOU KNOW IF YOU TRAVEL TO ALASKA AND THOSE INLETS YOU WILL FIND FOOD THERE.” Keith Hunt]
AND THREE THOUSAND MILES AWAY IN THE WATERS OF HAWAII, ANOTHER MOTHER IS ABOUT TO EMBARK ON AN EPIC JOURNEY. THE HUMP-BACK WHALE HAS ALREADY GIVEN BIRTH. HER CALF IS JUST A FEW WEEKS OLD. HE STAYS CLOSE TO HIS MOM.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HAWAII AND ALASKA WATERS COULD HARDLY BE GREATER. HAWAII ARE CALM WARM WATERS WITH FEW PREDATORS. A FINE NURSERY FOR THE YOUNGSTERS. THE CALF IS DRINKING 100 GALLONS OF MILK A DAY. HE IS BUILDING UP STRENGTH FOR THE LONG JOURNEY HE SOON HAS TO UNDERTAKE.
MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND HUMP-BACK WHALES COME TO HAWAII EACH YEAR; MALES LURED HERE FOR MATING, THEY FIGHT AMONG THEMSELVES WITH GREAT FEATS OF STRENGTH.
BUT NONE OF THESE WHALES CAN ACTUALLY FEED HERE. FOR THESE TROPICAL WATERS ARE PRACTICALLY LIFELESS!
[WOW….. WHY ON EARTH DID EVOLUTION DECIDE TO PUT THESE WHALES IN A LIFELESS SEA FOR BREEDING, AND THEN DECIDE IT KNEW THERE WAS FOOD THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY IN ALASKA? THEN HOW DID EVOLUTION KNOW THE ICE-AGE WAS OVER AND FOOD WOULD BE FOUND IN THE EATERN WATERS OF ALASKA? HOW DID EVOLUTION TELL THE WHALES HOW TO GET TO THE RIGHT SPOT ON THAT COAST OF ALASKA? AND IF THEY WERE SURVIVING SOMEWHERE ELSE FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, WHY DID EVOLUTION PUT THEM IN A DIFFERENT PLACE FOR BREEDING AND THEN HAVE TO TRAVEL THOUSANDS OF MILES TO FIND FOOD? Keith Hunt]
THE OCEANS GREATER RICHES ARE TO BE FOUND IN COLDER WATERS. SO ALL THESE WHALES MUST RETURN TO THE COLDER WATERS OF THE PACIFIC TO FEED.
THE PLAYFUL CALF SUCKLES FROM ITS MOTHER EVERY DAY.
BUT SHE HASN’T HAD ANYTHING TO EAT SINCE SHE LEFT ALASKA 4 MONTHS AGO. SHE WILL NOT FEED AGAIN UNTIL SHE RETURNS [WHY DID EVOLUTION DECIDE ON THIS HARD SOMEWHAT CRAZY WAY OF LIVING AND BREEDING AND NURSING A CALF? THE MOTHER TO-BE, SWIMS ALL THE WAY TO HAWAII TO BREED AND PRODUCE A CALF; NO FOOD THERE FOR EITHER OF THEM; THEN WITH HER CALF SWIMS ALL THE WAY BACK TO ALSAKA TO OBTAIN FOOD, JUST AT THE RIGHT TIME OF THE YEAR, OR BOTH MOTHER AND CALF DIE OF STARVATION! WHY DID EVOLUTION COME UP WITH THIS PATTERN OF LIVING? IF EVOLUTION CAN TALK TO ITSELF, SURELY IT COULD HAVE TALKED ITSELF INTO DOING THINGS MUCH EASIER FOR THESE PARTICULAR WHALES. AND HOW DID THE WHALES KNOW THE ICE-AGE WAS OVER, AND FOOD COULD BE FOUND THREE THOUSAND MILES AWAY? IF THE MOM WAS LIVING AND REPRODUCING OUTSIDE OF THE ICE-AGE-SHELF, FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, THEN WHY BOTHER TO MOVE TO HAWAII WHERE THERE WAS NO FOOD? AND HOW DID EVOLUTION TELL THE WHALE THERE WAS FOOD AT A CERTAIN TIME OF THE YEAR OFF THE COAST OF ALASKA? - Keith Hunt]
LIKE THE PREGNANT SEA-LION THIS MOTHER HAS TO GET HER TIMING RIGHT. SHE MUST ARRIVE OFF THE SEAS OF ALASKA WHEN THEY ARE FULL OF FISH. THEIR JOURNEY NORTH EAST WILL TAKE THREE MONTHS! [HOW DID EVOLUTION KNOW THE ICE-AGE WAS OVER? HOW DID EVOLUTION KNOW THERE WAS AN ALASKA AND FISH FOR FOOD WOULD BE THERE AT A CERTAIN TIME OF THE YEAR? WHY DID EVOLUTION BRING THESE WHALES TO HAWAII TO BREED IN THE FIRST PLACE? AND IF THERE IS NO FOOD FOR THE WHALES IN THE WATERS OF HAWAII, WHY DID EVOLUTION BRING THEM THERE TO BEGIN WITH? WAS IT TO PROVE “THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITEST”? Keith Hunt]
BACK IN ALASKA THE SEAS ARE BEGINNING TO AWAKEN. IT’S MARCH AND AS THE SUN STARTS TO GATHER STRENGTH WINTER LOOSENS ITS GRIP. FOR THE SEA-LIONS THINGS ARE BEGINNING TO LOOK UP [O WOW….I GUESS SO, HOW DID THEY MANAGE TO LIVE THROUGH AN ICE-AGE OF 1 TO 2 MILES DEEP SNOW SHELF? AND IF THEY LIVED BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT THERE, THEN WHY DID EVOLUTION BRING THEM TO BE THERE JUST AS THE LAST ICE WAS MELTING AWAY, AND THE YEAR WAS LIKE IT IS TODAY? IF THEY WERE SOMEWHERE ELSE AND LIVING JUST FINE, WHY WOULD EVOLUTION DECIDE (CAUSE IT HAS A MIND AND CAN TALK TO ITSELF YOU KNOW—TONGUE IN CHEEK) TO MOVE THEM TO ALASKA, AND DEPEND ON FOOD THAT COMES ONLY AT A CERTAIN TIME OF THE YEAR? Keith Hunt]
THE SUN IS DRAWING LIFE FROM THE DEPTH.
WITH EACH PART OF THE DAY THE SUN GETS WARMER, PENETRATING DEEP INTO THE MINERAL RICH WATERS. FERTILIZING NUTRIENTS SUCH AS PHOSPHORUS AND NITROGEN, FUEL A MIRACULOUS CHANGE WHICH IS NOW BEGINNING.
EMPTY SEAS START TO COME TO LIFE!
AS WE ENTER AN ADVANCED VIEW OF THIS MICROSCOPIC WORLD WE SEE THE BEGINNING OF A MICROSCOPIC TRANSFORMATION.
FYTER PLANKTON, TINY FLOATING PLANTS EMERGE. EACH IS SCARCELY BIGGER THAN A SPECK OF DUST; BUT TOGETHER THESE PLANKTON WILL BLOOM IN SUCH IMMENSE NUMBERS THEY WILL TRANSFORM LIFELESS SEAS. AND IF THAT IS TO HAPPEN THIS YEAR IS YET TO BE DETERMINED.
ALL CREATURES HERE FROM THE SEA - SEA-LIONS TO MIGRATING WHALES, ULTIMATELY DEPEND ON THESE MINUTE PLANTS.
[BUT UNDER AN ICE-AGE IT WAS TOO COLD, THE SUN JUST NOT WARM ENOUGH TO PENETRATE THE 1 TO 2 MILE ICE SHELF; NO PLANKTON, NO FOOD TO GO UP THE CHAIN OF FOOD LIFE FOR FISH, FOR SEA-LIONS, FOR MIGRATING WHALES. SO NO LIFE WAS THERE, NO FISH, NO SEA-LIONS, NO MIGRATING WHALE AND ITS CALF FROM HAWAII. THEY WERE LIVING FOR WE HAVE THEM WITH US TODAY; THEY DIDN’T THEN NEED THE COAST OF ALASKA FOR FOOD. SO WHY DID EVOLUTION TELL THEM IT WOULD ALL CHANGE FOR THEM? WHY TRY TO MEND SOMETHING THAT IS NOT BROKEN? Keith Hunt]
FOR ONE CREATURE THAT RELIES DIRECTLY ON THE PLANKTON, THIS IS THE MOMENT TO EMERGE!
PACIFIC HERRING, HAVE SPENT THE WINTER IN THE DEPTHS OF THE FJORDS, BUT THEY NOW RISE UP AND HEAD FOR THE SHALLOW COAST. STIMULATED BY THE SUN AND WARMING WATER, THEY GATHER IN THEIR HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS. BUT THEY’RE NOT DRAWN HERE TO FEED…. THEY ARE FOLLOWING AN IRRESISTIBLE PULL TO BREED.
GROUPS OF MALES SWEEP THROUGH THE SHALLOWS AND RELEASE THEIR SPERM IN VAST MILKY CLOUDS.
THE FEMALES FOLLOW COVERING THE SEA BEDS WITH EGGS.
JUST SUCH A CONCENTRATION OF FISH IS WHAT THE SEA-LIONS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR [HAVE THEY BEEN WAITING ALL THROUGH THE ICE-AGE? OF COURSE NOT, THEY WOULD HAVE DIED OUT FOR LACK OF FOOD. IF THEY WERE SURVIVING NICELY THANK YOU, IN ANOTHER PART OF THE WORLD AWAY FROM THE ICE-AGE OF THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, WHY BOTHER TO COME TO ALASKA? WHO TOLD THEM THE ICE-AGE WAS OVER? WHO TOLD THEM TO MIGRATE TO ALASKA? WHO TOLD THEM FISH WOULD BE THERE BUT ONLY AT A CERTAIN TIME OF THE YEAR? WAS EVOLUTION JUST PROVING “THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITEST”? GIVE ME A BREAK - Keith Hunt]
THE HERRING WON’T BE HERE LONG; THE SEA-LIONS MUST MAKE THE MOST OF IT ALL WHILE IT LASTS.
OTHER PREDATORS GATHER ALSO—— AFTER THE LEAN WINTER—— THE SEA-GULS! [BUT IF THE SEA-GULS HAVE BEEN EATING AND SURVIVING ELSEWHERE AWAY FROM THE ICE-AGE, WHY BOTHER FLYING ALL THE WAY UP TO THE ALASKA EAST COAST? Keith Hunt]
THIS BOUNTY IS A MAGNET FOR MIGRATING BIRDS. THIS IS JUST THE FIRST COURSE IN THE GREAT FEAST! [BUT IF THE ICE-AGE HAD BEEN AROUND FOR A THOUSAND YEARS OR MORE, AND BIRDS HAD BEEN EATING JUST FINE AWAY FROM IT ALL, WHY BOTHER FLYING ALL THE WAY UP TO ALASKA WHEN THE ICE-AGE WAS GONE. HOW DID THEY KNOW THERE WOULD BE FISH FOOD UP THERE IN THE ALASKA FJORDS? HOW DID THEY KNOW WHERE ALASKA WAS? Keith Hunt]
THE HERRING BREEDING WILL BE OVER IN A MATTER OF DAYS, AND THE SHOELS OF FISH WILL SCATTER ALONG THE COAST. THE HERRING HAVING SPORNED ON AN ASTONISHING SCALE, TURN HUNDREDS OF MILES OF COASTLINE WHITE. IN THIS ONE BAY ALONE THEY HAVE LAID 800 BILLION EGGS.
THE HERRING’S SPORNING IS SO TIMED THAT WHEN THE NEXT GENERATION HACHES IN A FEW WEEKS, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO FEED ON THE GROWING PLANKTON.
[NOW WHO TOLD THEM TO DO ALL THIS, JUST AT THE RIGHT TIME? WHO TOLD THEM THE ICE-AGE WAS OVER AND PLANKTON WOULD BE COMING? IF THEY HAD DONE ALL THIS AWAY FROM THE ICE-AGE, WHY WOULD THEY BOTHER TO GO TO ALASKA AFTER THE ICE-AGE? DOES EVOLUTION TALK TO ITSELF? DOES IT HAVE A MIND THAT CAN TELL ITSELF TO GO THOUSANDS OF MILES TO DO WHAT IT HAS DONE IN ANOTHER PLACE, FOR MAYBE THOUSANDS OF YEARS, AND DO IT IN THIS SPECIFIC NEW PLACE? Keith Hunt]
THIS YEAR THE HERRING APPEAR TO HAVE TIMED IT JUST RIGHT. THE TINY PLANKTON THAT IS BEHIND THE SEAS TRANSFORMATION ARE STARTING TO BLOOM.
GREAT SWATHES OF SEA ARE GREEN WITH LIFE!
THE HUMP-BACKS ARE STILL OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACIFIC. THEY’VE MISSED THE FIRST TASTE OF THE GREAT FEAST.
AT JUST 8 WEEKS OLD THE YOUNG CALF MUST CROSS THE BIGGEST OCEAN IN THE WORLD. THE MOTHER WILL ONLY SWIM AS FAST AS HER YOUNG CALF. AS HE TIRES SHE SUPPORTS HIM FROM BENEATH.
[YOU TALK ABOUT EVOLUTION PLAYING HARD TO GET AND REALLY PROVING “THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITEST”; THIS MOM AND CALF ARE IN THE GAME OF LIFE AND DEATH, AND THAT EACH YEAR. WHO TOLD THEM THE ICE-AGE WAS OVER? WHO TOLD THEM THEY HAD TO GO TO THE COAST OF ALASKA, THREE THOUSAND MILES AWAY, FOR FOOD, AND AT THE RIGHT TIME OF THE YEAR FOR ALASKA?WHY DID EVOLUTION TELL THESE WHALES TO BREED IN HAWAII WATERS WHERE THERE WAS NO FOOD? Keith Hunt]
SHE’S BEEN LIVING OFF OF HER FAT RESERVES FOR THE PAST 6 MONTHS. AND HAS LOST A THIRD OF HER BODY WEIGHT. SHE IS CLOSE TO STARVING!
IT WILL BE ANOTHER 2 MONTHS BEFORE MOTHER AND SON WILL REACH THE FEEDING GROUNDS IN THE NORTH PACIFIC.
IT’S MAY AND SUMMER IN ALASKA, AND THE DAYS ARE GETTING EVER LONGER.
THE SUN CONTINUES TO FUEL THE MICROSCOPIC PLANTS THAT MAKE UP THE PLANKTON BLOOM.
THEY ARE JOINED BY A TINY COMMUNITY OF ANIMALS, ZOWER PLANKTON. THESE ARE THE FIRST CREATURES TO FEED ON THE BLOOM.
IN THE COMING MONTHS THEY CROWD THE OCEAN WATERS IN THEIR TRILLIONS.
THE NEXT STAGE OF THE FEAST IS UNDERWAY!
[WHO TOLD THE FISH, THE SEA-LIONS, THE BIRDS, THE WHALES IN HAWAII, THAT THE ICE-AGE WAS OVER, AND FOOD COULD BE HAD, BUT ONLY AT A CERTAIN TIME OF THE YEAR IN ALASKA - Keith Hunt]
ALL LIFE HERE DEPENDS ON THE PLANKTON BLOOM.
THE HERRING FEED ON IT DIRECTLY; THE GREATER THE BLOOM THE MORE ABUNDANT THE SHOELS.
AND THE FISH THEMSELVES BECOME FOOD FOR THE LARGER HUNTERS.
[IF THEY WERE EATING AND SURVIVING SOMEWHERE ELSE DURING THE THOUSAND YEAR OR SO AGE OF THIS MINI-ICE-AGE , WHY DID THEY SWIM OFF OR FLY OFF TO WAY UP ALASKA WAY FOR FOOD? Keith Hunt]
BUT THE SHOELS OF HERRING ARE SPREAD LARGE AND WIDE. SO FOR THE SEA-LIONS THE FEEDING IS TOUGH; THEY MUST VENTURE FURTHER TO FIND IT. BUT OPEN WATER IS A RISKY PLACE TO FISH.
THIS MALE SEA-LION HUNTS ALONE; HE IS 10 FEET LONG AND OVER 2 THOUSAND POUNDS IN WEIGHT; FEW WOULD DARE TACKLE HIM.
THE SMALL FEMALES TRAVEL AS A GROUP; KEEPING A WATCHFUL EYE ON ALL DIRECTIONS. THEY KNOW THAT KILLERS LIRK IN THE DEPTH—— KILLER WHALES!
THE RICHEST SEAS ON EARTH CAN BE DANGEROUS!
THE VAST MAJORITY OF SEA-LIONS ARE NOT AFFECTED BY KILLER-WHALES—— THE ORKA.
[ONCE MORE WHY WOULD EVOLUTION TALK TO ITSELF AND DECIDE TO PUT FOOD WAY UP NORTH, AND DECIDE TO HAVE BIRDS, SEA-LIONS, FISH, WHALES, GO THERE, WHEN DURING THE SUPPOSED ICE-AGE THEY WERE ALL DOING JUST FINE LIVING AND EATING SOMEWHERE ELSE? Keith Hunt]
IT’S NOW LATE MAY— THE SUNLIGHT LAST FOR 17 HOURS A DAY; BUT THE BLOOM WILL NEED MORE THAN SUN IF IT’S TO REACH ITS FULL EXTENT.
NUTRIENTS IN THESE WATERS ARE CONTINUALLY USED UP; IF USED UP TOO SOON THE PLANKTON WILL DIE AND THE FOOD CHAIN WILL COLLAPSE. THE AFFECTS WILL BE FELT BY ALL [SO WHY DID EVOLUTION BOTHER AT ALL WITH THIS RISKY BUSINESS; ALL WERE OBVIOUSLY DOING FINE ELSEWHERE AWAY FROM THE MINI ICE-AGE COVERING MUCH OF THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE? Keith Hunt]
MEANWHILE IN THE SEA-LION COLONY NEW LIFE IS NOW ARRIVING; AFTER A YEAR OF CARRYING HER PUP THIS MOTHER CAN AT LAST GIVE BIRTH. THE PUP IS UTTERLY DEPENDANT ON HIS MOM, AS HE MAKES SENSE OF THIS NEW WORLD. SHE ENCOURAGES HIM TO TAKE HIS FIRST FEED. THE MOTHER HAS WAITED TILL SUMMER TO HAVE HER BABY, SUCH A SMALL PUP COULD NEVER SURVIVE THE WINTER. ALONG THIS COAST THOUSANDS OF PUPS ARE BORN, TO SURVIVE THE BETTER CONDITIONS THAT LIE AHEAD [DURING THIS MINI ICE-AGE SEA-LIONS WERE SOMEWHERE ELSE, BREEDING AND FEEDING AND LIVING VERY NICELY THANK YOU; WHY WOULD EVOLUTION TELL THESE SEA-LIONS TO MOVE AWAY AND GO TO ALASKA, TO BREED AND LIVE, UNDER RISKY CONDITIONS? DOES EVOLUTION HAVE A BRAIN? CAN IT REASON WITH ITSELF? IF SO THEN ITS BRAINY REASONING AIN’T SO BRAINY - Keith Hunt]
THE HUMP-BACKS ARE STILL WEEKS AWAY FROM ALASKA AND THEIR FIRST MEAL. IN THESE TURBULENT SEAS THE MOTHER AND CALF MUST STAY CLOSE.
A HUGE PACIFIC STORM IS BRUING AND HEADING STRAIGHT FOR THE COAST OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.
DIRECTLY IN ITS PATH LIES THE SEA-LION NURSERY.
THE PUPS ARE NOW AT THE MERCY OF THE ELEMENTS.
THE MOTHERS MUST GET THEIR YOUNG TO HIGHER GROUND IF THEY CAN FIND IT.
IN DESPERATION SHE TRIES TO DRAG HER PUP AWAY FROM THE GATHERING TEMPEST. A PUP SWEPT INTO THE WATER IS UNLIKELY TO BE SEEN AGAIN.
AS THE SEAS BEGIN TO SUBSIDE MANY HAVE STAYED ALIVE. BUT OTHERS HAVE NOT.
THERE’S NOTHING THIS MOTHER COULD HAVE DONE TO SAVE HER PUP. SHE GRIEVES OVER THE DEAD BODY.
THESE MIGHTY STORMS THOUGH DEVASTATING FOR SOME, BRING GREAT LIFE TO THE GREAT FEAST.
[AGAIN IF ALL SEA-LIONS AND OTHERS WERE SURVIVING WELL AWAY FROM THIS MINI-ICE-AGE, WHY DID SOME SWIM ALL THE WAY UP TO ALASKA, OR MIGRATE THERE FOR FOOD? WHO TOLD THEM THERE WAS FOOD UP THERE? HOW DID THEY FIGURE WHEN TO GIVE BIRTH THERE? AND WHY DID OTHERS COME FROM THOUSANDS OF MILES TO FEED THERE. WHO TOLD THEM THERE WAS FOOD FOR THEM BUT ONLY AT A CERTAIN TIME OF THE YEAR? Keith Hunt]
WHEN THESE STORMS HIT COAST WATERS THEY STIR UP VITAL NUTRIENTS INTO THE SURFACE WATERS, NUTRIENTS THAT FEED THE PLANKTON.
REPLENISHED SEAS COMBINED WITH LENGTHENING DAYS, CREATE A PLANKTON EXPLOSION.
THIS COMES JUST IN TIME FOR THOSE AT THE END OF AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY.
THE HUMP-BACKS HAVE ARRIVED!
AFTER 3 THOUSAND MILES, MOTHER AND CALF HAVE FINALLY MADE IT TO THE COAST OF ALASKA!
THEY JOIN OTHER WHALES THAT HAVE MADE THE LONG JOURNEY, BUT THEIR JOURNEY IS NOT OVER, FOR THEY HAVE YET TO FEED.
THEY’RE HEADING FOR A PARTICULAR STRETCH OF THE COAST, DEEP IN THE CHANNELS, WHERE THEY KNOW THEY CAN FIND THE GREAT SHOELS OF HERRING [HOW DID THEY KNOW? WHO TOLD THEM? THEY WERE OBVIOUSLY EATING SOMEWHERE ELSE WHILE THE MINI-ICE-AGE WAS THERE, SO WHY AND HOW DID THEY FIGURE FOOD WAS WAY UP ON THE COAST OF ALASKA? Keith Hunt]
IT’S TO THESE ANCIENT GROUNDS THE MOTHER NOW GUIDES HER NEW CALF.
THE UNIQUE GEOGRAPHY OF THIS COAST LINE HOLDS THE FINAL SECRET TO THE GREAT EVENT. GLACIERS HAVE CUT INLETS AND ISLAND OVER 10s OF THOUSANDS OF YEARS [ACCORDING TO THE TEACHING THIS MINI-ICE-AGE WAS THOUSANDS OF YEARS IN DURATION. SO THESE HUMP-BACK WHALES FROM HAWAII WENT SOMEWHERE ELSE TO FEED (AND WHY DID EVOLUTION HAVE THEM BREEDING IN HAWAII WHERE THERE IS NO FOOD FOR THEM?), WHY AND HOW DID THEY CHANGE THEIR PATTERN, TO DO A RISKY THING WITH THEIR CALF, WHERE BOTH COULD HAVE DIED IF MISCALCULATED, AND HOW DID THEY KNOW THE MINI-ICE-AGE WAS OVER? Keith Hunt]
THIS PATCH-WORK CREATES LABYRINTHS, BRINGING TIDAL CURRANTS FLOWING, BRINGING UP VITAL INGREDIENTS FROM THE BLOOMING.
IT IS LIKE A FERTILIZER BEING ADDED TO THE WATER.
IN OTHER SEAS THE PLANKTON WOULD BE SUBSIDING BY NOW, BUT HERE THE SEAS ARE BEING VEGETATED, SO THE PLANKTON BLOOM TIME AND AGAIN THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.
AND WITH THE SUN AT ITS MOST POWER, ALL THIS CREATES A PLANKTON BLOOM OF GREAT INTENSITY.
IN JULY THE OCEAN IS ALIVE!
THIS FLOATING COMMUNITY OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS IS THE BASIS FOR ALL LIFE HERE, AND A BLOOM OF THIS INTENSITY BRINGS A TRULY GREAT FEAST!
THIS FEAST BEGINS WITH MILLIONS OF TINY MOUTHS, BARNACLES SIFT PLANKTON BROUGHT IN ON THE FLOW OF THE SEA. THESE PLANTS ARE GIANTS. THEY GROW LARGER HERE THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD.
JELLY FISH GATHER FORMING GREAT SWORMS. THEY ALSO EAT THE PLANKTON, RISING TO THE SURFACE WHERE EATING IS MOST ABUNDANT.
BY LATE SUMMER THE PLANKTON BLOOM IS SO VAST IT RADIATES ACROSS THE NORTH PACIFIC.
BLOOMS LIKE THESE PROVIDE HALF OF THE EARTHS OXYGEN. THIS BLOOM ECLIPSES THE AMAZON JUNGLE IN QUANTITY OF ANIMAL LIFE. AND IT IS MOST INTENSE WHERE THE OCEAN STREAMS THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERWAYS.
THE SHOELS OF HERRING ARE NOW AT THEIR MOST PLENTIFUL.
AFTER FEEDING THEMSELVES THROUGH THE SUMMER MONTHS, THE FISH ARE A GOOD CATCH. THE MAIN TARGET FOR PREDATORS NOW GATHERING HERE.
AFTER ENDURING THE WINTER THE SEA-LIONS CAN NOW HAVE THE BOUNTY THEY HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR.
BY KEEPING TOGETHER THEY DRIVE THE HERRING TO THE SURFACE. THEN WITH MEMORIZING GRACE THEY PICK OFF THE FISH ONE BY ONE.
FOR A FEW SHORT WEEKS THEY’LL HAVE THEIR SHARE OF THE GREAT FEAST.
OTHERS ARRIVE TO FEAST IN THE COASTAL WATERWAYS.
PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED DOLPHINS.
THEY DART IN AND SNATCH FISH AS THEY GO.
TIDAL FLOWS NOW SWEAP HERRING UP TO THE SURFACE.
HERE THEY ARE WITHIN DIVING RANGE OF SEABIRDS. MERVES CAN DIVE WAY DOWN BUT OTHERS LIKE THE SEA-GULS ONLY ABOUT 3 FEET.
THE SHOELS TWIST AND TURN TRYING TO EVADE THE SURFACE DANGERS.
MERVE BIRDS CAN SWIM SO FAST THEY CAN OUT-SWIM THE HERRING.
THEY MAKE THE SHOEL TURN IN ON ITSELF, MAKING A BATE BALL.
THE MERVES CORRAL THE HERRING INTO AN EVEN TIGHTER BALL.
SEA-GULS ARE THERE BY THE HUNDREDS.. THE MERVES PUSH THE HERRING UP TO THE SURFACE—— IT’S FEEDING FRENZY.
THEN….THE TABLE IS SET FOR THE MIGHTIEST PREDATOR OF ALL—— THE HUMPBACK WHALE.
AFTER 6 MONTHS WITH NOTHING TO EAT THE HUMPBACKS CAN BREAK THEIR FAST.
THE WHALES HAVE LEARNT TO TAGET THESE BALLS OF FISH.
THEY’LL NEED MORE THAN A MOUTHFUL; NOW WITH THE FEAST IN FULL SWING THIS IS THEIR CHANCE!
TO EXPLORE THE HERRING IN DEEPER WATER THEY RELY ON TEAM-WORK; FOR THESE WHALES HAVE DEVELOPED A TRULY REMARKABLE WAY OF HUNTING.
THEY DANCE TO THE SOUND OF A MYSTERIOUS ECHO SONG. AIR BUBBLES AND A CALL, HAVE GIVEN THEM AN INGENIOUS WAY OF FISHING.
THIS IS BUBBLE NET FEEDING!
A DOZEN WHALES WORK TOGETHER TO HARVEST A FEEDING BONANZA.
SUCH FISHING REQUIRES AN INTELLIGENT MIND AND ALSO CO-OPERATION.
THE LEAD WHALE DIVES FIRST; SHE IS THE BUBBLE BLOWER. IT’S HER JOB TO FIND THE FISH. THE REST FOLLOW IN FORMATION, EACH TAKES EXACTLY THE SAME POSITION IN EVERY LUNGE.
ONCE SHE HAS LOCATED THE FISH, SHE BLOWS THE BUBBLES THAT ENCIRCLE THE SHOEL.
OTHER WHALES CALLS TO SYNCHRONIZE THE GROUP.
BLINDED BY THE BUBBLES AND THE HAUNTING CALLS, THE FISH WILL NOT CROSS THE WALLS OF BUBBLES.
FEW HUMPBACK FISH LIKE A TEAM IN THIS WAY.
IT’S THE ONLY PLACE ON THE PLANET WHERE WHALES FISH THIS WAY!
[AND WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE EVOLUTION TAUGHT THEM TO DO ALL THIS? WE ARE TO BELIEVE EVOLUTION HAD THEM COME TO HAWAII TO BREED AND HAVE NO FOOD THERE. THEN WE ARE TO BELIEVE EVOLUTION TAUGHT THEM THE MINI-ICE-AGE WAS OVER; FOOD WAS 3 THOUSAND MILES AWAY UP IN ALASKA, BUT ONLY AT A CERTAIN TIME OF THE YEAR. THEN WE ARE TO BELIEVE EVOLUTION HAD THEM SWIM WITH THEIR CALF 3 THOUSAND MILES, ARRIVING AT THE CORRECT TIME TO BE ABLE TO EAT THE HERRING. GIVE ME A BREAK - Keith Hunt]
AT THE HEIGHT OF THE SUMMER THESE HUMPBACKS FISH THIS WAY AROUND THE CLOCK, EATING A THOUSAND POUND OF HERRING A DAY.
ONLY MAN HAS LEARNT TO EXPLOIT THE SEA ON A GREATER SCALE.
AS THE SUMMER ENDS THE FEAST DRAWS TO A CLOSE.
THE SUN IS WEAKENING AND WITH IT THE PLANKTON BLOOM. THE MICROSCOPIC PLANTS THAT BROUGHT LIFE TO THESE SEAS BEGIN TO DIE. THE HERRING DESCEND TO SPEND THE WINTER IN THE DEPTHS.
LIFE FOR THE SEA-LION WILL BE HARDER ONCE AGAIN. BUT THEY FED WELL ENOUGH TO FACE THE DARK DAYS AHEAD.
[WHY DID THEY GO THERE TO BEGIN WITH? WHILE THE MINI-ICE-AGE WAS ON, THEY WERE SOMEWHERE ELSE TO FEED AND BREED; WHY DID THEY EVER MOVE TO ALASKA; AND WHO TOLD THEM THE ICE-AGE WAS OVER? WHO TOLD THEM THERE WOULD BE AN ABUNDANCE OF FISH, BUT ONLY AT A CERTAIN TIME OF THE YEAR? WHO TOLD THEM TO STAY THERE AS A WAY OF LIFE, AND RAISE PUPS IN A DANGEROUS PLACE? Keith Hunt]
THE HUMPBACK WHALES WILL SOON LEAVE THESE SHORES. IT’S ASTONISHING TO REALIZE SOME OF THE WORLD’S MIGHTIEST CREATURES RELY ON SOME OF THE TINIEST.
[YA, AND WHO TOLD THEM TO UNDERTAKE THE WAY OF LIFE THEY LIVE TODAY? WHO TOLD THEM THE ICE-AGE WAS OVER? WHO TOLD THEM TO BREED IN HAWAII, WHERE THERE WAS NO FOOD? WHO TOLD THEM TO SWIM 3 THOUSAND MILES WITH THEIR CALF, TO THE WATERS OF ALASKA? WHO TOLD THEM TO DEVISE A GREAT WAY TO HUNT THE HERRING, THAT NO OTHER HUMPBACKS OR KILLER WHALES DO ANYWHERE? Keith Hunt]
HERE ON THE NORTH WEST COAST THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN LAND, SEA, AND THE SUN, HAS PRODUCED A BLOOM OF PLANKTON SO EMENSE, IT MAKES IT ONE OF THE GREAT EVENTS ON EARTH.
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THERE WAS NO MINI-ICE-AGE!
THE HUMPBACK WHALE OF HAWAII TO ALASKA; THE SEA-LIONS OF THAT COAST OF ALASKA; THE MIGRATING KILLER WHALES, THE MIGRATING BIRDS TO THAT AREA, HAVE BEEN DOING THAT LIFE-STYLE FROM THE BEGINNING OF GENESIS ONE.
THE ETERNAL GOD TOLD THOSE CREATURES TO LIVE THAT WAY; THEY HAVE BEEN DOING IT FROM THE BEGINNING!
GOD HAS PROMISED THAT THE SEASONS OF THE YEAR WOULD NEVER FAIL—— “WHILE THE EARTH REMAINS, SEEDTIME AND HARVEST, COLD AND HEAT, AND SUMMER AND WINTER, AND DAY AND NIGHT SHALL NOT CEASE” [GENESIS 8: 22].
DAY AND NIGHT HAS CONTINUED TO THIS VERY 21ST CENTURY.
SUMMER AND WINTER, COLD AND HEAT, SEEDTIME AND HARVEST, HAS ALSO CONTINUED, AND WILL WHILE THIS EARTH OF MANKIND IS ON IT.
CLIMATE CHANGE IS HAPPENING, BUT IT WILL NOT AFFECT GENESIS 8: 22. THAT PROMISE FROM GOD WILL ALWAYS BE TRUE AND REAL.
THERE NEVER WAS A SO-CALLED MINI-ICE-AGE AS EVOLUTIONISTS WOULD LIKE YOU TO BELIEVE.
THERE NEVER WAS A TIME WHEN ABOUT HALF THE PLANET WAS UNDER A THOUSAND OR MORE YEARS OF PERPETUAL FROZEN CLIMATE, A SO-CALLED MINI-ICE-AGE.
THE CREATURES OF EARTH LIVE AND DO WHAT THEY DO BECAUSE GOD CREATED THEM TO DO WHAT THEY DO, FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
THE SO-CALLED MINI-ICE-AGE IS A THEORY THAT HAS COME FROM PLANET PLUTO, INTO THE DARKENED MINDS OF THOSE WHO REJECT THE INSPIRATION OF THE HOLY BIBLE.
Keith Hunt
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