Whale food chain. They have large reserves of blubber, more so for toothed whales as they are higher up the food chain than baleen whales. Lactating mothers can pass the toxins on to their young. These pollutants can cause gastrointestinal cancers and greater vulnerability to infectious diseases. They can also be poisoned by swallowing litter, such as plastic bags. Advanced military sonar harms whales. Sonar interferes with the basic biological functions of whales—such as feeding and mating—by impacting their ability to echolocate. Whales swim in response to sonar and sometimes experience decompression sickness due to rapid changes in depth. Mass strandings
Oh Dear! What Can the Matter Be? exaggerates one common trait (one so thin she falls through a knot-hole). Suggested alternate lyrics include: <poem> Oh, dear, what can the matter be, Six old maids were stuck in the lavat'ry, They were there from Sunday till Saturday, Nobody knew they were there The first one in was fat lady Humphreys - squeezed herself down and she said "it's quite comfy" but when she was through she could not get her bum free – and nobody knew she was there. Refrain The next one there was old lady Grayson – she couldn't get in so she peed in the