And, said Dr. Beamish, when we have followed whales, we have discovered that they only answer yes if that spot is truly their destination. Dolphins, bats and blind humans, says Dr. Beamish, do really well with echo-location. Whales don't use echo-location. To understand what they do, Dr. Beamish says, requires understanding that there is another phase of nature, something that Charles Darwin missed. Nature, says Dr. Beamish, is like a small house with two rooms - both living rooms.
Many animals move between both rooms.
Humans, who move back and forth the most, also live with the highest stress. Whales, on the other hand, unlike humans, live with very low stress. We move back and forth between the two parts of nature and change our stress level. Altruistic behaviour creates very low stress. It's like humans who discover love at first sight or sincere love between friends or spouses, he says.