by Lorna Hill
There is something really special about making eye contact
with a whale. Well, any creature really, even a human! But when you’re in a
boat, floating along the water and suddenly a whale pops their head out of the
water to do what we call a “Spyhop” or when they come to the surface, near the
boat, and turn on their side so the eye is out of the water, you know that they
are making a conscious effort to look at you. Of course, it’s difficult to tell
whether they are looking directly at you and also, when they are rolling around
in the water and enjoying being rubbed and petted, the eye can sometimes be
closed; either because the sun is forcing the eye closed or, I like to think,
the whale closes their eye in pure bliss.
There is a book on the shelf in the camp that has been staring
at me throughout my time here and that is Dick Russell’s “Eye of the Whale”. I
have been wanting to read it for quite some time now but haven’t managed to get
a moment to sit down and start it. Now that I’ve had my eye “experience”, I
can’t help but take it off the shelf, find a quiet spot and give myself some
time to read it.
This is the book, in case anyone out there has read it.
https://books.google.com.mx/books/about/Eye_of_the_Whale.html?id=BHfP7D1w8vYC&source=kp_cover&redir_esc=y
Let us know what you think!
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