The loneliest whale in the world

I am not so sure about that... Whales communicate over longer distances than any other creature [except humans, with their fancy electronics]. Whales dominate the sea-scape wherever they go. Sure, their numbers are way down from being a viable healthy population, but they do run into their friends from time to time.

I agree that it does LOOK lonely out on that big sea, and so I do get your sentiment, but I would suggest that it is lonlier to be a down-and-out human in a crowded city. Many people have nobody to talk to, no friends, their health is bad, they are in constant pain.

 They spend their days basically waiting to die, hoping to die a somewhat more honorable death than by suicide.

 Now, in Canadian winter, this one being "record breaking ugly", many poor Canadians are huddled under blankets in cold apartments, tapping out words on their old computer that will never be read by anyone [including these words?]. They are not starving, but they are forced to eat whatever food they can afford or get from food banks, likely not the best diet for their health problems...

going out means getting wet in the slush that lays over an ice-sheet from the cold temperatures earlier in the winter.

the flu bug hit hard this year. People stayed inside to either avoid it or to avoid spreading it.

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