Pinniped High levels of organic chemicals accumulate in these animals since they are near the top of food chains and have large reserves of blubber. Lactating mothers can pass the toxins on to their young. These pollutants can cause gastrointestinal cancers, decreased reproductivity and greater vulnerability to infectious diseases. Other man-made threats include habitat destruction by oil and gas exploitation, encroachment by boats, and underwater noise. Pinniped Pinnipeds, commonly known as seals, are a widely distributed and diverse clade of carnivorous, fin-footed, semiaquatic marine mammals. They comprise the extant families Odobenidae (whose only living member is the walrus), Otariidae (the eared
Orpheus with Clay Feet Dowland's published story. The agent (who calls it a "wretched story") decides what to do with Slade after he reads about his own actions in the published story, saying "that's how he resolved it in the end". Orpheus with Clay Feet "Orpheus with Clay Feet" is a science fiction short story by American writer Philip K. Dick, originally published in 1964 in "Escapade" magazine. The story has a self referential time travel theme, and was published under the pen name "Jack Dowland". The main character is Jesse Slade, a bored man living in 2040 who visits a time travel tourism