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Whales
Large marine mammals of the order CETACEA. In the past, they were commercially valued for whale oil, for their flesh as human food and in ANIMAL FEED and FERTILIZERS, and for baleen. Today, there is a moratorium on most commercial whaling, as all species are either listed as endangered or threatened.
Humpback Whale
The species Megaptera novaeangliae, in the family Balaenopteridae, characterized by its huge flippers and the arching of their back when diving. They are also known for their breaching and singing.
Fin Whale
The species Balaenoptera physalus, in the family Balaenopteridae, characterized by a large, strongly curved, dorsal fin. It is the second largest of the WHALES, highly migratory, but rarely seen near the shore.
Minke Whale
The species Balaenoptera acutorostrata, in the family Balaenopteridae. It is the smallest of the WHALES in the family and though mainly oceanic, is often found in coastal waters including bays and estuaries.
Sperm Whale
The species Physeter catodon (also called Physeter macrocephalus), in the family Physeteridae. The common name is derived from the milky wax substance in its head (spermaceti). The species also produces an intestinal secretion AMBERGRIS, which was previously used in perfumes. The sperm whale is the largest toothed MAMMAL in the world.
Whales, Pilot
The genus Globicephala, in the family Delphinidae, consisting of two species of DOLPHINS. They are mostly black with a stocky shape and bulbous foreheads.
Balaenoptera
A genus of WHALES in the family Balaenopteridae, consisting of five species: Blue Whale, Bryde's Whale, FIN WHALE, Sei Whale, and MINKE WHALE. They are distinguished by a relatively slender body, a compressed tail stock, and a pointed snout.
Cetacea
An order of wholly aquatic MAMMALS occurring in all the OCEANS and adjoining seas of the world, as well as in certain river systems. They feed generally on FISHES, cephalopods, and crustaceans. Most are gregarious and most have a relatively long period of parental care and maturation. Included are DOLPHINS; PORPOISES; and WHALES. (From Walker's Mammals of the World, 5th ed, pp969-70)
Bowhead Whale
The species Balaena mysticetus, in the family Balaenidae, found in the colder waters of the Northern Hemisphere. The common name is derived from the extreme arching of the lower jaw.
Dolphins
Mammals of the families Delphinidae (ocean dolphins), Iniidae, Lipotidae, Pontoporiidae, and Platanistidae (all river dolphins). Among the most well-known species are the BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN and the KILLER WHALE (a dolphin). The common name dolphin is applied to small cetaceans having a beaklike snout and a slender, streamlined body, whereas PORPOISES are small cetaceans with a blunt snout and rather stocky body. (From Walker's Mammals of the World, 5th ed, pp978-9)
Myoglobin
A conjugated protein which is the oxygen-transporting pigment of muscle. It is made up of one globin polypeptide chain and one heme group.
Diving
An activity in which the organism plunges into water. It includes scuba and bell diving. Diving as natural behavior of animals goes here, as well as diving in decompression experiments with humans or animals.
Acoustics
The branch of physics that deals with sound and sound waves. In medicine it is often applied in procedures in speech and hearing studies. With regard to the environment, it refers to the characteristics of a room, auditorium, theatre, building, etc. that determines the audibility or fidelity of sounds in it. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)
Pacific Ocean
Echolocation
An auditory orientation mechanism involving the emission of high frequency sounds which are reflected back to the emitter (animal).
Metmyoglobin
Myoglobin which is in the oxidized ferric or hemin form. The oxidation causes a change in color from red to brown.
Ships
Large vessels propelled by power or sail used for transportation on rivers, seas, oceans, or other navigable waters. Boats are smaller vessels propelled by oars, paddles, sail, or power; they may or may not have a deck.
Porpoises
Mammals of the family Phocoenidae comprising four genera found in the North Pacific Ocean and both sides of the North Atlantic Ocean and in various other seas. They differ from DOLPHINS in that porpoises have a blunt snout and a rather stocky body while dolphins have a beak-like snout and a slender, streamlined body. They usually travel in small groups. (From Walker's Mammals of the World, 5th ed, pp1003-4)
Sound Spectrography
The graphic registration of the frequency and intensity of sounds, such as speech, infant crying, and animal vocalizations.
Feeding Behavior
Behavioral responses or sequences associated with eating including modes of feeding, rhythmic patterns of eating, and time intervals.
Extraction and Processing Industry
The industry concerned with the removal of raw materials from the Earth's crust and with their conversion into refined products.
Animal Migration
Periodic movements of animals in response to seasonal changes or reproductive instinct. Hormonal changes are the trigger in at least some animals. Most migrations are made for reasons of climatic change, feeding, or breeding.
Vocalization, Animal
Sounds used in animal communication.
Sharks
A group of elongate elasmobranchs. Sharks are mostly marine fish, with certain species large and voracious.
Predatory Behavior
Instinctual behavior pattern in which food is obtained by killing and consuming other species.
Phocoena
A genus of PORPOISES, in the family Phocoenidae, comprised of several species. They frequent coastal waters, bays, estuaries, and the mouths of large rivers.
Oceanography
The science that deals with the ocean and its phenomena. (Webster, 3d ed)
Azores
A group of nine islands and several islets belonging to Portugal in the north Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal. The islands are named after the acores, the Portuguese for goshawks, living there in abundance. (Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p102 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p42)
Journalism
The collection, preparation, and distribution of news and related commentary and feature materials through such media as pamphlets, newsletters, newspapers, magazines, radio, motion pictures, television, and books. While originally applied to the reportage of current events in printed form, specifically newspapers, with the advent of radio and television the use of the term has broadened to include all printed and electronic communication dealing with current affairs.
Anthropology
The science devoted to the comparative study of man.
Journalism, Dental
Content, management, editing, policies, and printing of dental periodicals such as journals, newsletters, tabloids, and bulletins.
Anthropology, Physical
The comparative science dealing with the physical characteristics of humans as related to their origin, evolution, and development in the total environment.
Anthropology, Medical
Field of social science that is concerned with differences between human groups as related to health status and beliefs.
Anthropology, Cultural
It is the study of social phenomena which characterize the learned, shared, and transmitted social activities of particular ethnic groups with focus on the causes, consequences, and complexities of human social and cultural variability.
Whale, Killer
The species Orcinus orca, in the family Delphinidae, characterized by its black and white coloration, and huge triangular dorsal fin. It is the largest member of the DOLPHINS and derives its name from the fact that it is a fearsome predator.
Encyclopedias as Topic
Works containing information articles on subjects in every field of knowledge, usually arranged in alphabetical order, or a similar work limited to a special field or subject. (From The ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science, 1983)
Chronology as Topic
The temporal sequence of events that have occurred.
Music
Sound that expresses emotion through rhythm, melody, and harmony.
Sound
A type of non-ionizing radiation in which energy is transmitted through solid, liquid, or gas as compression waves. Sound (acoustic or sonic) radiation with frequencies above the audible range is classified as ultrasonic. Sound radiation below the audible range is classified as infrasonic.
Atlantic Ocean
Integumentary System
The outer covering of the body composed of the SKIN and the skin appendages, which are the HAIR, the NAILS; and the SEBACEOUS GLANDS and the SWEAT GLANDS and their ducts.
Cost Savings
Reductions in all or any portion of the costs of providing goods or services. Savings may be incurred by the provider or the consumer.
Japan
Hobbies
Leisure activities engaged in for pleasure.
Retrobulbar Hemorrhage
Hemorrhage within the orbital cavity, posterior to the eyeball.
Respiratory System
The tubular and cavernous organs and structures, by means of which pulmonary ventilation and gas exchange between ambient air and the blood are brought about.
Florida
Leontopithecus
The genus of lion tamarins in the subfamily CALLITRICHINAE. The common name refers to the mane on the shoulders.
Wood
A product of hard secondary xylem composed of CELLULOSE, hemicellulose, and LIGNANS, that is under the bark of trees and shrubs. It is used in construction and as a source of CHARCOAL and many other products.
Building Codes
Standards or regulations for construction which are designed to ensure safety against electrical hazards, fires, etc.
Restaurants
Lions
Large, chiefly nocturnal mammals of the cat family FELIDAE, species Panthera leo. They are found in Africa and southern Asia.

Structural dynamics of ligand diffusion in the protein matrix: A study on a new myoglobin mutant Y(B10) Q(E7) R(E10). (1/602)

A triple mutant of sperm whale myoglobin (Mb) [Leu(B10) --> Tyr, His(E7) --> Gln, and Thr(E10) --> Arg, called Mb-YQR], investigated by stopped-flow, laser photolysis, crystallography, and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, proved to be quite unusual. Rebinding of photodissociated NO, O2, and CO from within the protein (in a "geminate" mode) allows us to reach general conclusions about dynamics and cavities in proteins. The 3D structure of oxy Mb-YQR shows that bound O2 makes two H-bonds with Tyr(B10)29 and Gln(E7)64; on deoxygenation, these two residues move toward the space occupied by O2. The bimolecular rate constant for NO binding is the same as for wild-type, but those for CO and O2 binding are reduced 10-fold. While there is no geminate recombination with O2 and CO, geminate rebinding of NO displays an unusually large and very slow component, which is pretty much abolished in the presence of xenon. These results and MD simulations suggest that the ligand migrates in the protein matrix to a major "secondary site," located beneath Tyr(B10)29 and accessible via the motion of Ile(G8)107; this site is different from the "primary site" identified by others who investigated the photolyzed state of wild-type Mb by crystallography. Our hypothesis may rationalize the O2 binding properties of Mb-YQR, and more generally to propose a mechanism of control of ligand binding and dissociation in hemeproteins based on the dynamics of side chains that may (or may not) allow access to and direct temporary sequestration of the dissociated ligand in a docking site within the protein. This interpretation suggests that very fast (picosecond) fluctuations of amino acid side chains may play a crucial role in controlling O2 delivery to tissue at a rate compatible with physiology.  (+info)

Declining survival probability threatens the North Atlantic right whale. (2/602)

The North Atlantic northern right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) is considered the most endangered large whale species. Its population has recovered only slowly since the cessation of commercial whaling and numbers about 300 individuals. We applied mark-recapture statistics to a catalog of photographically identified individuals to obtain the first statistically rigorous estimates of survival probability for this population. Crude survival decreased from about 0.99 per year in 1980 to about 0.94 in 1994. We combined this survival trend with a reported decrease in reproductive rate into a branching process model to compute population growth rate and extinction probability. Population growth rate declined from about 1. 053 in 1980 to about 0.976 in 1994. Under current conditions the population is doomed to extinction; an upper bound on the expected time to extinction is 191 years. The most effective way to improve the prospects of the population is to reduce mortality. The right whale is at risk from entanglement in fishing gear and from collisions with ships. Reducing this human-caused mortality is essential to the viability of this population.  (+info)

Sex-biased dispersal in sperm whales: contrasting mitochondrial and nuclear genetic structure of global populations. (3/602)

The social organization of most mammals is characterized by female philopatry and male dispersal. Such sex-biased dispersal can cause the genetic structure of populations to differ between the maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and the bi-parental nuclear genome. Here we report on the global genetic structure of oceanic populations of the sperm whale, one of the most widely distributed mammalian species. Groups of females and juveniles are mainly found at low latitudes, while males reach polar waters, returning to tropical and subtropical waters to breed. In comparisons between oceans, we did not find significant heterogeneity in allele frequencies of microsatellite loci (exact test; p = 0.23). Estimates of GST = 0.001 and RST = 0.005 also indicated negligible if any nuclear DNA differentiation. We have previously reported significant differentiation between oceans in mtDNA sequences. These contrasting patterns suggest that interoceanic movements have been more prevalent among males than among females, consistent with observations of females being the philopatric sex and having a more limited latitudinal distribution than males. Consequently, the typical mammalian dispersal pattern may have operated on a global scale in sperm whales.  (+info)

Quench-flow experiments combined with mass spectrometry show apomyoglobin folds through and obligatory intermediate. (4/602)

Folding of apomyoglobin is characterized by formation of a compact intermediate that contains substantial helicity. To determine whether this intermediate is obligatory or whether the protein can fold directly into the native state via an alternate parallel pathway, we have combined quench-flow hydrogen-exchange pulse labeling techniques with electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. The mass spectra of apomyoglobin obtained at various refolding times suggest that apomyoglobin indeed folds through a single pathway containing an obligatory intermediate with a significant hydrogen-bonded secondary structure content.  (+info)

Purification and properties of whale thyroid-stimulating hormone III. Properties of isolated multiple components. (5/602)

Properties of the four purified components of whale thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) have been compared. The amino acid composition shows close similarity among these components. Their hexosamine and sialic acid contents are of the same magnitude, whereas the neutral sugar composition differs somewhat from each other. The molecular weight of whale TSH determined by sedimentation equilibrium is 29,000, and no difference in molecular weight as well as in Stokes radius as determined by gel filtration has been detected among these four components. The amino acid and carbohydrate compositions of whale TSH resemble those of TSH from other species, especially those of non-primate mammalian TSH. Whale TSH contains, unlike bovine TSH but like human TSH, 1-2 residues of sialic acid as a constituent carbohydrate.  (+info)

Abiotrophia balaenopterae sp. nov., isolated from the minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata). (6/602)

Phenotypic and phylogenetic studies were performed on a hitherto undescribed micro-organism isolated from a minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata). Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequencing studies demonstrated that the unknown strain constituted a new subline close to, but distinct from, Abiotrophia adiacens and Abiotrophia elegans. The unknown bacterium was readily distinguished from these two Abiotrophia species by biochemical tests and electrophoretic analysis of whole-cell proteins. On the basis of phylogenetic and phenotypic evidence, it is proposed that the unknown bacterium be classified as Abiotrophia balaenopterae sp. nov., the type strain of which is M1975/96/1T (= CCUG 37380T).  (+info)

Immunohistological distributions of fibronectin, tenascin, type I, III and IV collagens, and laminin during tooth development and degeneration in fetuses of minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata. (7/602)

The immunohistological distributions of fibronectin, tenascin, type I, III and IV collagens, and laminin were observed in the tooth buds of fetuses of minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata. Distributions of extracellular matrices (ECMs) examined in this study except for tenascin were generally similar to those of terrestrial mammalian species during development of the tooth bud. Tenascin in the fetuses of minke whale showed characteristic distributions in the dental lamina and the enamel organ in the early tooth developmental stage. In the physiological degeneration stage of tooth bud development, immunoreactivity of the ECMs were very weakly and limitedly detected in the dental papilla and the surrounding mesenchyme. Immunoreactivity of tenascin and type I and III collagens were positively detected in the developing baleen plate germ which was associated with the degenerating tooth bud. These findings suggested that expressions of the ECMs were related to the formation of the tooth bud and baleen plate germ, and that the lack of the ECMs was related to the degeneration of the tooth bud in the fetal minke whale.  (+info)

A study of vibrational relaxation of B-state carbon monoxide in the heme pocket of photolyzed carboxymyoglobin. (8/602)

The vibrational energy relaxation of dissociated carbon monoxide in the heme pocket of sperm whale myoglobin has been studied using equilibrium molecular dynamics simulation and normal mode analysis methods. Molecular dynamics trajectories of solvated myoglobin were run at 300 K for both the delta- and epsilon-tautomers of the distal histidine, His64. Vibrational population relaxation times were estimated using the Landau-Teller model. For carbon monoxide (CO) in the myoglobin epsilon-tautomer, for a frequency of omega0 = 2131 cm-1 corresponding to the B1 state, T1epsilon(B1) = 640 +/- 185 ps, and for a frequency of omega0 = 2119 cm-1 corresponding to the B2 state, T1epsilon(B2) = 590 +/- 175 ps. Although the CO relaxation rates in both the epsilon- and delta-tautomers are similar in magnitude, the simulations predict that the vibrational relaxation of the CO is faster in the delta-tautomer. For CO in the myoglobin delta-tautomer, it was found that the relaxation times were identical within error for the two CO substate frequencies, T1delta(B1) = 335 +/- 115 ps and T1delta(B2) = 330 +/- 145 ps. These simulation results are in reasonable agreement with experimental results of Anfinrud and coworkers (unpublished results). Normal mode calculations were used to identify the dominant coupling between the protein and CO molecules. The calculations suggest that the residues of the myoglobin pocket, acting as a first solvation shell to the CO molecule, contribute the primary "doorway" modes in the vibrational relaxation of the oscillator.  (+info)

Species at Risk Public Registry - Recovery Strategy for the North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) in Atlantic...Species at Risk Public Registry - Recovery Strategy for the North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) in Atlantic...
The North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) is a large (up to 17 m) whale, generally black in colour with occasional white belly patches and no dorsal fin. Right whales were once common in temperate waters of the Western Atlantic but were seriously depleted by whaling. An accurate population estimate for the species is yet to be calculated. The population of North Atlantic right whales in Atlantic Canadian waters was estimated in 2003 to number about 322 animals; however more recent estimates suggest the current population numbers about 350 animals. North Atlantic right whales are protected and listed under Schedule 1, Part 2 of the Species at Risk Act (SARA).
https://www.registrelep-sararegistry.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=717856D0-1
Feces from entangled North Atlantic right whales reveals sky-high stress levels | EurekAlert! Science NewsFeces from entangled North Atlantic right whales reveals sky-high stress levels | EurekAlert! Science News
In a new study published this week in Endangered Species Research, North Atlantic right whale scientists found that whales who undergo prolonged entanglements in fishing gear endure sky-high hormone levels, indicating severe stress, which researchers discovered using a pioneering technique of examining scat from live, entangled, and dead whales over 15 years.
https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/nea-ffe112917.php
North Atlantic right whales face extinction as scientists fear no calves born this yearNorth Atlantic right whales face extinction as scientists fear no calves born this year
The tiny population of critically-endangered North Atlantic right whales may not have had any calves this year, scientists fear, in what would be an “unprecedented” calamity for the species.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/28/north-atlantic-right-whales-face-extinction-scientists-fear/
Feces of entangled North Atlantic right whales show extreme suffering - New Brunswick - CBC NewsFeces of entangled North Atlantic right whales show extreme suffering - New Brunswick - CBC News
A new study offers a glimpse into the state of mind of North Atlantic right whales while they are trapped and dying in fishing gear.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/right-whale-feces-study-tracking-1.4428422
Whale - ConservapediaWhale - Conservapedia
Whales are separated into the toothed whales, Odontocetes (which includes dolphins, porpoises, narwhals, beaked whales and sperm whales), and the whalebone, or baleen, whales, also called Mysticetes. The latter are mostly very large, which, instead of teeth, have baleen (whalebone) to filter small prey from the water; they are what people generally think of when the word whale is used. The whalebone whales include the rorquals - the blue whale, fin whale, sei whale, Brydes whale, minke whale, and humpback whale; the Grey Whale; and the various right whales. Although whales are famed for the massive size reached by some species, such as the blue whale (the largest animal to ever live), others are relatively small, like the pygmy right whale which grows to about 20 feet[1]. Though whales have many traits in common with fish (including fins and tails) they are classified as mammals under the Linnaean taxonomy classification system because they breathe air and lactate. Whales have a number of ...
http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Whale&oldid=1051041
Whale - ConservapediaWhale - Conservapedia
Whales are separated into the toothed whales, Odontocetes (which includes dolphins, porpoises, narwhals, beaked whales and sperm whales), and the whalebone, or baleen, whales, also called Mysticetes. The latter are mostly very large, which, instead of teeth, have baleen (whalebone) to filter small prey from the water; they are what people generally think of when the word whale is used. The whalebone whales include the rorquals - the blue whale, fin whale, sei whale, Brydes whale, minke whale, and humpback whale; the grey whale; and the various right whales. Although whales are famed for the massive size reached by some species, such as the blue whale (the largest animal to ever live), others are relatively small, like the pygmy right whale which grows to about 20 feet.[1] Though whales have many traits in common with fish (including fins and tails) they are classified as mammals under the Linnaean taxonomy classification system because they breathe air and lactate. Whales have a number of ...
http://www.conservapedia.com/Whales
Article | Demography and ecology of southern right whales Eubalaena australis wintering at sub-Antarctic Campbell Island, New...Article | Demography and ecology of southern right whales Eubalaena australis wintering at sub-Antarctic Campbell Island, New...
Since the decimation of the southern right whale Eubalaena australis population in New Zealand by whaling, research on its recovery has focused on the wintering ground at the Auckland Islands, neglecting potentially important wintering habitat at Campbell Island. For the first time in 20 years we conducted an expedition to sub-Antarctic Campbell Island to document and describe E. australis occupying this wintering habitat. We used a variety of methods including photo-identification, genetic and stable isotope analyses of tissue samples, and visual surveys of abundance and distribution, to provide details on the demography, population connectivity and ecology of E. australis wintering at Campbell Island. Our primary findings include (1) a lack of calves observed at Campbell Island, (2) an age-class bias toward sub-adults encountered at Campbell Island, (3) nine photo-identification matches between individuals observed at Campbell Island and previously documented elsewhere in New Zealand, (4) no ...
https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/articles/pr76f853p
Inter Research » ESR » v21 » n1 » p55-64Inter Research » ESR » v21 » n1 » p55-64
ABSTRACT: The location of mating grounds used by Endangered North Atlantic right whales Eubalaena glacialis has eluded discovery despite centuries of whaling and decades of marine mammal surveys. If this species gestation duration is similar to the closely related southern right whale E. australis, then conception for the North Atlantic right whale occurs in the boreal winter. Between 2002 and 2008, aerial surveys identified half the North Atlantic population in the central Gulf of Maine between November and January. Generalized linear models indicated that significantly higher proportions of both known fathers and conceptive females were present in this region compared to most other areas seasonally inhabited by right whales. Their presence in the central Gulf of Maine during the estimated conception period strongly suggests that this region is a mating ground for the species. Roseway Basin, on the southwestern Scotian Shelf, also had high proportions of reproductive whales and may be the site ...
http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/esr/v21/n1/p55-64/
Photo of Cuviers beaked whale - Ziphius cavirostrisPhoto of Cuviers beaked whale - Ziphius cavirostris
This Cuviers beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) shows it head above the water displaying the characteristic two larger teeth as well as its truncated snout. .: Back :. ...
http://www.sailingissues.com/dolphins/cuvier2.html
Births of endangered right whales reboundBirths of endangered right whales rebound
Not only did Foster give birth here, but so did her daughter. That made Foster one of a pair of new grandmothers among the 20 North Atlantic right whales that calved this winter.. More impressive than the Southeasts grandma whales may be the only right whale known to have given birth up north this year. Shes an old-timer named Wart, who had a grand-calf and also a great-grand-calf born this season. Right whales mature at about age 10 and give birth every three to five years.. And then theres a whale known only by her number, 1334. She gave birth to yet another approximately 12-foot, 2,000-pound bundle of joy this season. The new calf is her ninth recorded offspring, making her the most prolific right whale known.. The tally of births for the season, which is winding down in Georgia, is about average but comes as a relief after last years low count of only six babies born to the highly endangered species.. Right whale aerial surveys will continue through March 31 in south Georgia and through ...
http://savannahnow.com/news/2013-03-19/births-endangered-right-whales-rebound
Longitudinal progesterone profiles in baleen from female North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) match known calving...Longitudinal progesterone profiles in baleen from female North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) match known calving...
PubMed Central Canada (PMC Canada) provides free access to a stable and permanent online digital archive of full-text, peer-reviewed health and life sciences research publications. It builds on PubMed Central (PMC), the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature and is a member of the broader PMC International (PMCI) network of e-repositories.
http://pubmedcentralcanada.ca/pmcc/articles/PMC4864594/
1. - Whales - Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand1. - Whales - Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
There are two types of whale: baleen and toothed.. Baleen whales have long bristle-fringed plates, known as baleen, which are made of keratin (a protein also found in human hair and fingernails) and fixed to the roof of the mouth. These sieve the minute crustaceans, such as krill, that they feed on. Baleen whales have two blowholes. And unlike some other whales, they do not use echolocation (emitting sounds to locate solid objects).. Baleen whales include the largest animals ever known. Greatest of all is the blue whale; the heaviest ever recorded was a female of 190 tonnes. Baleen whales migrate through New Zealand waters on their way south to feed on krill, which are abundant in the Southern Ocean. Of the worlds 13 species of baleen whales, eight are known in New Zealand, but only two, the southern right whale and Brydes whale, breed in New Zealand waters.. ...
https://teara.govt.nz/en/whales/page-1
Perrins beaked whale - WikipediaPerrins beaked whale - Wikipedia
Perrins beaked whale (Mesoplodon perrini) is the newest species of beaked whale to be described. The first two specimens were found in May 1975 stranded on the California coast, with two more specimens being found in 1978 and 1979, and the last in September 1997. They were initially identified as Hectors beaked whale (Mesoplodon hectori), except for the most recent one, which was assumed to be a neonate Cuviers beaked whale. Following inclusion of one of these specimens in a mtDNA sequence database of beaked whales, it turned out that they seemed well distinct from M. hectori (Dalebout et al. 1998). The other Hectors specimens from California were subsequently confirmed to belong to the same undescribed taxon (Dalebout 2002). The new species was formally described in 2002 by Dalebout et al.; its common and specific names are a tribute to cetologist William F. Perrin. Despite the superficial similarities to the (entirely allopatric) Hectors beaked whale, this species is closely related to ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perrin's_beaked_whale
Pesquisa | Portal Regional da BVSPesquisa | Portal Regional da BVS
Since the work of Tower in the 1950s, we have come to expect lower neuron density in the cerebral cortex of larger brains. We studied dolphin brains varying from 783 to 6215g. As expected, average neuron density in four areas of cortex decreased from the smallest to the largest brain. Despite having a lower neuron density than smaller dolphins, the killer whale has more gray matter and more cortical neurons than any mammal, including humans. To begin a study of non-dolphin toothed whales, we measured a 596g brain of a pygmy sperm whale and a 2004g brain of a Cuviers beaked whale. We compared neuron density of Nissl stained cortex of these two brains with those of the dolphins. Non-dolphin brains had lower neuron densities compared to all of the dolphins, even the 6215g brain. The beaked whale and pygmy sperm whale we studied dive deeper and for much longer periods than the dolphins. For example, the beaked whale may dive for more than an hour, and the pygmy sperm whale more than a half hour. In ...
https://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/portal/?lang=pt&q=mh:%22Autopsia/veterin%C3%A1ria%22
Western Gray Whales off Sakhalin Island, Russia: A Joint Russia-U.S. S by David W. Weller, Amanda L. Bradford et al.Western Gray Whales off Sakhalin Island, Russia: A Joint Russia-U.S. S by David W. Weller, Amanda L. Bradford et al.
A collaborative Russia-U.S. research program on western gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) summering off northeastern Sakhalin Island, Russia, has been ongoing since 1995 and has produced important new information on the present day conservation status of this critically endangered population. This interim report reviews preliminary findings from 2007 research activities and combines such with data from previous years, in some cases ranging back to 1994. Photo-identification research conducted off Sakhalin Island in 2007 resulted in the identification of 83 whales, including nine calves and two previously unidentified non-calves. When combined with data from 1994-2006, a catalog of 169 photo-identified individuals has been compiled. Not all of these 169 whales can be assumed to be alive, however. The most current mark-recapture analyses conducted estimated the abundance for the population to be 98 (95% CI=89-110) in 2002 and 99 (95% CI = 90-109) in 2003. A recent population assessment using a Bayesian
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/usdeptcommercepub/109/
Hinterland Whos Who - North Atlantic Right WhaleHinterland Whos Who - North Atlantic Right Whale
Lampreys are an amazing group of ancient fish species which first appeared around 360 million years ago. This means they evolved millions of years before the dinosaurs roamed the earth. There are about 39 species of lamprey currently described plus some additional landlocked populations and varieties. In general, lamprey are one of three different life history types and are a combination of non-parasitic and parasitic species. Non-parasitic lamprey feed on organic material and detritus in the water column. Parasitic lamprey attach to other fish species to feed on their blood and tissues. This is why lamprey are often unfairly called aquatic vampires.. Most, 22 of the 39 species, are non-parasitic and spend their entire lives in freshwater. The remainder are either parasitic spending their whole life in freshwater or, parasitic and anadromous. Anadromous parasitic lampreys grow in freshwater before migrating to the sea where they feed parasitically and then migrate back to freshwater to spawn. ...
https://www.hww.ca/en/multimedia/videos/mammals/north-atlantic-right-whale-3.html
Our whales wow US cameraman | Otago Daily Times Online NewsOur whales wow US cameraman | Otago Daily Times Online News
American photographer Brian Skerry rates this meeting with a southern right whale in New Zealand waters as the most incredible animal encounter of his life. Skerry photographed the bus-sized whale - 14m long and 70 tonnes - investigating his dive assistant after the men had hitched a ride with a New Zealand research expedition to the Auckland Islands, aboard the Dunedin-based yacht Evohe. This photograph won the Underwater World category of this years Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards, the New Zealand Herald noted recently. The expedition leader, Dunedin marine biologist Dr Simon Childerhouse, said that expanding southern right whale numbers at the Auckland Islands were increasing the likelihood of Dunedin and Otago people having their own close encounters. Mating activity involving four of the whales off Taieri Mouth had been photographed by the Otago Daily Times in June last year, and the whales could be seen in the Otago Harbour. Southern right whales, New Zealand sea lions and fur ...
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/our-whales-wow-us-cameraman
Right WhalesRight Whales
The North Atlantic right whale, Eubalaena glacialis, is among the most endangered of the worlds large whales with an estimated population of 350-400 individuals.
http://www.myfwc.com/research/wildlife/right-whales/
Pygmy Sperm WhalePygmy Sperm Whale
the classification of the pygmy sperm whale. The American Naturalist of 1871 had an article describing the current state of classification of kogia breviceps, including the controversy over the name kogia not being suitable for the classical Latin naming system developed by Linnaeus. It was called barbarous and undefined and others favored the more Latin sounding name euphysetes (meaning good or easy blower), yet the name kogia has remained. It was humorously suggested in this article that the name euphysetes may be applied to those so concerned about the name ...
http://www.chena.org/grabbag/pygmy-sperm-whale
Protecting The Worlds Rarest Whales - gCaptainProtecting The Worlds Rarest Whales - gCaptain
Protecting right whale mothers and their young is critical to the recovery of the population, said Barb Zoodsma, NOAA Fisheries Service right whale biologist. The loss of any right whale is of concern, and we ask for everyone to adhere to measures that protect this critically endangered species.. Each year, pregnant females migrate southward more than 1,000 miles from feeding areas off Canada and New England to the warm, calm, coastal waters off South Carolina, Georgia and northeastern Florida to give birth and nurse their young. These waters are the only known calving area for the species.. Collisions with ships and entanglement in fixed fishing gear are the two greatest threats to the recovery of North Atlantic right whales, which is why it is important that all mariners and fishers are aware of the regulations. ...
https://gcaptain.com/protecting-the-worlds-rarest-whales/
Journey North 1998: Right WhalesJourney North 1998: Right Whales
NEWS FLASH: Rare Right Whale Sighted in Monterey Bay. Although this report is usually about the North Atlantic population of northern right whales, there is another group of these animals out there -- a Pacific population. The Pacific population is believed to be even smaller than the Atlantic population and quite probably on the road to extinction.. These whales are seldom seen -- but what follows is a press release from the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (released on March 2nd) about an unusual sighting there.. Rare Right Whale Sighted in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary dateline March 2. An extremely rare northern right whale, a species nearly extinct, was spotted off the Big Sur Coast last week, fleeing a pair of apparently aggressive gray whales in an unusual interaction observed by Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary officials.. Monterey Bay Sanctuary Superintendent Bill Douros and NOAA Corps pilot Lt.. Commander Matt Pickett, were aboard the Sanctuary airplane SEA WOLF, ...
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/spring1998/critters/rwhale/Update030498.html
World-first research sheds light on the origin of the baleen whale - Monash UniversityWorld-first research sheds light on the origin of the baleen whale - Monash University
Alfred the fossil whale skull: Photo credit: Ben Healley.. Monash University scientists have played a key role in discovering the origin of filter feeding in baleen whales - the largest animal known to have ever existed.. The discovery is detailed in a paper co-written with international researchers and palaeontologists from Museum Victoria. Alfred the 25- million-year-old fossilised whale skull was unveiled at the Museum today.. Alfred shows how ancient baleen whales made the evolutionary switch from biting prey with teeth to filtering using baleen, said Monash Science Senior Research Fellow, Dr Alistair Evans, one of the authors of the paper.. They first became suction feeders. Feeding in this way resulted in reduced need for teeth, so over time their teeth were lost before baleen appeared.. There has been a lot of mystery around how and when baleen first formed.. But we now have long-sought evidence of how whales evolved from having teeth to hair-like baleen - triggering the rise of ...
https://www.monash.edu/news/articles/world-first-research-sheds-light-on-the-origin-of-the-baleen-whale
Traces Of Hormone Allow Scientists To Detect Stress In Whales | Ocean LeadershipTraces Of Hormone Allow Scientists To Detect Stress In Whales | Ocean Leadership
A new study of more than 100 North Atlantic right whales over 15 years shows the analysis of a hormone product in the animals waste can provide information on their stress levels and health.. (From Boston Globe/ By Ben Thompson) - These levels show stress from extreme physical trauma, lead study author Rosalind Rolland, a senior scientist at the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life at the New England Aquarium, said in a statement.. Its an animal welfare issue, she said. For the first time, we can get hormone levels on not just dead but living whales.. The study, published this week in Endangered Species Research, covers the pioneering technique developed by Rolland used to examine feces taken from 125 right whales from 1999 to 2014. That group included a mix of 113 healthy whales, six that were chronically entangled in fishing gear, one that stranded for several days, and five that were quickly killed by vessel strikes, the aquarium said.. ...
http://oceanleadership.org/traces-hormone-allow-scientists-detect-stress-whales/
Humpback evolution | Big Island Whale WatchingHumpback evolution | Big Island Whale Watching
Its always difficult to write the weekend whale watch report because theres just so much to say! Both Friday and Saturdays Breakfast with the Whales cruises were dominated by calves. On Friday, we watched as Baby tail lobbed, pec slapped and breached. Then we got to see Mom breach, followed by baby making another attempt. On Saturday, we spend most of our time with a very active and curious little calf. We saw 21 whales both days. On the 10:00 Whale Watch on Friday we saw 10 Whales of which 2 groups were competitive pods, and we even saw a few dolphins. On Saturday, guests aboard our 10:00 Whale Watch saw 15 whales in pods of twos and threes. The most exciting part of that trip was getting to witness MULTIPLE BREACHES! We saw 10 full-on breaches from the same pod of 3 whales. Our 3:00 Whales and Cocktails on both Friday and Saturday were a little quieter than the early trips. On Friday, we saw 6 whales and watched a competitive pod of 4 whales for most of the trip. On Saturday, we didnt see ...
http://bigislandwhalewatch.com/tag/humpback-evolution/
Boston Whale Watching CruiseBoston Whale Watching Cruise
Youll visit Stellwagen Bank, the East Coasts most famous whale watching destination. Stellwagens heavy concentration of humpback, finback, and minke whales guarantees an adventure filled with opportunities to view and learn about whales as they frolic in their natural habitat.. Each Boston Whale Watching Cruise is narrated and guided by a naturalist from the noted Whale Center of New England (WCNE). The WCNE has been studying the whales of New England for more than 20 years and its members are recognized worldwide as authorities on whales.. One of the whales youre likely to spot during a Boston Whale Watching Cruise is the humpback. These Northern hemisphere humpbacks reach an average length of 50 feet, and a weight of about 37 tons! Sadly, theyre also among the most endangered, and its estimated that only 8 percent of their original population remains. With the data collected on each cruise, WCNE is able to further the understanding of whales and their world. And, their presence on board ...
https://www.millenniumhotels.com/en/tours-plus/Boston/3283BWW/
Southern right whale dolphin - Lissodelphis peronii - Aquatic MammalsSouthern right whale dolphin - Lissodelphis peronii - Aquatic Mammals
The southern right whale dolphin is a an underwater mammal that can be found in the cool waters of the southern hemisphere. This animal was first published in
http://itsnature.org/sea/aquatic-mammals/southern-right-whale-dolphin/
Sperm whale sound production studied with ultrasound time/depth-recording tags | Journal of Experimental BiologySperm whale sound production studied with ultrasound time/depth-recording tags | Journal of Experimental Biology
With a body length of 10 m and an estimated mass of 9800 kg (Lockyer, 1981), the whale tagged with tag IV probably contained some 2001 of air after inhalation while at the surface (inferred from Clarke, 1978). If the lungs of a sperm whale collapse (Ridgway, 1971) as they do in smaller odontocetes (Ridgway et al., 1969), the whale would have had, at most, 3.51 of air available to it for sound production at a depth of 600 m. Thus, sperm whales recycle the air after each click or group of clicks (as demonstrated in Tursiops sp.; Dormer, 1979) and/or use very small volumes of air to generate each click. Considering the highly reduced air volume available for sound production when the whale is at a depth of 700 m and that sperm whales have been reported to phonate at depths of more than 2000 m (Whitney, 1968), it is conceivable that air simply is not involved in sperm whale sound production. That view, however, is not supported by experimental data on sound production in the homologous structures of ...
http://jeb.biologists.org/content/205/13/1899.full
Whale - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaWhale - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Because of where they live (and unlike many animals), whales are conscious breathers: they decide when to breathe. Whales breathe through blowholes. Baleen whales have two and toothed whales have one. These are on the top of the head: the animal breathes while most of their body is underwater. Breathing first shoots out extra water from the blowhole, making a jet into the air, followed by inhaling air into the lungs. All mammals sleep, including whales, but they cannot stay in an unconscious state for too long, because they need to be conscious to breathe. It is thought that only one hemisphere (half) of their brains sleeps at a time, so that whales are never completely asleep, but still get the rest they need.[9] Whales are thought to sleep around eight hours a day. A baby whale is called a calf. One calf is born every two or three years. Gestation takes up to a year. Nursing continues for more than a year in many species; there is a strong bond between mother and calf. Reproductive maturity ...
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale
Ecologists home in on how sperm whales find their prey ( Ecologists have at last got a view of s...)Ecologists home in on how sperm whales find their prey ( Ecologists have at last got a view of s...)
Ecologists have at last got a view of sperm whales behaviour during t...Working in the Atlantic the Gulf of Mexico and the Ligurian Sea scie...The researchers used the tags to record the sounds that sperm whales p...Dr Stephanie Watwood and colleagues found that sperm whales produced b...The sperm whale is the worlds largest deep-diving toothed whale feed...,Ecologists,home,in,on,how,sperm,whales,find,their,prey,biological,biology news articles,biology news today,latest biology news,current biology news,biology newsletters
http://www.bio-medicine.org/biology-news/Ecologists-home-in-on-how-sperm-whales-find-their-prey-3165-1/
Beaked whale - WikipediaBeaked whale - Wikipedia
A major conservation concern for beaked whales (family Ziphiidae) is they appear to be vulnerable to modern sonar operations, which arises from recent strandings that temporally and physically coincide with naval sonar exercises.[20] Post mortem examinations of the stranded whales in concurrence with naval exercises have reported the presence of hemorrhaging near the ears or gas and fat emboli, which could have a deleterious impact on beaked whales that is analogous to decompression sickness in humans.[11] Gas and fat emboli have been shown to cause nervous and cardiovascular system dysfunction, respiratory distress, pain, and disorientation in both humans and animals.[20] In the inner ear, gas embolism can cause hemorrhages, leading to disorientation or vestibular dysfunction. Breath-holding divers, like beaked whales, can develop decompression-related problems (the bends) when they return to the surface after deep dives.[1] This is a possible hypothesis for the mass strandings of pelagic ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaked_whale
First paternity study of southern right whales finds local fathers most ... ( AUCKLAND New Zealand The first pate...)First paternity study of southern right whales finds local fathers most ... ( AUCKLAND New Zealand The first pate...)
...AUCKLAND New Zealand The first paternity study of southern right wha...Results of the study by researchers at the University of Auckland Or...The study found that most of the right whales born near the remote sub... This finding gives us information on the breeding behavior of right w...,First,paternity,study,of,southern,right,whales,finds,local,fathers,most,successful,biological,biology news articles,biology news today,latest biology news,current biology news,biology newsletters
http://www.bio-medicine.org/biology-news-1/First-paternity-study-of-southern-right-whales-finds-local-fathers-most-successful-25483-1/
New fossil sheds light on origin of filter-feeding in whales - RedorbitNew fossil sheds light on origin of filter-feeding in whales - Redorbit
Identified as Mystacodon selenensis, the fossil whale is described as a small to medium-sized creature that had teeth, but in other ways resembled modern humpbacks and blue whales, they explained - hence its name, which Science News said translates to toothed mysticete.. The remains were discovered in the deserts of Peru by a team led by Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences paleontologist Olivier Lambert. It was approximately four meters long, or about as big as a modern-day pilot whale, and like primitive whales, still had a protruding hip bone indicating that it still had hind legs left over from when its ancestors were terrestrial quadrupeds.. However, the creature also had a flat snout similar to those of modern-day baleen whales, and while ancient whales had elbow-like joints in its front flippers, M. selenensis does not - nor do modern-day baleen whales, according to the authors of the new Current Biology paper.. Lamberts team believes that M. selenensis might have used ...
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1113418109/new-fossil-sheds-light-on-origin-of-filter-feeding-in-whales/
Iron in the structure of Carbonmonoxy Sperm Whale Myoglobin At 120 K: Laser on [600 Min] (pdb 2zt2)Iron in the structure of Carbonmonoxy Sperm Whale Myoglobin At 120 K: Laser on [600 Min] (pdb 2zt2)
Mono- and Stereopictres of 5.0 Angstrom coordination sphere of Iron atom in PDB 2zt2: Carbonmonoxy Sperm Whale Myoglobin At 120 K: Laser on [600 Min]
http://iron.atomistry.com/pdb2zt2.html
Iron in the structure of Carbonmonoxy Sperm Whale Myoglobin At 140 K: Laser on [150 Min] (pdb 2zsq)Iron in the structure of Carbonmonoxy Sperm Whale Myoglobin At 140 K: Laser on [150 Min] (pdb 2zsq)
Mono- and Stereopictres of 5.0 Angstrom coordination sphere of Iron atom in PDB 2zsq: Carbonmonoxy Sperm Whale Myoglobin At 140 K: Laser on [150 Min]
http://iron.atomistry.com/pdb2zsq.html
Outdoors: Presence of right whales warrants concern - Mark Blazis - telegram.com - Worcester, MAOutdoors: Presence of right whales warrants concern - Mark Blazis - telegram.com - Worcester, MA
Strange things continue to happen in our wildlife world. On Jan. 12, a North Atlantic right whale mother and calf were found living in Cape Cod Bay.
http://www.telegram.com/article/20130129/COLUMN10/101299908/0/news
Biblio | Marine Mammal Institute | Oregon State UniversityBiblio | Marine Mammal Institute | Oregon State University
Durbin E, Teegarden G, Campbell R, Cembella A, Baumgartner MF, Mate B. North Atlantic right whales, Eubalaena glacialis, exposed to paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) toxins via a zooplankton vector, Calanus finmarchicus. Harmful Algae. 2002 ;1:243-251. ...
https://mmi.oregonstate.edu/biblio?s=keyword&%3Bo=asc&%3Bf%5Bauthor%5D=5611&f%5Bauthor%5D=6731&o=asc
FOUND: An Ancient Whale Fossil With a Smaller Whale Inside - Atlas ObscuraFOUND: An Ancient Whale Fossil With a Smaller Whale Inside - Atlas Obscura
The Valley of Whales (Photo: Egypts Ministry of Environment Official Facebook page) In Egypts Valley of Whales-Wadi al-Hitan-the fossils of giant, ancient whales have sat for millions of years; they were first discovered by scientists in 1902. Since then, there have been 10 fossilized whales found in the area, according to the Cairo Post. But on Tuesday, Egypts Minister of Environment announced that a new fossil had been found-a 60-foot-long basilosaurus, a type of early whale, complete down to the relatively tiny vertebrae of the tail, thats estimated to be 40 million years old.. The fossil was uncovered by an Egyptian research team, and, along with the fossil, they found the remains of crabs and sawfish inside the whale, along with smaller whale. (Its not clear whether the smaller whale was a fetus or a meal.) Nearby were a collection of sharks teeth, indicating that the whales carcass was consumed by sharks after it died.. Wadi al-Hitan was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site a ...
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/found-an-ancient-whale-fossil-with-a-smaller-whale-inside
Gray Whale Migration | Ocean TodayGray Whale Migration | Ocean Today
NARRATOR:. It is late spring on Kodiak Island, Alaska. The air and the water are growing warmer and the locals have returned to feed. But even against this monumental landscape, all eyes are on the horizon for one of natures most graceful giants: the gray whale. It is here that they begin and end the longest migration of any mammal - 12,000 miles from the icy waters of the Arctic to the warm lagoons of Baja, Mexico, and back again.. Gray whales have a narrow, tapered head, and a streamlined body. They surface only for a quick spout and breath before disappearing back into the ocean. Instead of teeth, gray whales have baleen, which is like a thick comb made up of long, fine hairs. Diving to the muddy bottom, grey whales scoop up sediment from the ocean floor, filtering out water and mud and trapping plankton and krill.. In the 1700 and 1800s, whalers in search of oil, meat, and baleen hunted gray whales to near extinction. In 1946 an international treaty was signed to provide oversight and ...
https://oceantoday.noaa.gov/graywhalemigration/welcome.html
Endangered Whales Get a High-Tech Check-Up : Oceanus MagazineEndangered Whales Get a High-Tech Check-Up : Oceanus Magazine
Drones seem to be everywhere these days, from backyards to battlegrounds. Scientists are using them too: in this case, to assess the health of endangered North Atlantic right whales. Since drones are small and quiet, they can fly close to whales without disturbing them, bringing back incredibly detailed photographs and samples of microbe-rich blow.
https://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/feature/whales-and-drones
Marine Mammals - NATURAL RESOURCES DNA PROFILING & FORENSIC CENTREMarine Mammals - NATURAL RESOURCES DNA PROFILING & FORENSIC CENTRE
The southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) were intensely exploited in the Southern Hemisphere between the 18th and 20th centuries. Although the species has been protected internationally from commercial whaling since 1935, some populations were further depleted by illegal catches until the early 1970s. Current estimates suggest that there are approximately 7,000 southern right whales, which is thought to represent a small fraction (about 5%) of its population size prior to commerical whaling. Although some populations have shown signs of recovery, the species is still vulnerable and cited under Appendix I of the International Trade of Endangered Species Fauna and Flora (CITES) and on the IUCN red list of endangered species at risk of extinction (IUCN 2000). Current genetic analyses, involving the use of mithocondrial and nuclear markers (e.g. microsatellites), has focused on the existent levels of genetic variability and extent of gene flow with other wintering grounds (e.g. Peninsula ...
http://web.nrdpfc.ca/marine-mammals.html
California Whale Watching in Jetsetters Magazine at www.jetsettersmagazine.comCalifornia Whale Watching in Jetsetters Magazine at www.jetsettersmagazine.com
The initial sighting of the gray whale is exhilarating. The blow-a puff of steam standing up to 12 feet off the water-will appear; where there is one blow, others are sure to follow as whales tend to travel in groups of two to six. An amazing maneuver the whales perform is spyhopping. A whale may stick its head above water one or more times consecutively-it is believed that the whale is either getting bearings or using gravity to help swallow. The most dramatic and exciting behavior observed is breaching. The whale will leap out of the water and fall to its side or back making a spectacular splash. This behavior can be perceived as a form of communication to other whales in the area or means of back scratching to release the numerous parasites from the whales hides ...
http://jetsettersmagazine.com/archive/jetezine/globe02/usa02/cawhale/whale.html
Whale Ecology - Nantucket Historical AssociationWhale Ecology - Nantucket Historical Association
While Nantuckets whaling industry died in the mid-nineteenth century, commercial whaling endured elsewhere throughout the twentieth century. Ports in the United States and around the world continued to send ships in pursuit of whales to harvest oil, meat, and bones.. During this time, whaling became increasingly efficient. Steam-powered ships could pursue fin whales, which had been too fast to catch using sailing vessels and rowed whaleboats. Harpoon cannons that fired projectiles with exploding heads were able to kill whales with a single shot. These improvements, coupled with a rapid expansion of whaling after World War II, had a catastrophic effect on whale populations worldwide, with hundreds of thousands of whales harvested in just the last half of the twentieth century.. By the 1960s, people increasingly saw whales as majestic, intelligent creatures and not just sources of profit. Works like Farley Mowats Sea of Slaughter and A Whale for the Killing, coupled with a greater awareness of ...
https://nha.org/whats-on/exhibitions/featured-exhibitions/whale-ecology/
My whale vertebraMy whale vertebra
Hi Jake , Ill try to get you a little closer to an ID . From the growth plates being totally fused and not even visible we know it is from a totally mature whale . From the shape and from those wide lateral processes we know it is one of the biggest lumbar vertebrae on that whale . From the shape of the bone we know it isnt from a right whale or a sperm whale . From the appx 30 cm diameter body, it has to come from a whale 12.5-14 meters long . This leaves it being a rorqual whale bigger than a minke and smaller than a fin whale ...
http://www.jakes-bones.com/2014/10/my-whale-vertebra.html
Genetic Mutation in Whale Eyes May Increase Mortality Risks, New Research Finds - Florida Tech NewsroomGenetic Mutation in Whale Eyes May Increase Mortality Risks, New Research Finds - Florida Tech Newsroom
MELBOURNE, FLA. - Scientists have found that a genetic mutation in the eyes of right whales that hampers their ability to see in bright light may make them more susceptible to fatal entanglements in fishing gear, one of the major causes of death for this critically endangered mammal.. The study of this whale species, which numbers less than 500 individuals remaining in the Western Atlantic Ocean, may also help scientists better understand how vision works in other mammals, including people.. Florida Institute of Technology doctoral student Lorian Schweikert and her adviser, Michael Grace, professor of neuroscience and senior associate dean of science, worked with Jeffry Fasick, an assistant professor of biology at the University of Tampa, to characterize this newly discovered mutation in Northern right whales and Bowhead whales. Their results suggest that this mutation may seriously harm the whales ability to visually avoid entanglement.. According to their new study, Evolutionary Loss of Cone ...
https://newsroom.fit.edu/2016/10/24/genetic-mutation-whale-eyes-may-increase-mortality-risks/
Whale carcass yields bone-devouring wormsWhale carcass yields bone-devouring worms
After studying the dead whale in Monterey Bay for over a year and half, Vrijenhoek and Goffredi have come to the conclusion that the two new worm species are but the tip of the iceberg (or perhaps the tip of the whale s tail). Whale carcasses-or whale falls, as they are called-represent a massive input of food into the generally food-limited environment of the deep sea. One whale fall can provide as much organic material as thousands of years of marine snow, the organic debris that drifts down from surface waters to sustain life in the deep. Whale-fall specialist Craig Smith of the University of Hawaii has identified entire ecosystems with hundreds of different animals that have developed around a single whale fall. Some of these communities may be sustained for decades on the oil-saturated whale bones. The MBARI scientists will describe the unusual animal community at the Monterey Canyon whale fall in a paper to be published in the October 2004 issue of Deep Sea Research ...
https://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life-sciences/report-31881.html
WhalesWhales
I have been thinking of whales this week and remembering when I first saw a big one very close-up, so at the start of my podcast you can hear the sound, recorded underwater in the Atlantic Ocean of a humpback whale communicating with other whales.. The stranding of hundreds of whales on the New Zealand coastline was harrowing in the television pictures which showed the helplessness of these magnificent creatures when out of their environment, stranded ashore and the enormous efforts of human beings to refloat them. Some of those efforts were successful, but unfortunately, many whales died…... The moment when I first saw a whale close-up is one of the memories etched on my mind. I was on the bow of Irelands first entry in the Round the World Yacht race in the Atlantic in May of 1990 when it happened. Suddenly, a huge whale was alongside us, so close I felt I could touch it. NCB Ireland was 85 feet long and the whale seemed, to my eyes, to be just as big and very close to the boat. I was awed ...
https://afloat.ie/port-news/navy/itemlist/tag/Whales
WhalesWhales
I have been thinking of whales this week and remembering when I first saw a big one very close-up, so at the start of my podcast you can hear the sound, recorded underwater in the Atlantic Ocean of a humpback whale communicating with other whales.. The stranding of hundreds of whales on the New Zealand coastline was harrowing in the television pictures which showed the helplessness of these magnificent creatures when out of their environment, stranded ashore and the enormous efforts of human beings to refloat them. Some of those efforts were successful, but unfortunately, many whales died…... The moment when I first saw a whale close-up is one of the memories etched on my mind. I was on the bow of Irelands first entry in the Round the World Yacht race in the Atlantic in May of 1990 when it happened. Suddenly, a huge whale was alongside us, so close I felt I could touch it. NCB Ireland was 85 feet long and the whale seemed, to my eyes, to be just as big and very close to the boat. I was awed ...
https://afloat.ie/sail/sailing-classes/half-tonners/itemlist/tag/Whales
Minke Whale - Balaenoptera acutorostrata - Overview - Encyclopedia of LifeMinke Whale - Balaenoptera acutorostrata - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life
Minke whales feed on fish and various invertebrates; like all baleen whales they filter their food from the water using their baleen plates like sieves. Although largely a solitary species, when feeding minke whales can often be seen in pairs, and on particularly good feeding grounds up to a hundred individuals may congregate. A number of feeding techniques have been observed, including trapping shoals of fish against the surface of the water. After a ten month gestation period, births occur in mid-winter, at birth the calf measures up to 2.8 metres in length. It will be weaned at four months of age, and will stay with its mother for up to two years, becoming sexually mature at seven years of age. Minke whales have an average life span of around 50 years. Minke whales are rather inquisitive and often swim by the side of boats for up to half an hour ...
http://www.eol.org/pages/328570/overview
Bowhead Whale Ecological Studies | The North Slope BoroughBowhead Whale Ecological Studies | The North Slope Borough
Objectives: To create a calendar on the life of the bowhead whale, incorporating natural history and traditional knowledge. The calendar includes pictures, stories, and data on the bowhead whale from different research groups.. A Year in the Life of the Bowhead Whale Calendar presentation; Download Calendar. Arctic Currents: A Year in the Life of the Bowhead Whale (an animated film) Blog This blog follows the creation of a short animated film about the annual migration of the bowhead whale. The narrative comes from the calendar above. The work is being done by University of Alaska Museum of the North, including Roger Topp, his staff and UAF student employees.The film is funded by BOEM, UAF, and CIFAR.. Arctic Currents: A Year in the Life of the Bowhead Whale (Inupiaq version) film. Arctic Currents: A Year in the Life of the Bowhead Whale (English version) film. Arctic Currents: A Year in the Life of the Bowhead Whale (Yupik version) film. You can also access these films on the UAF Museum ...
http://www.north-slope.org/departments/wildlife-management/studies-and-research-projects/bowhead-whales/bowhead-whale-ecological-studies
FÉLIX: A LATE PLEISTOCENE WHITE WHALE (DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS) SKELETON FROM CHAMPLAIN SEA DEPOSITS AT SAINT-FÉLIX-DE-VALOIS,...FÉLIX: A LATE PLEISTOCENE WHITE WHALE (DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS) SKELETON FROM CHAMPLAIN SEA DEPOSITS AT SAINT-FÉLIX-DE-VALOIS,...
Géographie physique et Quaternaire, 2006, vol. 60, n o 2, p , 14 fig., 1 tabl. FÉLIX: A LATE PLEISTOCENE WHITE WHALE (DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS) SKELETON FROM CHAMPLAIN SEA DEPOSITS AT SAINT-FÉLIX-DE-VALOIS,
http://docplayer.net/375277-Felix-a-late-pleistocene-white-whale-delphinapterus-leucas-skeleton-from-champlain-sea-deposits-at-saint-felix-de-valois-quebec.html
Spatial distribution of Antarctic minke whales (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) in relation to spatial distributions of krill in the...Spatial distribution of Antarctic minke whales (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) in relation to spatial distributions of krill in the...
The spatial distribution of Antarctic minke whales in the Ross Sea with relation to spatial distributions of their prey - krill - was investigated in this study using generalized additive models (GAMs). Spatial distributions of two species of krill (ice and Antarctic krill) were estimated by GAMs. Three abiotic factors - distance from the continental shelf break (800 m isobaths), the mean temperature and salinity from the surface to 200 m (MTEM-200 and MSAL-200), and latitude and longitude - were used as covariates for models of krill. Estimated spatial distributions of krill were then used with other covariates to model the spatial distribution of Antarctic minke whales. In the selected model of Antarctic minke whales, Antarctic krill were more influential than ice krill. The number of Antarctic minke whales increased as the density of Antarctic krill increased to around 1.5 g m−2. Beyond that, the number of Antarctic minke whales decreased as the density of Antarctic krill increased. High ...
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/fog.12011/full
Southern Right Whales callosities Stock PhotoSouthern Right Whales callosities Stock Photo
Stock Photo of Southern Right Whales callosities. High Quality Southern Right Whale Images and Gloss Prints are available from Oceanwide Images Stock Photo Library.
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Balaenoptera physalus (Common Rorqual, Finback, Fin-backed Whale, Finner, Fin Whale, Herring Whale, Razorback)Balaenoptera physalus (Common Rorqual, Finback, Fin-backed Whale, Finner, Fin Whale, Herring Whale, Razorback)
The behaviour evident for the various North Atlantic fin whale populations following earlier reductions through whaling differs. It ranges from clear evidence of recovery to no firm indications of any increase. An estimated 14,000 fin whales were killed off North Norway during 1876-1904, and a further 1,500 during 1948-71, but fin whales are rare there now (although quite abundant off western Spitsbergen, where about 1,500 whales had been killed during 1904-11) (Øien 2003, 2004). An estimated 12,000 fin whales were killed off Iceland during 1890-1915, until whaling was suspended partly due to concerns about the reductions in the stocks, but the modern abundance data suggest that the there has been a recovery in the population that may still be continuing, particularly west of Iceland, despite catches during 1948-89 averaging about 220 per year (Branch and Butterworth 2006). An estimated 10,000 fin whales were taken from the Faeroes, but about 25% of these were actually caught off eastern ...
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/2478/1
Balaenoptera physalus (Common Rorqual, Finback, Fin-backed Whale, Finner, Fin Whale, Herring Whale, Razorback)Balaenoptera physalus (Common Rorqual, Finback, Fin-backed Whale, Finner, Fin Whale, Herring Whale, Razorback)
Human-induced mortality from vessel collisions and bycatch in fishing gear (Panigada et al. 2006), together with the potential effects of the disturbance caused by growing whale watching activities, lead to the inference that the subpopulation is declining. Fin Whales have been described as particularly abundant during the summer months in the Corso-Ligurian-Basin, which is considered their major feeding ground in the Mediterranean Sea. A sharp decrease in Fin Whale abundance has been observed in the Pelagos Sanctuary over the last decade, with estimates of 900 individuals reported from the western Ligurian Sea in 1992 (Forcada et al. 1995), declining to significantly lower numbers (N=147; CV=27.04%; 95% CI=86-250) in 2009 (Panigada and Lauriano pers. comm.). While the sharp decrease of Fin Whales in the Pelagos Sanctuary may be due to whales relocating elsewhere within the Mediterranean, their decrease in prime Fin Whale habitat must be addressed with precaution, and a population decline in the ...
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/2478/3
Audiogram of a formerly stranded long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas) measured using auditory evoked potentials |...Audiogram of a formerly stranded long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas) measured using auditory evoked potentials |...
Pilot whales have a tendency to follow conspecific pilot leaders, which may explain their common name and also make them particularly vulnerable to drive fisheries and mass stranding events (Kritzler, 1952; Fehring and Wells, 1976; Ellis, 1982). Long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas Traill 1809) inhabit the deep waters of the North Atlantic and feed on squid and other prey normally found down to 600 m (Baird et al., 2002; Aguilar Soto et al., 2008). They do not usually dive as deeply as other pelagic odontocete cetaceans such as beaked whales or sperm whales (Heide-Jorgensen et al., 2002). Long-finned pilot whales are very similar to the short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) and differ primarily by the habitats they occupy, the long-finned pilot whale being found primarily in subpolar oceanic regions while the short-finned pilot whale is found in tropical and subtropical regions. Both species are classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Redlist and have been included in ...
http://jeb.biologists.org/content/213/18/3138
NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA Proposes Critical Habitat for Cook Inlet Beluga WhalesNOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA Proposes Critical Habitat for Cook Inlet Beluga Whales
Cook Inlet belugas are one of five populations of belugas recognized within U.S. waters. The other beluga populations, which are not listed as threatened or endangered, summer in Bristol Bay, the eastern Bering Sea, the eastern Chukchi Sea and the Beaufort Sea. Of the five populations of beluga whales in Alaska, the Cook Inlet population is considered to be the most isolated based on the degree of genetic differentiation and geographic distance between the Cook Inlet population and the four other beluga populations. The recovery of Cook Inlet whales is potentially hindered by severe stranding events; continued development within and along upper Cook Inlet; industrial and municipal activities that discharge or accidentally spill pollutants; disease; predation by killer whales and losses of available prey to fishing or loss of prey habitat. Protecting habitat is essential to the beluga whales recovery.. Comments on the proposed critical habitat area must be received by Jan. 31, 2010. Send ...
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20091201_alaskabeluga.html
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Balaenoptera borealis are part of the Rorquals, a group of baleen whales which include the largest animals on Earth. Sei Whales are the third largest whale after Blue Whales and Fin Whales. Their common name, sei originates from the Danish word for Pollock fish and hval is whale in Danish. These whales were named after Pollock because they were seen in abundance while Norwegian fishers hunted for Pollock fish.. Sei Whales are baleen whales, which refers to the structure of their teeth. Instead of the common mammal tooth form, baleen whales have plates for filtering foods in and filtering water out. Different baleen plate forms emphasize the type of prey food they eat; thus baleen whales tend to be specialists in their diet. Sei Whales are unique in that unlike most rorquals, they are capable of eating all types of micro-crustacean species, making it easier for this species to adapt to its environment. B. borealis also happens to be the fastest swimmer among the baleen whales. They can gain ...
https://naturecanada.ca/discover-nature/endangered-species/sei-whale/
Sperm whale behaviour indicates the use of echolocation click buzzes creaks in prey capture | Proceedings of the Royal...Sperm whale behaviour indicates the use of echolocation click buzzes creaks in prey capture | Proceedings of the Royal...
During foraging dives, sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) produce long series of regular clicks at 0.5-2 s intervals interspersed with rapid-click buzzes called creaks. Sound, depth and orientation recording Dtags were attached to 23 whales in the Ligurian Sea and Gulf of Mexico to test whether the behaviour of diving sperm whales supports the hypothesis that creaks are produced during prey capture. Sperm whales spent most of their bottom time within one or two depth bands, apparently feeding in vertically stratified prey layers. Creak rates were highest during the bottom phase: 99.8% of creaks were produced in the deepest 50% of dives, 57% in the deepest 15% of dives. Whales swam actively during the bottom phase, producing a mean of 12.5 depth inflections per dive. A mean of 32% of creaks produced during the bottom phase occurred within 10 s of an inflection (13 x more than chance). Sperm whales actively altered their body orientation throughout the bottom phase with significantly ...
http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/271/1554/2239
Molecular genetic study of the beluga (Delphinapterus leucas: Cetacea, Monodontidae) summering in the southern Sea of Okhotsk...Molecular genetic study of the beluga (Delphinapterus leucas: Cetacea, Monodontidae) summering in the southern Sea of Okhotsk...
Read Molecular genetic study of the beluga (Delphinapterus leucas: Cetacea, Monodontidae) summering in the southern Sea of Okhotsk as compared to North American populations, Russian Journal of Genetics on DeepDyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips.
https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer_journal/molecular-genetic-study-of-the-beluga-delphinapterus-leucas-cetacea-WUHOMvanEC
Dolphin virus turns up in four dead whales in US - The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real EstateDolphin virus turns up in four dead whales in US - The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate
But it is too early to know whether cetacean morbillivirus killed three humpback whales and one pygmy sperm whale that have stranded since July 1 between the U.S. states of Massachusetts and Georgia, said Teri Rowles, director of the marine mammal health and stranding response program for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations fisheries service. A fourth humpback whale was too decomposed to allow reliable testing and results are not yet available on two other pygmy sperm whales, she said.. The humpback population has rebounded, but the species is still listed as endangered.. There are too many unknowns right now, Rowles said. We would be concerned if indeed there is an outbreak of this virus in humpback whales causing clinical disease and mortality. Sometimes, she said, a marine population can carry a virus without it causing widespread harm.. There have been 14 humpback strandings - when dead or dying animals wash ashore - along the East Coast this year, double the six-year ...
http://www.ticotimes.net/2013/11/15/dolphin-virus-turns-up-in-four-dead-whales-in-us
Species at Risk Public Registry - Action Plan for Blue, Fin, Sei and North Pacific Right Whales (Balaenoptera musculus, B....Species at Risk Public Registry - Action Plan for Blue, Fin, Sei and North Pacific Right Whales (Balaenoptera musculus, B....
This action plan addresses the entire set of populations of Blue, Fin, Sei and North Pacific Right Whales (Balaenoptera musculus, B. physalus, B. borealis, and Eubalaena japonica) in Canadian Pacific waters. It identifies recovery measures to implement the broad goals and objectives outlined in the Recovery Strategy for Blue, Fin and Sei Whales in Pacific Canadian Waters (Gregr et al. 2006), and the Recovery Strategy for North Pacific Right Whales (DFO 2011). All four species are being considered together because of their similar geographic distribution, common threats to survival, and the efficiency of integrating activities and resources required for recovery.
http://www.sararegistry.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=86206F3A-1
Crew Saves Entangled Humpback Whale From A Great White Shark • Capital WiredCrew Saves Entangled Humpback Whale From A Great White Shark • Capital Wired
The rope was wrapped several times around the tail of the whale and it was also lodged in its mouth. The whale was very exposed and vulnerable in front of the shark. It seems that before the Marine Animal Entanglement Response crew from the Center for Coastal Studies arrived at the scene the whale was pretty badly injured on its left flank. The shark that attacked it was 15-foot-long.. When they discovered the whale the research team was studying the gases which humpback whales exhale. The whale was quite young and it was discovered on Stellwagen Bank which is a popular place where whales come to feed. It is five miles north of Provincetown.. Dr. Jooke Robbins, director of Humpback Whale Research at the Center for Coastal Studies said that when she first saw the whale floating with its back at the surface she thought that it was just resting. She also remarked:. ...
http://www.capitalwired.com/crew-saves-entangled-humpback-whale-from-a-great-white-shark/29373/
A Global Assessment of Gold, Titanium, Strontium and Barium Pollution Using Sperm Whales (Physeter Macrocephalus) As an...A Global Assessment of Gold, Titanium, Strontium and Barium Pollution Using Sperm Whales (Physeter Macrocephalus) As an...
A Global Assessment of Gold, Titanium, Strontium and Barium Pollution Using Sperm Whales (Physeter Macrocephalus) As an Indicator Species Abstract.
https://www.omicsonline.org/peer-reviewed/a-global-assessment-of-gold-titanium-strontium-and-barium-pollution-using-sperm-whales-physeter-macrocephalus-as-an-indicator-spe-918.html
Journey North: Gray and Northern Right Whale UpdatesJourney North: Gray and Northern Right Whale Updates
Grade Two Orcas live in the north Pacific and Atlantic oceans and the cold Antarctic seas. They like colder water. They do not really migrate like other whales. They follow food. They sometimes swim past Port Alice. It is exciting when they show up. Killer Whales (orca) are toothed whales. They are called Killer Whales because their powerful mouth can eat other animals. They eat porpoises, seals, walruses, salmon, and other kinds of small fish. They eat one fish at a time and swallow them whole. Sometimes Killer Whales will attack newborn whales or whales bigger than themselves. They eat nearly a ton of food a day. Orcas live and hunt in pods or family groups. When they are hunting and find a school of fish they make a clicking sound like a squeaky door. Orcas can send out sounds strong enough to stun fish. Killer Whales have the longest dorsal fin of all whales. It helps them keep steady in the water. They are good divers. When they go under the water they close their blow hole, when they ...
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/1997/critters/gwhale/OrcaStudent.html
Satellites Help Save the Whales ? » Marine MammalsSatellites Help Save the Whales ? » Marine Mammals
NBC News republished the following article by Kacey Demer, which is entitled How Satellites Might help save the Whales and which was originally published on Live Science:. First drones, and now satellites are allowing scientists to spy on whales - for research, that is.. Though they are massive animals, whale populations are difficult to monitor, according to researchers. Drones have been used to capture footage of whales, and now scientists are turning to even higher-flying help. Researchers in Australia are using satellite imagery to track local humpback whale populations, reported the Australian Broadcasting Corp. (ABC).. Humpback whales were considered an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. However, the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service lifted the whales endangered status last year as a result of successful conservation efforts. But despite this success, the migratory whales are difficult to track, and many population estimates are largely speculative, ...
http://thecre.com/newipd/2017/02/09/satellites-help-save-the-whales/
Whales | Smithsonian OceanWhales | Smithsonian Ocean
The first recorded cetacean in captivity was a beluga whale that lived in the Boston Aquarial and Zoological Gardens (PDF) in 1861. Later that year, P.T. Barnum (the eventual founder of the Barnum and Bailey Circus) displayed two beluga whales in the basement of his New York City American Museum (not the American Museum of Natural History), followed by at least nine whales that lived and died while on display by Barnum between 1861 and 1865. Throughout the 1870s several aquariums in the United States and in Europe began to showcase particular whale species, such as beluga whales and oceanic dolphins, though few were able to keep them alive for very long. In 1938, Floridas Marine Studios, initially built as a film location for underwater productions, was quickly reinvented into a tourist attraction once the owners discovered the dolphins theatrical talents. It wasnt until the 1950s and 60s that people realized dolphins could be trained to perform elaborate tricks and routines. The U.S. Navy ...
https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/marine-mammals/whales
Whale Info - Whales.netWhale Info - Whales.net
Humpback whales are mid-sized baleen whales that frequent our area in the summer months. They get their name Humpback from a small hump on their back located just in front of their small dorsal fin. These whales have a black body with white flippers (pectoral fins). These flippers are the longest of any whale, reaching up to 15 feet. This can be a third of the whales body length! The underside of the flukes (tail) vary in color from all white to all black with everything in between. These color patterns are unique to each whale, and allow scientists to identify individuals and keep track of them. Humpbacks also have a number of bumps on their heads, called tubercles, each containing one hair. Scientists believe the whales use these hairs as a sensory device. They have anywhere from 270-400 baleen plates on each side of their mouth ...
https://www.whales.net/whale-info/
The Great Whale Trail | Greenpeace InternationalThe Great Whale Trail | Greenpeace International
The Great Whale Trail is a collaboration between Greenpeace and scientists working on humpback whales in the South Pacific.. With financial support from Greenpeace, humpback whales have been tagged by the Cook Islands Whale Research and Opération Cétacés (New Caledonia). The whales are now being tracked via satellite as they migrate from breeding and calving areas in the tropical South Pacific to the feeding grounds of the Southern Ocean.. Check out the early results. This project will produce important information on the movements and migratory destinations of humpback whales from small, unrecovered populations off Rarotonga (Cook Islands) and New Caledonia.. Greenpeace is communicating this critical non-lethal scientific research to the wider public as part of their campaign against Japans unnecessary lethal research in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary.. On their journey, the humpbacks, like hundreds of thousands of other whales, face a range of threats including ship strikes, ...
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/oceans/fit-for-the-future/whaling/great-whale-trail/?page=2
Whale advocates condemn start of Norwegian hunt - EIA InternationalWhale advocates condemn start of Norwegian hunt - EIA International
Increased whaling numbers contrary to scientific and international decisions. WASHINGTON, DC: A coalition of international whale protection organisations today strongly condemned the start of Norways 2017 whaling season, which began on April 1.. The coalition believes the hunt could result in the cruel slaughter of up to 999 minke whales, a self-allocated quota more than 100 higher than that set by the Norwegian Government in 2016. In addition, 90 percent of the minke whales hunted by Norways whaling industry are females and almost all of them are pregnant, effectively nearly doubling the actual death toll and seriously impacting future generations of the species.. The increased quota comes as domestic demand for whale meat has flagged and international exports of Norwegian whale products have escalated, in contravention of global bans on both commercial whaling and international trade in whale products.. This years whaling quota, which is not authorised by the International Whaling ...
https://eia-international.org/whale-advocates-condemn-start-norwegian-whale-hunt
Hervey Bay Whales 3938 | This has no cropping..... The whale… | FlickrHervey Bay Whales 3938 | This has no cropping..... The whale… | Flickr
This has no cropping..... The whale was that close.....a great experience.... The Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a baleen whale. One of the larger rorqual species, adults range in length from 12-16 metres (40-50 ft) and weigh approximately 36,000 kilograms (79,000 lb). The Humpback has a distinctive body shape, with unusually long pectoral fins and a knobbly head. It is an acrobatic animal, often breaching and slapping the water. Males produce a complex whale song, which lasts for 10 to 20 minutes and is repeated for hours at a time. The purpose of the song is not yet clear, although it appears to have a role in mating. Found in oceans and seas around the world, Humpback Whales typically migrate up to 25,000 kilometres each year. Humpbacks feed only in summer, in polar waters, and migrate to tropical or sub-tropical waters to breed and give birth in the winter. During the winter, Humpbacks fast and live off their fat reserves. The species diet consists mostly of krill and small fish.
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Whale vocalization - WikipediaWhale vocalization - Wikipedia
Two groups of whales, the humpback whale and the subspecies of blue whale found in the Indian Ocean, are known to produce a series of repetitious sounds at varying frequencies known as whale song. Marine biologist Philip Clapham describes the song as probably the most complex in the animal kingdom.[24]. Male humpback whales perform these vocalizations often during the mating season, and so it is believed the purpose of songs is to aid mate selection.[8] Whether the songs are a competitive behavior between males seeking the same mate, a means of defining territory, or a flirting behavior from a male to a female is not known and the subject of ongoing research.[citation needed] Males have been observed singing while simultaneously acting as an escort whale in the immediate vicinity of a female. Singing has also been recorded in competitive groups of whales that are composed of one female and multiple males.[citation needed]. Interest in whale song was aroused by researchers Roger Payne and ...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale_song
Whales as Ecosystem Engineers | UVM Today | The University of VermontWhales as Ecosystem Engineers | UVM Today | The University of Vermont
The continued recovery of great whales may help to buffer marine ecosystems from destabilizing stresses, the team of scientists writes. This recovered role may be especially important as climate change threatens ocean ecosystems with rising temperatures and acidification. As long-lived species, they enhance the predictability and stability of marine ecosystems, Roman said. Baleen and sperm whales, known collectively as the great whales, include the largest animals to have ever lived on Earth. With huge metabolic demands - and large populations before humans started hunting them - great whales are the oceans ecosystem engineers: they eat many fish and invertebrates, are themselves prey to other predators like killer whales, and distribute nutrients through the water. Even their carcasses, dropping to the seafloor, provide habitat for many species that only exist on these whale falls. Commercial whaling dramatically reduced the biomass and abundance of great whales.. As humpbacks, gray ...
https://www.uvm.edu/uvmnews/news/whales-ecosystem-engineers
MARMAM] Request for right whale and humpback whale morphometric and body condition data from strandings/carcasses/catchesMARMAM] Request for right whale and humpback whale morphometric and body condition data from strandings/carcasses/catches
Dear colleagues, As part of a larger bioenergetic study on baleen whales, I am looking for data on right whale and humpback whale morphometrics and body condition from carcasses (strandings, commercial/scientific catches, and similar). I am interested in data from all age classes (adult, juvenile, calves). Knowing that detailed data on these two species is quite scarce, I am looking for any of the following information (I am obviously not expecting to find all this information from the same animals): Morphometrics: -Body length (as well as distance between different body parts) -Girth (or half girth) (single or multiple sites) -Blubber thickness (single or multiple sites) -Total body weight -Blubber weight -Muscle weight -Visceral fat weight -Bone weight -Weight of other internal organs (heart, kidney, liver) -Stomach size/volume Chemical composition: -Blubber lipid concentration (total lipids, protein and water) -Muscle lipid concentration -Visceral fat lipid concentration -Bone lipid ...
https://lists.uvic.ca/pipermail/marmam/2015-April/006738.html
KEGG PATHWAY: Proteoglycans in cancer - Balaenoptera acutorostrata scammoni (minke whale)KEGG PATHWAY: Proteoglycans in cancer - Balaenoptera acutorostrata scammoni (minke whale)
Many proteoglycans (PGs) in the tumor microenvironment have been shown to be key macromolecules that contribute to biology of various types of cancer including proliferation, adhesion, angiogenesis and metastasis, affecting tumor progress. The four main types of proteoglycans include hyaluronan (HA), which does not occur as a PG but in free form, heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs), chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs), dematan sulfate proteoglycans (DSPG) and keratan sulfate proteoglycans (KSPGs) [BR:00535]. Among these proteoglycans such as HA, acting with CD44, promotes tumor cell growth and migration, whereas other proteoglycans such as syndecans (-1~-4), glypican (-1, -3) and perlecan may interact with growth factors, cytokines, morphogens and enzymes through HS chains [BR: 00536], also leading to tumor growth and invasion. In contrast, some of the small leucine-rich proteolgycans, such as decorin and lumican, can function as tumor repressors, and modulate the signaling pathways by ...
https://www.kegg.jp/kegg-bin/show_pathway?bacu05205+103020914
CREBBP - Histone acetyltransferase - Delphinapterus leucas (Beluga whale) - CREBBP gene & proteinCREBBP - Histone acetyltransferase - Delphinapterus leucas (Beluga whale) - CREBBP gene & protein
p>The checksum is a form of redundancy check that is calculated from the sequence. It is useful for tracking sequence updates.,/p> ,p>It should be noted that while, in theory, two different sequences could have the same checksum value, the likelihood that this would happen is extremely low.,/p> ,p>However UniProtKB may contain entries with identical sequences in case of multiple genes (paralogs).,/p> ,p>The checksum is computed as the sequence 64-bit Cyclic Redundancy Check value (CRC64) using the generator polynomial: x,sup>64,/sup> + x,sup>4,/sup> + x,sup>3,/sup> + x + 1. The algorithm is described in the ISO 3309 standard. ,/p> ,p class=publication>Press W.H., Flannery B.P., Teukolsky S.A. and Vetterling W.T.,br /> ,strong>Cyclic redundancy and other checksums,/strong>,br /> ,a href=http://www.nrbook.com/b/bookcpdf.php>Numerical recipes in C 2nd ed., pp896-902, Cambridge University Press (1993),/a>),/p> Checksum:i ...
https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/A0A2Y9PZ76
Identifying Beaked Whale Foraging Habitat In The Tongue Of The Ocean, Bahamas - RedorbitIdentifying Beaked Whale Foraging Habitat In The Tongue Of The Ocean, Bahamas - Redorbit
In a recent study to be published on April 27, 2011, in the peer-reviewed open-access journal PLoS ONE, Dr. Elliott Hazen and colleagues found that oceanographic and prey measurements can be used to identify beaked whale foraging habitat. The research team from Duke University, Woods Hole, and the Naval Undersea Warfare Center listened for foraging beaked whales and measured ocean features and distributions of prey off the east coast of Andross Island in the Bahamas.. Their manuscript provides evidence that these difficult to study deep-diving creatures use specific ocean features such as salinity and temperature to find their prey. This is the first study describing their distribution and feeding habitat relative to ocean features Blainevilles beaked whales regularly dive over 1000 meters for over an hour in search of prey which varies from 400-1000 meters. The shy and elusive toothed whales feed primarily on fish and squid in the oceans deep scattering layer, an important prey resource for ...
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/2037907/identifying_beaked_whale_foraging_habitat_in_the_tongue_of_the/
World Cetacea Database - Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758World Cetacea Database - Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758
Importance Head of the sperm whale contains 3-4 tons of spermaceti, a substance valued as a lubricant for fine machinery and a component of automatic transmission fluid. It is also used in making ointments and fine, smokeless candles (once it solidifies into a white wax upon exposure to air). The sperm whale has also been a target of commercial whaling in years gone by, in areas around the world. The meat of the whale was not generally consumed, except in Japan. Instead, spermaceti was extracted from the head, and the teeth were often used as a medium for the artistic form of engraving and carving known as scrimshaw. The most important product obtained from sperm whales is the oil, once used as fuel for lamps and now used as a lubricant and as the base for skin creams and cosmetics. A gummy substance called ambergris forms in the large intestines of sperm whales and can be found floating on the surface of the water or washed ashore once it is expelled. It was once believed to have medicinal ...
http://www.marinespecies.org/cetacea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137119
sound reception pathway | CSI Computerized Scanning and Imaging Facilitysound reception pathway | CSI Computerized Scanning and Imaging Facility
ShareThis[1431] Yamato, M., D. R. Ketten, J. J. Arruda, S. R. Cramer, and K. Moore, The auditory anatomy of the Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata): Insights into potential sound reception pathways in a baleen whale, 19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, vol. Abstracts, Tampa, FL, Society for Marine Mammology, pp. 319, 11/2011. Get PDF: Abstract.pdf (format PDF / 162 KB) Ken Norris first described a potential mandibular sound reception pathway in odontocetes in 1964. To date, sound reception paths in mysticetes remain unknown. To understand hearing mechanisms in baleen whales, a thorough examination of their auditory anatomy is required. This study combines classical dissection with biomed1cal imaging techniques such as X-ray, computerized tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRl) to describe the anatomy of the minke whale head with a focus on the ear region. Six individuals have been examined to date ...
https://csi.whoi.edu/taxonomy/term/778/index.html
tympanic membrane | CSI Computerized Scanning and Imaging Facilitytympanic membrane | CSI Computerized Scanning and Imaging Facility
ShareThis[1431] Yamato, M., D. R. Ketten, J. J. Arruda, S. R. Cramer, and K. Moore, The auditory anatomy of the Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata): Insights into potential sound reception pathways in a baleen whale, 19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, vol. Abstracts, Tampa, FL, Society for Marine Mammology, pp. 319, 11/2011. Get PDF: Abstract.pdf (format PDF / 162 KB) Ken Norris first described a potential mandibular sound reception pathway in odontocetes in 1964. To date, sound reception paths in mysticetes remain unknown. To understand hearing mechanisms in baleen whales, a thorough examination of their auditory anatomy is required. This study combines classical dissection with biomed1cal imaging techniques such as X-ray, computerized tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRl) to describe the anatomy of the minke whale head with a focus on the ear region. Six individuals have been examined to date ...
http://csi.whoi.edu/taxonomy/term/3155/all
WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758
Importance Head of the sperm whale contains 3-4 tons of spermaceti, a substance valued as a lubricant for fine machinery and a component of automatic transmission fluid. It is also used in making ointments and fine, smokeless candles (once it solidifies into a white wax upon exposure to air). The sperm whale has also been a target of commercial whaling in years gone by, in areas around the world. The meat of the whale was not generally consumed, except in Japan. Instead, spermaceti was extracted from the head, and the teeth were often used as a medium for the artistic form of engraving and carving known as scrimshaw. The most important product obtained from sperm whales is the oil, once used as fuel for lamps and now used as a lubricant and as the base for skin creams and cosmetics. A gummy substance called ambergris forms in the large intestines of sperm whales and can be found floating on the surface of the water or washed ashore once it is expelled. It was once believed to have medicinal ...
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137119&sortby=alpha
SightingsSightings
Catch, document and release largemouth bass over eight pounds. This incentive-based conservation program helps biologists evaluate and enhance trophy bass fisheries.. Lionfish Reporting. Report lionfish sightings or harvest via our Report Florida Lionfish app or webpage.. Manatees - Tagged, Injured, Sick or Dead. Notify the FWC if you see a sick, injured, dead or tagged manatee.. Mink Sightings. Report mink sightings in Florida.. Northern Bobwhite Quail Sightings. Report Northern Bobwhite quail sightings. Nuisance Wildlife. Resources for reporting sightings of nuisance wildlife in Florida, such as snakes, bears and rabid animals.. Panther Sighting Registry. Report Florida panther sightings.. Rare Bird Registry. Help report Floridas rare upland birds.. Rare Snakes Registry. Help report Floridas rare upland snakes.. Right Whale Sightings. What to do if you see a North Atlantic right whale.. Sea Turtle - Injured or Dead. Find out who to call if you find a dead, sick or injured sea ...
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Beluga whale dies at SeaWorld Orlando shortly after birth - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort LauderdaleBeluga whale dies at SeaWorld Orlando shortly after birth - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - SeaWorld Orlando says a beluga whale died shortly after it was born at the theme park and an investigation has begun into the cause of death.. The Orlando Sentinel reports that theme park officials say the calf was born this past week but was unusually weak and rose to the surface briefly before sinking to the bottom of a pool. Its mother was 17-year-old Whisper, who has lived at SeaWorld Orlando since 2010.. SeaWorld said animal care teams tried to revive the calf but were unable to save it. The cause of the newborn whales death is unclear.. Park officials say they will run a full post-mortem examination, which could take several weeks before results are finalized. They also say Whispers pregnancy appeared normal.. Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.. ...
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Quantitative computed tomography of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mandibles : mechanical implications for rorqual...Quantitative computed tomography of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mandibles : mechanical implications for rorqual...
Rorqual whales (Balaenopteridae) lunge at high speed with mouth open to nearly 90 degrees in order to engulf large volumes of prey-laden water. This feeding process is enabled by extremely large skulls and mandibles that increase mouth area, thereby facilitating the flux of water into the mouth. When these mandibles are lowered during lunge-feeding, they are exposed to high drag and therefore may be subject to significant bending forces. We hypothesized that these mandibles exhibited a mechanical design (shape and density distribution) that enables these bones to accommodate high loads during lunge-feeding without exceeding their breaking strength. We used quantitative computed tomography (QCT) to determine the three-dimensional geometry and density distribution of a pair of sub-adult humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mandibles (length = 2.10 m). QCT data indicated highest bone density and crosssectional area, and therefore high resistance to bending and deflection, from the coronoid ...
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Scientists Tag Humpback Whales in Southeast Pacific | NewsdeskScientists Tag Humpback Whales in Southeast Pacific | Newsdesk
Whales from both poles migrate long distances to breed in tropical waters. Smithsonian scientist Hector M. Guzman and Fernando Félix at the Salinas Whale Museum in Ecuador tagged 47 humpbacks with satellite transmitters to understand how the humpbacks Southeastern Pacific population moves within breeding areas.. Our work fills an informational void: weve known these whales move between feeding areas and breeding areas, but we hadnt characterized their movements, and we couldnt exactly pinpoint the range of the breeding area, said Guzman, marine ecologist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama. Now we know that individuals move between countries within the breeding season and that their entire breeding area extends approximately 2,600 kilometers of non-straight coastline from Costa Rica to Peru.. For years, scientists have identified individual humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) based on their unique fluke and dorsal fin patterns. In this study funded by ...
https://newsdesk.si.edu/releases/scientists-tag-humpback-whales-southeast-pacific
Technical Report | Tracking North Pacific Humpback Whales To Unravel Their Basin-Wide Movements | ID: z890s0924 |...Technical Report | Tracking North Pacific Humpback Whales To Unravel Their Basin-Wide Movements | ID: z890s0924 |...
In 2014, Oregon State University (OSU) initiated a multi-year project to study humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) migrations in the North Pacific Ocean using satellite tracking technology in combination with genetic and photo-identification (photo-ID) analyses. The study is highly relevant to management, given the need for new information arising from the recent separation of humpback whales into Distinct Population Segments (DPS) for listing under the US Endangered Species Act, including four DPSs in the North Pacific (Western North Pacific, Hawaii, Mexico, and Central America) with different conservation statuses. The projects objective was to conduct a comprehensive characterization of humpback whale movements during breeding, migration, and feeding periods by tagging animals in both a feeding area (southeastern Alaska) and a breeding area (Hawaii). In order to obtain representative results, the sampling plan called for two field efforts at each site, with Pacific Life ...
https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/z890s0924
The Whale Shark by Phillip Krieg on PreziThe Whale Shark by Phillip Krieg on Prezi
They have been seen around the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, the Eastern Pacific Islands of the Northern Galapagos, Malpelo, Cocos, the Revilligigedo Islands, the Sea of Cortez, Hawaii, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, the Maldives, the Seychelles, western Australia at Ningaloo Reef, the east coast of South Africa, Mozambique, Kenya, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, Comores Islands and along the coast lines of Madagascar. Habitat Interactions With Other Species Whale Sharks are not know to interact with other animals in the ocean but do infact interact with humans. Whale Sharks do not pose as a danger to humans. Many Whale Sharks have been aproached, examined and even ridden by humans Predator Vs Prey Predators: Humans are the main predators of Whale Sharks, also the remains of young have been found in the stomachs of Blue Sharks and Marlins. It is also believed that Orcas, (Killer Whales) may attack Whale Sharks ...
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A Tale of Two Skeletons: Rearticulating Whale Bones from Glacier Bay (U.S. National Park Service)A Tale of Two Skeletons: Rearticulating Whale Bones from Glacier Bay (U.S. National Park Service)
When a dead whale washes up on a beach in a national park, it is definitely not cause for celebration. On the contrary, there is anguish, worry, and a flurry of activity to investigate, especially if mortality may have been caused by human factors. On the bright side, people are fascinated by whales, thus a stranding provides a rare opportunity for a close look at a wild, ocean-dwelling animal whose body can usually only be glimpsed as it surfaces for air. A dead whale is also a treasure trove of biological information, especially in the case of identified individuals whose life history is known.. In this project, supported by a Coastal Marine Grant administered by the National Park Foundation, we learned that by preparing two spectacular and beautiful whale skeletons for display, it is possible to turn the tragic death of a magnificent animal into an inspiring educational opportunity. This is a story of two whales: an adult female humpback whale known as Snow whose Tlingit name is Tsalxaan ...
https://www.nps.gov/articles/aps-15-1-7.htm
Seaworld Orlando death mystery as newborn beluga whale dies in unexplained circumstances at the controversial theme parkSeaworld Orlando death mystery as newborn beluga whale dies in unexplained circumstances at the controversial theme park
A BABY beluga whale tragically died shortly after birth at SeaWorld Orlando sparking an investigation into the cause of the death.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3985076/seaworld-orlando-beluga-whale-death-mystery/
Aerial of a Gathering of Beluga Whales with Birds Flying Overhead Photographic Print by Norbert Rosing at AllPosters.comAerial of a Gathering of Beluga Whales with Birds Flying Overhead Photographic Print by Norbert Rosing at AllPosters.com
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Cetacea - WikipediaCetacea - Wikipedia
Whaling is the practice of hunting whales, mainly baleen and sperm whales. This activity has gone on since the Stone Age. In the Middle Ages, reasons for whaling included their meat, oil usable as fuel and the jawbone, which was used in house construction. At the end of the Middle Ages, early whaling fleets aimed at baleen whales, such as bowheads. In the 16th and 17th centuries, the Dutch fleet had about 300 whaling ships with 18,000 crewmen. In the 18th and 19th centuries, baleen whales especially were hunted for their baleen, which was used as a replacement for wood, or in products requiring strength and flexibility such as corsets and crinoline skirts. In addition, the spermaceti found in the sperm whale was used as a machine lubricant and the ambergris as a material for pharmaceutical and perfume industries. In the second half of the 19th century, the explosive harpoon was invented, leading to a massive increase in the catch size. Large ships were used as mother ships for the whale ...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetacea
Stunning Life-Size Photos Capture Close Encounters With Whales | WIREDStunning Life-Size Photos Capture Close Encounters With Whales | WIRED
Few people are lucky enough to have had a quiet underwater encounter with a whale. For the rest of us, there are photos like these: Life-size composites of sperm, humpback and minke whales, captured from less than 6 feet away. The full-sized prints (and the smaller digital versions in this gallery) bring our enormous marine kindred into a nearly tactile reality, revealing the seemingly tiny folds around a whales inquisitive eye, the crustaceans adhering to a whales skin, or the color variations that make individual whales beautiful and distinct.
https://www.wired.com/2013/06/life-size-images-of-whales/
Animal worshipAnimal worship
... maori name for southern right whales) a whale many centuries before. The whale features in Inuit creation myths. When 'Big ... In some lore, whales have been told to work for Ryūgū-jō as well. Indigenous Ainu tribes on Hokkaido refereed killer whales as ... In Icelandic legend a man threw a stone at a fin whale and hit the blowhole, causing the whale to burst. The man was told not ... "Thousands Mourn Dead Whale in Vietnam". Discovery News. Retrieved 15 April 2011. "Funeral for a Whale held at Apam". Ghana News ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_worship
BruhathkayosaurusBruhathkayosaurus
If the size estimates for Bruhathkayosaurus are accurate it would be similar in size to the Blue Whale. Mature Blue Whales can ... J. Calambokidis & G. Steiger (1998). Blue Whales. Voyageur Press. ISBN 0-89658-338-4. "What is the biggest animal ever to exist ... Wedel, M. "SV-POW! showdown: sauropods vs whales." [Weblog entry.] Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week. 20 May 2008. Accessed ... reach 30 m (98 ft) in length, which is a little shorter than Bruhathkayosaurus, but the record-holder Blue Whale weighed in at ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruhathkayosaurus
Jetty RaeJetty Rae
Whales, Tim. "Jetty Rae - Queen Of The Universe - Audio". Emerging Indie Bands. Retrieved 14 December 2016. Buddy, Indie. " ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jetty_Rae
Alfaguara projectAlfaguara project
Other species such as fin whales, sei whales, and southern minke whales are also confirmed in the area. Possibly, the region is ... "PWF ASSISTS WITH STUDY OF BLUE WHALES IN CHILE". Pacific Whale Foundation. Retrieved 2012-04-01. "Blue Whale". Annual Report ... Whales may be sighted from the shore. Boat-based whale watching is limited by the weather conditions and type of vessel ... It looks for ways to use whales in Chilean waters and preserve the marine ecosystem that do not involve killing the whales. It ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfaguara_project
MegafaunaMegafauna
The sperm whale, the largest toothed whale and toothed predator, has the biggest brain. The orca, the largest dolphin and pack ... The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is the largest baleen whale and the largest animal that has ever lived, at 30 metres (98 ... The sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) is the largest toothed whale, as well as the planet's loudest and brainiest animal ( ... serpentine whale that differed from modern whales in many respects and was not ancestral to them. Following this, the evolution ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megafauna
VertebraVertebra
ISBN 0-07-290956-0. "Beluga Whale". Yellowmagpie.com. 2012-06-27. Retrieved 2012-08-12. "About Whales". Whalesalive.org.au. ... In the whale the cervical vertebrae are typically fused, an adaptation trading flexibility for stability during swimming. All ... This includes seemingly unlikely animals such as the giraffe, the camel, and the blue whale, for example. Birds usually have ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertebra
Carl Anton LarsenCarl Anton Larsen
On Christmas Eve, 1904, he produced the first whale oil of the season in the newly built whaling station of Grytviken. With ... Captain Carl Anton Larsen Whaling Ship C A Larsen Whaling stations of Grytviken, Leith Harbor, and Stromness Harbor Exploration ... The Norwegian whale factory ship C.A. Larsen was named after him. Carl Anton Larsen was born in Østre Halsen, Tjolling, the son ... This would turn out to be a stroke of luck for the young Larsen as he soon decided to go on his first whaling experience, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Anton_Larsen
Little Barrier IslandLittle Barrier Island
Bryde's whales, Orcas and Bottlenose dolphins live in the waters around the island. Blue whale and Southern right whales rest ... "Rare whale sighting off Auckland coast". 3news.co.nz. Tony and Jenny Enderby. "New Zealand marine life". newzealandmarinelife. ... "Blue Whales". Archived from the original on 12 March 2011. "Newsletter, Issue 26th November 2011" (PDF). Hauturu, Little ... In 2012, there were reports that a southern right whale may have calved near the island. Several small rodents were likely ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Barrier_Island
SmeerenburgSmeerenburg
In 1623 two Basque ships employed by the Danes arrived at Smeerenburg and began taking whaling gear from the Danish huts before ... During this time there were as many as 200 men working ashore, boiling blubber into oil, flensing whales, and coopering casks ... During the first intensive phase of the Spitsbergen whale fishery, Smeerenburg served as the centre of operations in the north ... The name Smeerenburg, in Dutch, literally means "blubber town"). The image at right shows the concretized remnants of whale oil ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smeerenburg
Puget SoundPuget Sound
"Killer Whales". Encyclopedia of Puget Sound. Retrieved 6 August 2014. "Salmonids". Encyclopedia of Puget Sound. Retrieved 6 ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puget_Sound
SkeletonSkeleton
ISBN 0-03-056747-5. "Beluga Whale". Yellowmagpie.com. 2012-06-27. Retrieved 2013-08-12. "About Whales". Whalesalive.org.au. ... To facilitate the movement of marine mammals in water, the hind legs were either lost altogether, as in the whales and manatees ... or united in a single tail fin as in the pinnipeds (seals). In the whale, the cervical vertebrae are typically fused, an ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeleton
NarwhalNarwhal
"Narwhal Whale Tusk". Narwhal Whales. Retrieved 10 July 2013. Carwardine, Mark (1995). DK Handbooks: Whales Dolphins and ... It is one of two living species of whale in the Monodontidae family, along with the beluga whale. The narwhal males are ... Narwhals are medium-sized whales, and are around the same size as beluga whales. Total length in both sexes, excluding the tusk ... Heide-Jørgensen, M. P. & Laidre, K. L. (2006). Greenland's Winter Whales: The beluga, the narwhal and the bowhead whale. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narwhal
Transitional fossilTransitional fossil
The cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) are marine mammal descendants of land mammals. The pakicetids are an extinct ... "Whales Tohorā". Wellington, New Zealand: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 2015-05-19. Hutchinson, John R. (22 ... Thewissen, J. G. M.; Bajpai, Sunil (December 2001). "Whale Origins as a Poster Child for Macroevolution" (PDF). BioScience. ... Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy (21 December 2007). "Whales Descended From Tiny Deer-like ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transitional_fossil
Timeline of paleontology in MichiganTimeline of paleontology in Michigan
Sperm Whale", p. 212. Holman, J. Alan; Fisher, Daniel C.; Kapp, Ronald O. (September 22, 2003). "Recent discoveries of fossil ... Wilson (1967); "Whales", p. 212. Wilson (1967); "Cervus canadensis Erxleben. Elk", p. 215. Wilson (1967); "Balaenoptera sp. ... 1930 Hussey publish the first scientific paper on the Michiganian whale fossils curated by the University of Michigan Museum of ... Handley also reported the discovery of sperm whale ribs and a vertebra from Lenawee County. 1961 August: Larry Kickels ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_paleontology_in_Michigan
Bellum Entertainment GroupBellum Entertainment Group
Are whales fish? Do dogs sweat? Questions and clues are presented, giving viewers a chance to guess the right answers. Unsealed ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellum_Entertainment_Group
Noosa National ParkNoosa National Park
Headlands in the park are a popular place to watch migrating humpback whales. An oceanway runs from the Noosa River mouth along ... ISBN 978-1-74117-245-4. Phil Hammond (29 June 2007). "Whales' northern exposure". The Courier-Mail. Queensland Newspapers. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noosa_National_Park
Emiliano GironEmiliano Giron
Since 2004 he played with the team Chinatrust Whales from the Chinese Professional Baseball League, debuting with a six innings ... Huang, Paul (7 June 2005). "Whales reach milestone". Taipei Times. Retrieved 8 December 2017. "Princeton Rays Baseball News- ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emiliano_Giron
Johan BrydeJohan Bryde
"Whaling in Durban". fad.co.za. Retrieved July 15, 2016. Allan Jackson (January 2005). "Whaling in Durban". Facts About Durban. ... "Bryde's Whale, Balaenoptera edeni". us.whales.org. Retrieved August 1, 2017. Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Sandefjord". Store ... He helped establish the first modern whaling station in the country of South Africa. The Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei) is ... Their company was named 'The South African Whaling Company'. From 1908 Bryde managed whaling out of Southern Africa. In 1909, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Bryde
Corcovado National ParkCorcovado National Park
... and smaller cetaceans such as false killer whales and killer whales are seasonal residents/migrants to these areas. Whale ... Other baleen whales also migrate through the area such as Bryde's whale. Dolphins such as spinner and rough-toothed, ... False Killer Whales. Costa Rica Scuba.com. Retrieved on August 25, 2017 ANNIE. 2012. Orca Whales. Costa Rica Scuba.com. ... These coasts, such as at Drake Bay, are wintering and breeding grounds for the humpback whales that come each winter. Ballena ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corcovado_National_Park
Extremes on EarthExtremes on Earth
"Bay of Whales , former bay, Antarctica". Encyclopædia Britannica. United States National Climatic Data Center AWOW Top List ... is the southernmost point of ocean while the southernmost open sea is nearby Bay of Whales at 78°30'S, at the edge of Ross Ice ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremes_on_Earth
Kae and LongopoaKae and Longopoa
She got pregnant and bore a twin, who were named Tonga and Tununga-tofuaʻa (tofuaʻa: whale). They were whales. Sinilau spoke: " ... He left the whales in shallow water and sped to Haʻamea. He told his relatives what had happened, and then shouted out to all ... He would be allowed to ride on the back of Sinilau's twin whales. Sinilau's aunt had a daughter who one day ate a piece of ... Kae wisely hid for the night between two of the whales. The bird returned to its nest in the morning. While it was preening its ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kae_and_Longopoa
Kit KovacsKit Kovacs
"Satellite tagging of bowhead whales". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 2016-06-05. "Biopsy sampling whales". Norwegian ... she has been working on the satellite tagging of bowhead whales since 2010 and the biopsy sampling of whales since 2006. She ... Kit Kovacs is an marine mammal researcher, best known for her work on biology, conservation and management of whales and seals ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Kovacs
Largest organismsLargest organisms
Lives of Whales. Iwcoffice.org Blue Whale. The Marine Mammal Center North Pacific Right Whale , Marine education , Alaska Sea ... "Sei Whale Species Guide". Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC). Retrieved 2 March 2016. Bernd G. Würsig; J. G. M. Thewissen ( ... Since no scale can accommodate the whole body of a large whale, most whales have been weighed by parts. Table of heaviest ... Among animals, the largest species are all marine mammals, specifically whales. The blue whale is believed to be the largest ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_organisms
BalaenidaeBalaenidae
Southern right whale), and Balaena mysticetus (Bowhead whale). Bowhead and right whales can reach up to 18 meters in length and ... bowhead and right whales), Neobalaenidae (pygmy right whales), Eschirichtiidae (gray whales), and Balaenopteridae (rorquals). ... the North Atlantic right whale is the most critically endangered great whale. The Northern Pacific right whale is also ... bowhead whales and right whales)". Animal Diversity Web. Eubalaena glacialis (Müller, 1776) North Atlantic right whale, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balaenidae
HarpoonHarpoon
For then, more whales are close round you than you can possibly chase at one time. But sperm whales are not every day ... Although it was the invention of Foyn in the 1870s that modernized the whaling industry with regard to sperm whales, these ... Together with the steam-powered whale catcher, this development ushered in the modern age of commercial whaling. Euro-American ... designed a rocket-propelled harpoon for whaling in the 1820s. The shell was designed to explode on contact and impale the whale ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpoon
The Voyage of the OdysseyThe Voyage of the Odyssey
Clarke, Graham J. "Discovering Whales - The Sperm Whale". whales.org.au. Retrieved 17 April 2017. "PBS - The Voyage of the ... "Whales Reveal Man's Damaging Impact On Oceans". rense.com. Retrieved 17 April 2017. Foundation, Planet Ark Environmental. " ... As long-lived apex predators, Sperm whales represent a useful bioindicator of health in the marine ecosystem in a toxicological ... Sadly, these three processes also make Sperm whales, and other apex predators, at great risk from toxic pollution. As mammalian ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Voyage_of_the_Odyssey
Cabo Blanco Absolute Natural ReserveCabo Blanco Absolute Natural Reserve
Orca Whales. Costa Rica Scuba.com. Retrieved on August 25, 2017 Cabo Blanco Nature and Wildlife at Nicoya Peninsula Travel ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabo_Blanco_Absolute_Natural_Reserve
Cahuita National ParkCahuita National Park
Orca Whales. Costa Rica Scuba.com. Retrieved on August 25, 2017 Local District Website information on the park. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahuita_National_Park
Paleontology in MichiganPaleontology in Michigan
Interesting whale fossils were also discovered and described from Michigan around this time. In 1927 excavations for a new ... Sperm Whale", p. 212. Holman, J. Alan; Fisher, Daniel C.; Kapp, Ronald O. (September 22, 2003). "Recent discoveries of fossil ... Handley also reported the discovery of sperm whale ribs and a vertebra from Lenawee County. In August of 1961, Larry Kickels ... Wilson (1967); "Whales", p. 212. Wilson (1967); "Cervus canadensis Erxleben. Elk", p. 215. Wilson (1967); "Balaenoptera sp. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleontology_in_Michigan
Human-animal communicationHuman-animal communication
"Australia's whaling industry and whales, Twofold Bay - unique teamwork with killer whales". www.australia.gov.au. Retrieved ... Lilly's interest later shifted to whale song and the possibility of high intelligence in the brains of large whales, and Louis ... Clode, Danielle (2002). Killers in Eden : the true story of killer whales and their remarkable partnership with the whalers of ... "Dolphin Mental Abilities Paper". whales.org.au. Retrieved 2017-08-21. Reiss, Diana, and McCowan, Brenda (1993). "Spontaneous ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human–animal_communication
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Right WhalesRight Whales
... is among the most endangered of the worlds large whales with an estimated population of 350-400 individuals. ... Right Whales. The North Atlantic right whale, Eubalaena glacialis, is among the most endangered of the worlds large whales ... Right Whale Information. Learn about North Atlantic right whales and what to do if you spot one of these critically endangered ... and entangled whales and conduct research including photo identification and genetic sampling of right whales. Through the use ...
http://www.myfwc.com/research/wildlife/right-whales/
Welcome Home, Whales - Emagazine.comWelcome Home, Whales - Emagazine.com
What has brought the whales back, however, is still not entirely known. It may be part of a natural cycle in which the whales ... For the first time since whaling was outlawed in 1965, blue whales-the largest animals to have ever lived-have appeared in the ... Before the advent of whaling there were an estimated 200,000 blue whales across the globe-now there are just 2,000 off the west ... Before the advent of whaling there were an estimated 200,000 blue whales across the globe© lionelz.wordpress.com ...
https://emagazine.com/welcome-home-whales/
Births of endangered right whales reboundBirths of endangered right whales rebound
... Right whale #1612 and her calf 30 miles east of Wassaw Island on February 24. The ... This fin whale was spotted off the coast of Little St. Simons on Jan. 29. This marks the third year in a row that a fin whale ... Overall whale sightings were low this season with only 21 other whales seen besides the moms and their calves. Some years, ... Right whale aerial surveys will continue through March 31 in south Georgia and through April 15 near Savannah, but few whales ...
http://savannahnow.com/news/2013-03-19/births-endangered-right-whales-rebound
sperm whales articles - Encyclopedia of Lifesperm whales articles - Encyclopedia of Life
Sperm whales have a dish shape to the facial area of the skull, extreme cranial asymmetry, and a long rostrum. Sperm whales are ... Creatures » … » Fauna » … » Vertebrates » … » Synapsids » … » Cynodonts » Mammals » … » Dolphins, porpoises, and whales » …. ... The sperm whale is the largest toothed cetacean and has the highest degree of sexual dimorphism. There is a low dorsal hump, ...
https://eol.org/pages/7652/articles
BEACHED WHALE DIES - Sun SentinelBEACHED WHALE DIES - Sun Sentinel
An aging adult female pygmy sperm whale found beached two weeks ago has died at Ocean World, a spokesman said. The whale, named ... The whale was discovered by beachgoers just south of the Pompano Beach Fishing Pier on March 29. Ocean World, which is part of ... A necropsy and other tests will be conducted on the whale, which was 9 feet 9 inches long and weighed more than 900 pounds. ... The whale, named Ariel after a character in the movie The Little Mermaid, died of heart disease and other illnesses at 2:30 p.m ...
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1993-04-14-9302050776-story.html
Red Ropes May Help Whales Avoid Entanglements | Popular ScienceRed Ropes May Help Whales Avoid Entanglements | Popular Science
Entangled Right Whale. This female North Atlantic right whale, entangled in fishing rope, was spotted off the Georgia coast in ... More than 80 percent of right whales show evidence of having been entangled in some type of fishing gear and the whales acquire ... "The problem of entanglement of large whales, right whales, in fixed fishing gear is huge. It doesnt seem that way to an ... Red Ropes May Help Whales Avoid Entanglements. Highly endangered North Atlantic right whales may be able to see--and avoid--red ...
https://www.popsci.com/article/science/red-ropes-may-help-whales-avoid-entanglements/
Boston Whale Watching CruiseBoston Whale Watching Cruise
Whale sightings on every whale watch. If you do not see a whale on your trip, you will receive a free ticket for a future ... Each Boston Whale Watching Cruise is narrated and guided by a naturalist from the noted Whale Center of New England (WCNE). The ... One of the whales youre likely to spot during a Boston Whale Watching Cruise is the humpback. These Northern hemisphere ... and minke whales guarantees an adventure filled with opportunities to view and learn about whales as they frolic in their ...
https://www.millenniumhotels.com/en/tours-plus/Boston/3283BWW/
Whale - ConservapediaWhale - Conservapedia
Beaked whale • Beluga • Blue whale • Bowhead whale • Bottlenose whale • Brydes whale • Fin whale • Gray whale • Humpback whale ... the blue whale, fin whale, sei whale, Brydes whale, minke whale, and humpback whale; the Grey Whale; and the various right ... Minke whale • Narwhal • Pygmy right whale • Pygmy sperm whale • Right whale • Sei whale • Sperm whale ... Brydes whale, Balaenoptera brydei. Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus. Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus. Sei whale, ...
http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Whale&oldid=1051041
WhalesWhales
Suddenly, a huge whale was alongside us, so close I felt I could touch it. NCB Ireland was 85 feet long and the whale seemed, ... The "mystery whale" is neither a sighting (which only counts or living cetaceans) nor a stranding. But as the Irish Whale and ... Update Friday 4 October: RTÉ News is now reporting that the whale, now identified as a 25ft fin whale and believed to be a ... Some of those efforts were successful, but unfortunately, many whales died…... The moment when I first saw a whale close-up is ...
https://afloat.ie/sail/sailing-classes/half-tonners/itemlist/tag/Whales
Video: Gray whales feed near Mission Beach | HeraldNet.comVideo: Gray whales feed near Mission Beach | HeraldNet.com
Whales are active in our area right now. If youd like to read more about them, or find out how to take a chartered trip, read ... They got a treat when a pair of gray whales swam under them, and then began feeding nearby. He was lucky enough to get this ...
http://www.heraldnet.com/life/video-gray-whales-feed-near-mission-beach/
Toothed whale - WikipediaToothed whale - Wikipedia
Groups even attack larger cetaceans such as minke whales, gray whales, and rarely sperm whales or blue whales.[64][65] Other ... and all other whales possessing teeth, such as the beaked whales and sperm whales. Seventy-three species of toothed whales ( ... The killer whale is known to prey on numerous other toothed whale species. One example is the false killer whale.[62] To subdue ... Family Ziphidae, beaked whales *Subfamily Berardiinae *Genus Berardius, giant beaked whales *Arnouxs beaked whale, Berardius ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toothed_whale
Irish Whales - WikipediaIrish Whales - Wikipedia
The Irish Whales or "The Whales" was a nickname given to a group of Irish and Irish-American athletes who dominated weight- ... "Of Whales, Hammers and Gold Medals: Irish Americans in Olympic Track and Field." By Larry McCarthy "All About Whales." New York ... Once as he passed me he muttered under his breath, Its whales they are, not men. They used to take five plates of soup as a ... On the subject of the origin of this nickname, Daly wrote: "It was on the Olympic trip of 1912 that the whale nickname took ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Whales
Whales & Nightingales - WikipediaWhales & Nightingales - Wikipedia
Whales & Nightingales is a 1970 album by Judy Collins. It peaked at No. 17 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts. The album ... on which Collins sang to the accompaniment of humpback whales. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA in 1971, for sales of ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whales_&_Nightingales
More Dead Whales | HuffPostMore Dead Whales | HuffPost
The unprecedented death of whales from the Arabian Sea to the Atlantic Ocean is a horrific omen. Let me tell you why: The ... Whales perform a crucial ecological role. They are farmers of the sea. Their flocculent fecal plumes, or, defecant, is rich ... The Sei whales consumed vast amounts of squat lobsters, loaded with domoic acid-laced plankton. That nerve poison biomagnified ... Along the west coast of India there has been a six-fold increase in the death of large baleen or filter feeding whales, ...
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/more-dead-whales_us_5942f167e4b0940f84fe2cef
whales - Neuron Culturewhales - Neuron Culture
whales. Neuron Culture. Tag archives for whales. Hits of the week past. Posted by David Dobbs on January 29, 2010 ...
http://scienceblogs.com/neuronculture/tag/whales/
Whales | Encyclopedia.comWhales | Encyclopedia.com
whale, aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, found in all oceans of the world. Members of this order vary greatly in size and ... The family includes the humpback whale, the sei whale, the minke whale, the Brydes whale, the fin whale (or common rorqual), ... Baleen whales, such the right whale (Balaena glacialis ), the blue whale, and the minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata ), ... Types of Whales. There are two major groups of whales-the toothed whales (suborder Odontoceti) and the toothless baleen whales ...
https://www.encyclopedia.com/plants-and-animals/animals/vertebrate-zoology/whales
Southern resident killer whales - WikipediaSouthern resident killer whales - Wikipedia
"How Southern Resident Killer Whales are Identified". whaleresearch.com. Center for Whale Research. Archived from the original ... Northwest killer whales are among the most contaminated marine mammals in the world, due to the high levels of toxic ... The worlds oldest known killer whale, Granny or J2, had belonged to and led the J pod of the SRKW population. As of October ... "Killer Whale (Orcinus orca)". NOAA Fisheries: Office of Protected Resources. 25 June 2014. Archived from the original on 16 ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_resident_killer_whales
Sperm Whales Amazing AdaptationsSperm Whales' Amazing Adaptations
Todays whales share many anatomical traits with other mammals, but the unique adaptations of species such as Physeter ... macrocephalus, the sperm whale, illustrate how organisms can transform over time as they carve out their place on the planet. ... The sperm whales sleek shape is well-suited for deep diving, this species specialty. Sperm whales can dive over 6,500 feet, ... Among sperm whales (and other toothed whales) most amazing adaptations is echolocation, the use of sound to locate objects ...
https://www.amnh.org/explore/news-blogs/on-exhibit-posts/sperm-whales-amazing-adaptations
After Dark: Whales | ExploratoriumAfter Dark: Whales | Exploratorium
Just before gray whales appear traveling south, join us for an evening on all things cetacean-including our shared history. ... After Dark: Whales. Here in the Bay Area, we are neighbors to a variety of giant marine mammals. Just before gray whales appear ... The Wisdom of the Whale: Revelations of Postmortem Whale Study. With Dr. Pádraig Duignan. 8:30 p.m. , Gallery 3, Webcast Studio ... Discover the afterlife of a whale with two short films that creatively document the communal encounters of a whales corpse: ...
https://www.exploratorium.edu/visit/calendar/after-dark/november-29-2018
Whales and Tales - latimesWhales and Tales - latimes
As for the whales, it was a close encounter with one that inspired Miller to take on what turned out to be a scientific as well ... when the Malibu musician performs his whale-inspired music at the Point Mugu State Park Whale Festival. ... For whaling music of another era, people can check out the group Flash Packet. (The name comes from old nautical slang meaning ... He was surfing with his 13-year-old son a couple of months ago when a gray whale popped up 15 feet away and spouted twice. ...
http://articles.latimes.com/1998/mar/05/entertainment/ca-25535
Toothed Whales | Encyclopedia.comToothed Whales | Encyclopedia.com
Odontoceti (*toothed whales*; cohort Mutica [1], order Cetacea [2])* A suborder of marine mammals that comprises ancestral ... large whales), and Delphinoidea (smaller whales, dolphins, and porpoises). Teeth are always present, and may be numerous (e.g. ... Odontoceti (toothed whales; cohort Mutica, order Cetacea) A suborder of marine mammals that comprises ancestral forms, known ... toothed whales A Dictionary of Zoology © A Dictionary of Zoology 1999, originally published by Oxford University Press 1999. ...
https://www.encyclopedia.com/plants-and-animals/animals/vertebrate-zoology/toothed-whales
When Whales Walked in Egypt | WIREDWhen Whales Walked in Egypt | WIRED
... one of the very earliest whales and the fossil that could have quickly closed a gap in our understanding of one of the greatest ... Discoveries of these whales since the days of Fraas and Kellogg have revealed that these whales had long skulls which retained ... Within the big picture of whale evolution, Aegyptocetus is a roughly 40-million-year-old protocerid. This was a whale that ... or even modern whales. The significance of the animal is that the whale possessed a suite of transitional features which fill ...
https://www.wired.com/2011/11/when-whales-walked-in-egypt/
No Relief For Whales | ScienceBlogsNo Relief For Whales | ScienceBlogs
It sets a precedent that shoots down activist attempts at whale protection. While I understand the need for national security, ... so they overturned a lower courts ruling that forced the Navy to restrict sonar practices within 1.5 miles of a whale. ... it just sucks for the whales off the coast of California. ... two different announcements have given the whales of the world ... Oh those poor whales. The plight of just two humpback whales that got themselves lost up the Sacramento River has got the ...
https://scienceblogs.com/observations/2008/11/13/no-relief-for-whales
Ancient Whales Had Twisted SkullsAncient Whales Had Twisted Skulls
... the ancient whales that gave rise to all modern whales, had asymmetrical skulls, possibly to improve whale hearing. ... By analyzing well-preserved whale skulls, researchers have found that archaeocetes, ...
https://www.livescience.com/15686-ancient-whales-twisted-skulls.html
Japanese and Saving Whales - latimesJapanese and Saving Whales - latimes
Now the Japanese line is that they kill whales and need to continue to do so because their culture is different from the rest ... And the survival of their culture is obviously more important than the survival of the whale as species!) ... Short of this, I fear nothing will stop their senseless killing of the whales. ...
http://articles.latimes.com/1989-06-25/opinion/op-6097_1_whales-japanese-survival
Whales - Ultimate GuitarWhales - Ultimate Guitar
... lifestyle.iloveindia.com/lounge/images/different-types-of-whales-2.jpg http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W90V87w3sr8/TT63uRT_U9I/ ... Whales belong to the largest beings on the planet. The Blue Whale, in fact, is the largest animal to have ever existed. Whales ... Yo mamas the largest whale that ever existed.. No but seriously, Killer Whales rule.. EDIT: Would a dolphin be a whale? ... killer whales ARE dolphins Okay lets compare.. Dolphin:. Killer Whale:. HIS EYES ARE WHITE!. I know theyre not actually white ...
https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1472012
whales (kottke.org)whales (kottke.org)
P.S. Fascinating whale facts are sprinkled throughout the video. Humpback whales "have had the Ocean Internet for millions of ... That means that a whale off the coast of Portland, OR can chat with another whale near San Francisco. (via @stewartbrand) ... WhaleSynth is a cool little instrument for making whale sounds. There are three different species of whale to choose from, you ... There is evidence that humpback whales deliberately disrupt killer whale hunts, saving other animals from being killed by them. ...
https://kottke.org/tag/whales
Raw: Whales stranded in Everglades Natl ParkRaw: Whales stranded in Everglades Nat'l Park
An official at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says 46 whales are swimming in about 3 feet of water. (Dec. ... Federal officials say six pilot whales have died after stranding in shallow water in Everglades National Park. ... Raw: Whales stranded in Everglades Natl Park. Federal officials say six pilot whales have died after stranding in shallow ... An official at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says 46 whales are swimming in about 3 feet of water. (Dec. ...
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2013/12/04/3871521/
Volunteers, scientists guard endangered whales - CNN.comVolunteers, scientists guard endangered whales - CNN.com
The whales followers say a new rule that requires large ships to slow down to 10 knots as they cruise through the whales ... North Atlantic right whales are among the largest and most endangered whales. * Females of the species are giving birth off the ... Right whales were named by their hunters who once said they were the right whale to kill. When they were harpooned, the ... Wearing whale earrings, a flipper necklace and a blue windbreaker that says Whale Watch Survey Team on the back, Wood says ...
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/02/19/saving.right.whales/index.html
Whale BiologyWhale Biology
Whales are divided into two main kinds - baleen and toothed. These two groups are broken into smaller and smaller groups until ... Whales: People often use the term whale to refer to the large animals in the group. These can be both baleen whales (the ... Whale Biology. Whale Diversity. Using terms such as whales, dolphins, and porpoises can be misleading when people want a ... Some baleen whales, such as male humpbacks, produce extremely complex songs.. Echolocation diagram: How a sperm whale ...
https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/whales-giants-of-the-deep/whale-biology
Japans whaling past - TelegraphJapan's whaling past - Telegraph
Whale hunting has been practised in Japan since the 12th century, but a UN order to end its annual Antarctic hunt could mean ... Japans whaling past Whale hunting has been practised in Japan since the 12th century, but a UN order to end its annual ... A Japanese whaling vessel with a Brydes whale on board in a picture provided by the whalers in 2007 Photo: Rex ... The International Whaling Commission (IWC) established the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling in 1946 to ...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/10735116/Japans-whaling-past.html
Antique Whale Tooth ScrimshawAntique Whale Tooth Scrimshaw
... whale tooth whale tooth whale tooth whale tooth whale tooth whale tooth whale tooth whale tooth whale tooth whale tooth whale ... Sperm whales provided teeth; all whales provided bone;. bowhead and right whales provided baleen, a black, flexible material. ... with a fluted, whale ivory wheel all carved from. the center core of a large sperm whale tooth. depicting one of the whalers ... tooth whale tooth whale tooth whale tooth whale tooth. ... 1871 Arctic Whaling Disaster. The Whaling Disaster of 1871 was ...
http://www.angelfire.com/ca/antiquescrimshaw/
Deluxe Oceanfront Penthouse - Whales - Poo... - VRBODeluxe Oceanfront Penthouse - Whales - Poo... - VRBO
Whales - Pool - Hot Tub - WiFi. This is The View at the Village at North Pointe 2 night minimum required at all times.- ... ... At times the whales are so close, you think that you could reach out and touch them. At night you can enjoy the fireplace in ... At times the whales are so close, you think that you could reach out and touch them. At night you can enjoy the fireplace in ... At times the whales are so close, you think that you could reach out and touch them. At night you can enjoy the fireplace in ...
https://www.vrbo.com/389233
First Listen: Freelance Whales, Diluvia : NPRFirst Listen: Freelance Whales, 'Diluvia' : NPR
First Listen: Freelance Whales, Diluvia Diluvias songs practically glow with multi-part vocal harmonies, banjos, strings, ... Freelance Whales new album, Diluvia, comes out Oct. 9. Courtesy of the artist hide caption ... For some, Freelance Whales may red-line the Cute-O-Meter - witness "Spitting Image," in which lead vocals are turned over to ... Freelance Whales first gigs took place on New York City streets and subway platforms, and the quintets music has never ...
https://www.npr.org/2012/09/30/161355795/first-listen-freelance-whales-diluvia?sc=tw&cc=twmp?sc=tw&cc=twmp
Dead Gray Whales California | Live ScienceDead Gray Whales California | Live Science
But this year it seems fewer whales are surviving the journey north. ... Gray whales swim along the California coastline twice a year during their migration north and south. ... Gray whales were removed from the endangered species list in 1994 and TMMC estimates there are now around 26,000 gray whales in ... Although the gray whale population has recovered from near-extinction, the number of dead whales washing up this year is ...
https://www.livescience.com/65261-dead-gray-whales-california.html
Sperm Whales Speak in Clan DialectsSperm Whales Speak in 'Clan Dialects'
... researchers find that sperm whales seem to engage in cultural learning that allows them to develop distinct dialects. ... suggesting that these whales use cultural learning to form multilevel, social structures, where individual whales with the same ... In a study recently published in Nature Communications, researchers have found that sperm whales not only have such a language ... Surprisingly, these dialects are not linked to geography per se, with most young whales conforming and choosing to perform ...
https://www.treehugger.com/study-sperm-whales-speak-local-dialects-4848659
Making the Sea Safer for WhalesMaking the Sea Safer for Whales
New technology is helping reduce the risk of whales getting entangled off Californias coast. ... Whales caught in fishing gear struggle to swim and eat, and may die. ... When a whale is reported as entangled, teams of trained responders try to locate that whale and cut it free of the gear. ... The primary source of human-caused whale deaths is the accidental entanglement of whales in fishing gear and marine debris. But ...
https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/where-we-work/united-states/california/stories-in-california/making-the-sea-safer-for-whales/
Iceland to resume killing endangered whalesIceland to resume killing endangered whales
Fin whales are the second largest animals in the world, after blue whales. They are sleek and swift, not as bulky as their ... Last year alone, Icelands whaling fleet killed more than 135 endangered fin whales off its coast. Most of its haul is intended ... exploiting loopholes in the International Whaling Commissions ban on commercial whaling and openly flouting the Convention on ... Americans love whales and would be appalled to learn the fish filet they just purchased is lining the pockets of the same ...
https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/iceland-to-resume-killing-endangered-whales/
Did whales have legs?Did whales have legs?
A sperm whale model at a whaling museum: Newly analyzed fossils suggest the whale evolved from hooved, deer-like creatures. ... So what was this whale like?. The ancient whale belonged to a group of mammals related to modern toothed whales and dolphins. ... So whales definitely had legs?. Well, not definitely. But this evidence helps strengthen that case. Many scientists already ... And it was an ancient whale skull?. Yep. Researchers traced the stones origin to a limestone quarry in Egypts Tarfa Valley, ...
http://theweek.com/articles/479995/did-whales-have-legs
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Species11
  • However, some species that we call whales actually belong to the dolphin family. (teara.govt.nz)
  • Some species, such as sperm whales, are highly visible and attract thousands of tourists to towns like Kaikōura. (teara.govt.nz)
  • Of the world's 13 species of baleen whales, eight are known in New Zealand, but only two, the southern right whale and Bryde's whale, breed in New Zealand waters. (teara.govt.nz)
  • The loss of any right whale is of concern, and we ask for everyone to adhere to measures that protect this critically endangered species. (gcaptain.com)
  • Whales are a large marine mammal species which live in the ocean. (wikipedia.org)
  • There are two basic kinds of whales, and about 100 species . (wikipedia.org)
  • Gray whales were spotted off Dana Point in big numbers on Jan. 22, 2020, a hopeful sign for the marine mammal species that suffered an Unusual Mortality Rate in 2019 that is still being investigated. (presstelegram.com)
  • Gray whales had a slow start to the migration season, but a surge in sightings this week has whale watchers and other observers optimistic about the species' health - while at the same time keeping a watchful eye as the mammals pass by California on their way to warm-water lagoons off Mexico. (presstelegram.com)
  • But it was under the protection of the Endangered Species Act in 1974, and NOAA's careful management since, that the eastern Pacific gray whale recovered to a sustainable population. (noaa.gov)
  • The Gray whale is one of the oldest mammal species on the planet. (noaa.gov)
  • These were fully marine like the whales, and likewise show primitive features not seen in modern species and possess teeth that suggest that they grazed on seagrasses and other marine plants. (blogspot.com)
Sperm whale6
  • The sperm whale is the largest toothed cetacean and has the highest degree of sexual dimorphism. (eol.org)
  • FORT LAUDERDALE -- An aging adult female pygmy sperm whale found beached two weeks ago has died at Ocean World, a spokesman said. (sun-sentinel.com)
  • There are no reports of a pygmy sperm whale recovering and returning to the sea after beaching. (sun-sentinel.com)
  • The Irish Examiner reports that among the eight strandings were the carcass of a sperm whale on Long Strand in West Cork and a dolphin with fishing line around its beak in Schull. (afloat.ie)
  • Some toothed whales, such as the sperm whale , are almost never called dolphins. (wikipedia.org)
  • The beauty of this sperm whale output is that it takes the form of drifting liquid plumes that can feed life in the upper ocean, Lavery says. (blogspot.com)
Baleen whale1
  • This marine mammal is a baleen whale and all baleen whales have two blowholes. (noaa.gov)
Mammals7
  • Whales belong to a group of mammals called cetaceans, which also includes dolphins and porpoises. (teara.govt.nz)
  • This is not surprising as New Zealand controls the fourth largest marine territory in the world, its waters are rich with foods that these mammals need, and it is on the migratory path of the largest whales. (teara.govt.nz)
  • Whales evolved from land-based mammals. (teara.govt.nz)
  • All cetaceans, including whales, dolphins and porpoises, are descendants of land-living mammals of the Artiodactyl order (even-toed ungulates ). (wikipedia.org)
  • All mammals sleep, including whales, but they cannot stay in an unconscious state for too long, because they need to be conscious to breathe. (wikipedia.org)
  • The whales possess small hind limbs, that are not seen in modern whales, and a powerful skull with teeth similar to those of carnivorous land mammals. (blogspot.com)
  • Of course the whales breathe, but earlier calculations overlooked the potential for whales to offset their emissions by introducing extra iron into the upper zone of water, Lavery said October 13 at the Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals in Quebec City, Canada. (blogspot.com)
Minke whales1
  • Stellwagen's heavy concentration of humpback, finback, and minke whales guarantees an adventure filled with opportunities to view and learn about whales as they frolic in their natural habitat. (millenniumhotels.com)
Populations2
  • Experts believe that decades of hunting in the northern zones did such damage to blue whale populations that they 'forgot' the former feeding ground. (emagazine.com)
  • Clear genetic differentiation from the eastern gray whale population and negligible gene flow of either sex between populations, based on mitochondrial DNA haplotype frequencies and nuclear DNA, have been documented. (unl.edu)
Waters5
  • #MarineWildlife - The UK's Natural History Museum has made available for the first time a vast trove of whale and dolphin stranding records in British and Irish waters. (afloat.ie)
  • American photographer Brian Skerry rates this meeting with a southern right whale in New Zealand waters as "the most incredible animal encounter" of his life. (odt.co.nz)
  • Of the 38 cetaceans known to inhabit New Zealand waters, 22 are whales, but only a half dozen are relatively common. (teara.govt.nz)
  • Baleen whales migrate through New Zealand waters on their way south to feed on krill, which are abundant in the Southern Ocean. (teara.govt.nz)
  • So anything the whales bring up effectively introduces something new to the upper waters. (blogspot.com)
World's2
  • North Atlantic right whales are among the world's most endangered animals. (popsci.com)
  • Some 210,000 of the world's sperm whales swim around the Southern Ocean during a year, Lavery says. (blogspot.com)
19th century1
  • Southern right whales, New Zealand sea lions and fur seals had been common on or near the New Zealand mainland coast before whaling and sealing operations nearly drove them to extinction in the 19th century. (odt.co.nz)
Sightings2
  • Whale sightings on every whale watch. (millenniumhotels.com)
  • On Wednesday, Jan. 22, Dana Wharf Whale Watching reported 16 sightings, some of the meandering whales blowing spouts that created rainbows in the sky and even a newborn calf off Laguna Beach that was perhaps only hours old. (presstelegram.com)
Porpoises2
  • These people say that dolphins and porpoises were also whales, because they are also Cetaceans. (wikipedia.org)
  • Others separate out the dolphins and porpoises: common English-speaking people have never called them or thought of them as whales unless they are very large. (wikipedia.org)
Scientists4
  • High-resolution photographs like this one allow scientists to identify individual whales by their unique pattern of callosities -the patches of rough skin on the whale's head. (whoi.edu)
  • Scientists from the University of Plymouth studied many animals that dive and hold their breath, from insects to whales, and they found that larger animals can hold their breath longer than smaller animals because they can store more oxygen for their size, and this difference was much bigger for warm-blooded animals than for cold-blooded animals. (wikipedia.org)
  • The excitement on the water is a cautiously optimistic one, with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration earlier this week announcing scientists are continuing to investigate the cause of more than 200 strandings of dead and often thin gray whales during their northbound migration last spring. (presstelegram.com)
  • The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito said Thursday scientists were unable to determine a cause of death for the other whale. (presstelegram.com)
Krill3
  • But the worry among experts is that the opposite is true-that climate change has reduced the amount of krill available and sent the whales foraging for more. (emagazine.com)
  • Baleen whales eat plankton and krill . (wikipedia.org)
  • Diving to the muddy bottom, grey whales scoop up sediment from the ocean floor, filtering out water and mud and trapping plankton and krill. (noaa.gov)
Cetacea1
Large whales1
  • The problem of entanglement of large whales, right whales, in fixed fishing gear is huge. (popsci.com)
Fisheries4
  • It is feasible that whales lost the cultural memory of the Alaska and British Columbia feeding destinations as a result of the intensive whaling there,' says Jay Barlow of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Southwest Fisheries Science Center in La Jolla, California. (emagazine.com)
  • To help protect the highly endangered North Atlantic right whale population, NOAA Fisheries Service is reminding mariners that the start of calving (birthing) season begins Nov. 15, and continues through April 15. (gcaptain.com)
  • Protecting right whale mothers and their young is critical to the recovery of the population," said Barb Zoodsma, NOAA Fisheries Service right whale biologist. (gcaptain.com)
  • In May, NOAA Fisheries declared the elevated gray whale strandings an Unusual Mortality Event (UME). (presstelegram.com)
Calves1
  • Photo-identification research conducted off Sakhalin Island in 2007 resulted in the identification of 83 whales, including nine calves and two previously unidentified non-calves. (unl.edu)
Western Gray Whales3
  • Western Gray Whales off Sakhalin Island, Russia: A Joint Russia-U.S. S" by David W. Weller, Amanda L. Bradford et al. (unl.edu)
  • A collaborative Russia-U.S. research program on western gray whales ( Eschrichtius robustus ) summering off northeastern Sakhalin Island, Russia, has been ongoing since 1995 and has produced important new information on the present day conservation status of this critically endangered population. (unl.edu)
  • In addition to the biological difficulties that western gray whales are facing, the large-scale offshore oil and gas development programs near their summer feeding ground, as well as fatal net entrapments off Japan during migration, pose significant threats to the future survival of the population. (unl.edu)
Researchers1
  • Sperm whales in the Southern Ocean deserve credit for their fine work pumping iron for climate change, researchers say. (blogspot.com)
Cetaceans2
  • Most people call the larger cetaceans whales, and the smaller ones dolphins. (teara.govt.nz)
  • Both cetaceans and artiodactyl are now classified under the super-order Cetartiodactyla , which includes both whales and hippopotamuses . (wikipedia.org)
Blowholes4
  • Baleen whales have two blowholes. (teara.govt.nz)
  • The V-shaped spray pattern is characteristic of baleen whales such as North Atlantic right whales, which have two blowholes through which they breathe. (whoi.edu)
  • Whales breathe through blowholes. (wikipedia.org)
  • The blowholes are connected directly to the lungs, so the whale can take a mouthful of water and breathe at the same time. (noaa.gov)
Blue whales2
  • For the first time since whaling was outlawed in 1965, blue whales-the largest animals to have ever lived-have appeared in the northern Pacific Ocean off the coast of Canada and Alaska. (emagazine.com)
  • Before the advent of whaling there were an estimated 200,000 blue whales across the globe-now there are just 2,000 off the west coast of North America and anywhere from 5,000 to 12,000 worldwide. (emagazine.com)
Extinction1
  • In the 1700 and 1800's, whalers in search of oil, meat, and baleen hunted gray whales to near extinction. (noaa.gov)
Pods2
  • Large pods of gray whales have been spotted off Orange County this week, including six seen off Newport Beach's coast on Jan. 22, 2020. (presstelegram.com)
  • Groups of Mysticetes are called "herds," unlike the toothed whale suborder, Odontoceti , which travels in groups called "pods. (ucsd.edu)
Ship strikes1
  • Recommended routes are in place for mariners entering or leaving the ports of Jacksonville and Fernandina, Fla., and Brunswick, Ga. The routes are expected to reduce the chances of ship strikes with whales. (gcaptain.com)
Crustaceans1
  • The whale is filter-feeding on tiny crustaceans near the surface of the water, so its mouth is open, revealing its baleen plates. (whoi.edu)
Conservation2
  • Skerry and his assistant had a Department of Conservation permit, enabling them to swim near the whales. (odt.co.nz)
  • Drones are providing a powerful new tool for whale research and conservation. (whoi.edu)
Biologist1
  • The expedition leader, Dunedin marine biologist Dr Simon Childerhouse, said that expanding southern right whale numbers at the Auckland Islands were increasing the likelihood of Dunedin and Otago people having their own close encounters. (odt.co.nz)
Odontoceti1
  • Odontoceti (toothed whales) bear sharp teeth for hunting. (wikipedia.org)
Meat2
Marine mammal2
  • Although the whales see their ocean world in black-and-white, it makes sense that they can differentiate orange from other colors since the clouds of zooplankton upon which they feed are orange in color, said Michael Moore, director of the marine mammal center at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts. (popsci.com)
  • In this photo taken Tuesday, March 12, 2019, provided by The Marine Mammal Center, a gray whale carcass is examined by experts from the center and its partners with the California Academy of Sciences at Angel Island State Park, Calif. Marine experts say two dead gray whales were found in the San Francisco Bay this week and that one of them died from severe malnutrition. (presstelegram.com)
Strandings1
  • #MarineWildlife - Unusual weather for this time of year may be responsible for a recent spate of whale and dolphin strandings on the Cork coast in the past week. (afloat.ie)
Mysticeti2
  • The largest suborder, Mysticeti (baleen whales) are characterized by baleen, a sieve-like structure in the upper jaw made of keratin , which it uses to filter plankton from the water. (wikipedia.org)
  • Gray whales belong to the baleen suborder, Mysticeti . (ucsd.edu)
Threats2
  • These days, the threats to northern right whales include getting tangled up in fishing gear , which can injure and kill them. (popsci.com)
  • Collisions with ships and entanglement in fixed fishing gear are the two greatest threats to the recovery of North Atlantic right whales, which is why it is important that all mariners and fishers are aware of the regulations. (gcaptain.com)
Extinct2
  • They said this may be why modern whales and extinct diving animals like plesiosaurs became so large. (wikipedia.org)
  • It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in July 2005 for its hundreds of fossils of some of the earliest forms of whale, the archaeoceti (a now extinct sub-order of whales). (blogspot.com)
Gray9
  • A gray whale tail, spotted on Dec. 28, 2019, on the back side of Catalina during an 8-hour whale watch excursion by Dana Wharf Whale Watching. (presstelegram.com)
  • In 2019, a total of 123 gray whales stranded dead in the United States. (presstelegram.com)
  • A gray whale herd. (ucsd.edu)
  • Gray whales are benthic (ocean-bottom) suction feeders. (ucsd.edu)
  • But even against this monumental landscape, all eyes are on the horizon for one of nature's most graceful giants: the gray whale. (noaa.gov)
  • Gray whales have a narrow, tapered head, and a streamlined body. (noaa.gov)
  • Instead of teeth, gray whales have baleen, which is like a thick comb made up of long, fine hairs. (noaa.gov)
  • Today, nearly 24,000 gray whales continue their annual migration along the coast of North America, giving humans a glimpse of these majestic creatures that live in the deep. (noaa.gov)
  • Gray whales were once called 'devil fish' because of their violent reactions when harpooned by whalers. (noaa.gov)
Lice1
  • The dark callosities are covered with light-colored cyamids or "whale lice," making them appear white. (whoi.edu)
Endangered North Atlant1
  • Highly endangered North Atlantic right whales may be able to see--and avoid--red and orange lobster ropes underwater. (popsci.com)
Habitat1
  • Always wear polarized sunglasses and stay alert in right whale habitat. (gcaptain.com)
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