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Re:Depression marks on seafloor suggest whales visiting pros... by mojomark on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @09:27PM (#17823792)
Totally read the headline the same way. I thought sea life were fighting 'the man' for a moment.

Alternative [more responsible?] headline: Newly Conjectured Whale Habitat May Thwart Deep Sea Mining Prospects

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Re:Depression marks on seafloor suggest whales visiting pros... by PakG1 on Thursday August 23, 2018 @03:43AM (#17825349)
Newly Conjectured Whale Habitat May Thwart Deep Sea Mining Prospects

I'd still read that as whales fighting 'the man', as in, they need to defend their natural home turf from destructive resource harvesting, ala Ferngully or Avatar.

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Re:Depression marks on seafloor suggest whales visiting pros... by ianai on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @11:40PM (#17824384)
Where’s the “thwart”? It’s open ocean between Hawaii and Mexico. I don’t know of any political force to stop development regardless.
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Re:Depression marks on seafloor suggest whales visiting pros... by Johnny555 on Thursday August 23, 2018 @03:11AM (#17825201)
From the article:

They acknowledge that more research will need to be done to prove that the marks were made by whales—but if their suspicions turn out to be correct, it could impact licensing for mining in such areas.

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