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"The evidence is fairly conclusive. When the Subs use active radar, whales, porposes, dolphins, and other cetaceans tend to beach themselves in the vicinity or act extremely out of character in dangerous ways."
Is there any historical data of whales, porpoises, dolphins beaching themselves before SONAR? (SONAR first used around 1916.)
Whales and others travel in "pods" doing "follow the leader", any data on
Whale traveling to close to shore becoming beached and others follow in becoming stranded as well?
Areas that have a very gentle slope to shore?
Truth is there are many reasons that whales, porpoises, dolphins beach themselves, it been happing for thousands of years.

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  quackpot1 year, 5 months ago
  
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  Where is the burden of proof?
  The burden of proof should NOT be on the whales.
  Rather, the burden of proof should be on the Navy to:
  1) CLEARLY demonstrate that EACH of these exercises is ESSENTIAL.
  2) That the ESSENTIAL nature of the exercises trumps ALL other considerations.
  The Bush Administration wants to reduce this burden of proof to a simple "I siad so, so it is true".
  Not good enough.
  
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    Endoscopy1 year, 5 months ago
    
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    You have our legal system backwards quackpot. You are living up to your name. The burden of proof is on those bringing the suit. Not in this case the Navy.
    
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