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B5 THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2019 Closed door, open heart New study shows large role diet plays in whale size Dear Annie: One of my cousins are very kind to invite your cousin lives about two hours away. Her par- over for the holidays and family gath- ents are deceased, and she is estranged erings. Setting boundaries with fam- from her siblings. She has been in the ily members is the right thing to do. It hospital several times for men- is your house, and you have a tal health care. I believe she is right to keep it as is. DEAR bipolar but don’t know that for It sounds like she might be ANNIE sure. Because she lives alone experiencing a manic episode. now, we invite her to family Sometimes during a manic gatherings for the holidays. episode, people can experi- About once a month, I will ence risk-taking behaviors, receive a burst of text messages hyperactivity or impulsive from her, sometimes 20 or decisions. Check-in with her more at a time, telling me about and ask her how she is feel- something that is going on in ANNIE LANE ing, how life is going and if Creators her life. Recently, in one of she is getting treatment for Syndicate Inc. those bursts, she said she wants her mental health. Really lis- to move and might like to rent ten, too. It has to be diffi cult a room from a relative. I reminded her for her to be completely estranged that she has a comfortable home in a from her siblings. Maybe this could place where she already knows people be an opportunity for her to seek some and that it can be hard to establish a real help. new network of friends and support in In no way, shape or form are you a new place. She said she knows all of responsible for her. Be kind and lov- that but wants to move anyway. ing to her while protecting your per- I am worried that she is hinting sonal space. Everyone will be better that she would like to move in with off for it in the long run. my spouse and me. We have a large, Dear Annie: “Daughter of a Nar- comfortable home with spare bed- cissist,” please write a book! Your let- rooms now that our children are on ter was the best article I’ve ever read their own. But we enjoy our home as about narcissism. I am going to repeat it is and don’t want anyone else liv- the “phrases” until they are etched in ing here with us. I know that is selfi sh, my mind. — Wife of a Narcissist but I just don’t see how it could work Dear Wife of a Narcissist: I am to have my cousin live with us. If she printing your letter in hopes that asks directly if she can move in, I plan “Daughter of a Narcissist” sees it to tell her no. Am I wrong? — Car- and takes you up on your suggestion. ing Cousin Knowing that there are other peo- Dear Caring Cousin: There is ple out there who understand exactly nothing wrong with enjoying a quiet what it is like to live with a narcissist home with you and your husband. You could be comforting for others. By MALCOLM RITTER Associated Press NEW YORK — Whales are big, but why aren’t they big- ger? A new study says it’s basi- cally about how many calories they can take in. That’s the conclusion of researchers who used small boats to chase down 300 whales of various species around the world. They reached out with a long pole to attach sensors to the creatures with suction cups, allowing them to record what the animals were doing on their dives for food. The results suggest body size is controlled by how whales capture prey and how much food is available, researchers reported Thursday in the journal Science. The study included 90 blue whales, the biggest animal ever to live. Size estimates vary, but the American Cetacean Soci- ety says blue whales can grow about 100 feet long and weigh more than 100 tons. The study also included the biggest whale with teeth, the sperm whale, which can stretch about 60 feet long, the group says. When toothed whales hunt, they capture one prey at a time, seeking them out in the murky depths with a sonar-like detec- tion. The study found that as body size increases in such whales, they become progres- sively less effi cient as they hunt — they recover fewer cal- ories from their meals per cal- orie burned in each dive. That results from limits on avail- ability of prey. “It looks like you cannot be much bigger than a sperm whale” when hunting the way it does, said Nicholas Pyenson of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, who was part of the research. The blue whale can be big- ger because it feeds in a much different and highly effi cient way, the study says. It opens its mouth wide and engulfs an immense volume of water, even bigger than its body size, as it swims along. Then it closes its mouth and strains the water out through a sieve- like fi lter, which traps huge amounts of tiny shrimp-like creatures called krill. That “allows them to exploit a very large prey resource that’s very rich in a small amount of time,” said Jeremy Goldbogen of Stanford University, another researcher. “They get a huge bang for the buck.” So why aren’t they even bigger than they are? Maybe blue whales are limited by the seasonal nature of the most nutritious krill patches, which grow gigantic and dense in the summer, Goldbogen said. And calculations indicate that to sustain a blue whale that’s 115 feet long, “you’d need a density of prey that is just not seen anywhere in the world,” Pyenson said. But maybe there’s also some kind of limiting factor in how their bodies function, Gold- bogen said. He noted a recent study that found a blue whale’s heart beats up to 37 times a second after deep dives, and that appears to be about as fast as the organ can pump. Another limiting factor could be a whale’s ability to process the food it takes in, said Terrie Williams of the University of California, Santa Cruz, who did not participate in the research. The study provided a com- prehensive look across big whale species, and the success in collecting the data “boggles the mind,” she said. “You try to go out and put a tiny tag on the back of the big- gest animal in the world,” she said. Classifieds Searching for Employees? PLACE YOUR JOB POSTING HERE Special Includes: • 2 Weeks in Print & Online • Logo Included • Facebook Boost • Featured Advertising Call Brittany at 800-781-3214 GARAGE SALE SELL YOUR VEHICLE HERE! SEASON IS HERE! If it Drives or Floats... ONLY $ 25 Call 800.781.3214 to ADVERTISE TODAY! 110 Announcements GOT MOLD? 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