Local Author talks to whales

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Local Author talks to whales

posted 11/26/02
Have you ever wondered what our whales think about boats, life, love and pollution? Now you can find out. Mary J. Getten, local author, naturalist and animal communicator has just released her new book Communicating with Orcas: The Whales’ Perspective. She will present a free talk at 7 p.m. December 4, 2002 in the San Juan Island Library meeting room. Book signing will follow.

Getten’s interest in marine mammals began in 1987 when she was a volunteer at the Marine Mammal Center, a hospital for seals and sea lions in Sausalito, CA. After four years there, she moved to Orcas Island and was soon involved with the marine mammals here. Getten worked as a naturalist on whale-watch boats in the San Juans for ten years and spent thousands of hours observing and interacting with the resident orcas of this area. During that time she was also a coordinator of the San Juan County Marine Mammal Stranding Network and on staff at Wolf Hollow Wildlife Rehabilitation Center.

Getten took her first class in animal communication in 1988, and after many years of study, she opened her practice as a telepathic animal communicator in 1996. Now Getten devotes all her time to working with clients throughout the world to solve problems and create more harmony in their relationships with their pets. She also teaches "How to Communicate with Animals", "Reconnecting with Nature" and "Flower Essences for Animals" workshops.

Communicating with Orcas is a mix of natural history, true accounts of whale encounters in the wild, and the inside view on orca life through telepathic interviews. Getten and another communicator, spent more than a year interviewing Granny and Ruffles from J pod, asking them about every aspect of their lives. According to Gettern, they shared information about family, friends, boats, sex, pollution, death and spirituality. Four captive whales; Lolita, Yaka, Vigga and Keiko, also present their views on life. Getten’s says her conversations with Keiko continue to this day.

Excerpts from Communicating with Orcas: The Whales’ Perspective are posted on MaryGetten.com. Books can be ordered directly from the author by calling 360.376.7606, or through amazon.com or locally at the Whale Museum and Harbor Bookstore.

Getten is also the author of The Orca Pocket Guide, published by EZ Nature Books in 1996 and a contributing author to Whale Tales, volumes one and two, by Peter Fromm and Animal Voices by Dawn Brunke.

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