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 ...

Pilot whales are cetaceans belonging to the genus Globicephala. The two extant species are the long-finned pilot whale (G. melas) and the short-finned pilot whale (G. macrorhynchus). The two are not readily distinguishable at sea, and analysis of the skulls is the best way to distinguish between the species. Between the two species, they range nearly worldwide, with long-finned pilot whales living in colder waters and short-finned pilot whales living in tropical and subtropical waters. Pilot whales are among the largest of the oceanic dolphins, exceeded in size only by the killer whale. They and other large members of the dolphin family are also known as blackfish. Pilot whales primarily eat squid, but also various fishes. They are highly social and may remain with their birth pod throughout their lifetime. Short-finned pilot whales are one of the few mammal species in which females go through menopause, and postreproductive females continue to contribute to their pod. Pilot whales are notorious ...

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Pilot whales (Globicephala melas) in the Northeastern part of the Atlantic Ocean have high body concentrations of persistent organic pollutants (POPs), such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), organochlorinated pesticides (OCPs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs). These compounds and their biological biotransformation products, i.e. metabolites, have been linked to serious health effects in mammals, including effects on the reproductive system, due to disruption of their endocrine systems. The aim of this study was to analyse levels of POPs and their metabolites in pilot whales from Faroese waters and to investigate the possible effects of the POP exposure on steroid hormones, thyroid hormones, and vitamin A, E and D, which have been suggested as sensitive biomarkers for endocrine disruptive effects. In addition, the ability of the whales to biotransform the POPs was investigated. The possible effects of the POPs on the biomarkers were studied by analysing correlative relationships ...

Long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) are an extremely vocal species, producing clicks, whistles and pulsed calls during a variety of contexts. For mobile marine mammals, the acoustic channel is often the primary method of communication between individuals, and pilot whale vocalizations likely play an important role in both social and behavioural interactions. I examined the pulsed calls and complex whistles of a population of pilot whales off the northwest coast of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia using recordings made during 4 field seasons spanning 8 years. Pilot whale pulsed calls were found to be physically complex, with multiple components that are likely rich in information and difficult for eavesdroppers to imitate. The structure of pilot whale pulsed calls was highly similar to those of killer whales (Orcinus orca), which raises the question of whether the distantly related species, sharing a common rare social structure, evolved similar call structures to solve similar communication ...

LIEN VERS LE FILM SUR LES BALEINES ET LES MAMMIFERES DE MEDITERRANEE Les globicéphales ou baleines-pilotes (globicephala « tête globuleuse ») forment un genre de vrai dauphin (famille des Delphinidae) dont le melon frontal est fortement développé. Il est communément appelé « dauphin pilote » car on le voit fréquemment dans le sillage ou à létrave des navires (en anglais finned pilot whale). Le globicéphale est un animal social qui se déplace le plus souvent en bandes pouvant aller dune dizaine à plusieurs centaines dindividus. Globicéphale noir, Baleine pilote, dauphin pilote (car on le voit fréquemment dans le sillage ou à létrave des navires), globicéphale grinde, globicéphale à longues nageoires, orque à tête ronde, Long-finned pilot whale (GB), Globicefalo (I), Calderón común (E), Langflossen-grindwal (D), Mavrodélphino (Grec) Clef didentification Couleur noire parfois teintée de brun. Melon volumineux. Nageoire dorsale pratiquement deux fois plus longue que haute.

LIEN VERS LE FILM SUR LES BALEINES ET LES MAMMIFERES DE MEDITERRANEE Les globicéphales ou baleines-pilotes (globicephala « tête globuleuse ») forment un genre de vrai dauphin (famille des Delphinidae) dont le melon frontal est fortement développé. Il est communément appelé « dauphin pilote » car on le voit fréquemment dans le sillage ou à létrave des navires (en anglais finned pilot whale). Le globicéphale est un animal social qui se déplace le plus souvent en bandes pouvant aller dune dizaine à plusieurs centaines dindividus. Globicéphale noir, Baleine pilote, dauphin pilote (car on le voit fréquemment dans le sillage ou à létrave des navires), globicéphale grinde, globicéphale à longues nageoires, orque à tête ronde, Long-finned pilot whale (GB), Globicefalo (I), Calderón común (E), Langflossen-grindwal (D), Mavrodélphino (Grec) Clef didentification Couleur noire parfois teintée de brun. Melon volumineux. Nageoire dorsale pratiquement deux fois plus longue que haute.

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The false killer whale and short-finned pilot whale are two of the cetacean species that have been observed taken by the longline fishery that operates in the central Pacific, and using our best available data, the false killer whale has been identified as a strategic stock (Nitta and Henderson, 1993; Carretta et al., 2004). Both species are largely pelagic in distribution and are found in tropical and temperate waters of all ocean basins. We have been using the mitochondrial. DNA control region sequences to examine population structure. Our preliminary results show that for both species, the animals sampled around the Hawaiian Islands are separate, reproductively isolated populations and have likely been isolated from animals living in the eastern tropical Pacific for a long time. The data for short-finned pilot whales also suggest additional structure within the eastern tropical Pacific, and that neither species has a strictly matrilineal pod structure.. ...

A pilot whale is back in the sea after an extensive rehabilitation at SeaWorld Orlando. Officials at SeaWorld said in a news release that the short-finned, 725-pound (328 kilogram) whale was released Tuesday...

Four female pilot whales that survived a May 5 mass stranding in the Lower Keys are still getting around-the-clock care at the Marine Mammal Conservancy in Key Largo.. Two of the whales were classified Tuesday as critical, while the other two were guarded.. A fifth whale -- the largest, a male about 13 feet long and 1,700 pounds -- had to be euthanized Friday. His death brought the number of known stranding casualties to 17. The MMCs Robert Lingenfelser said the four surviving whales have pneumonia. Theyre receiving antibiotics and antifungals and are being closely monitored to ensure theyre not in distress. Three veterinarians are overseeing their care, he said.. Its something to be concerned about, Lingenfelser said of their conditions. This could all turn around tomorrow, or it could go the other way.. Meanwhile, National Marine Fisheries Service spokeswoman Kim Amendola said the two males released May 7 in the Atlantic Ocean were several hundred kilometers southeast of Charleston, ...

Whale watchers were pleasantly surprised by a sighting of pilot whales off the Orange County coast Friday, a rare occurrence within the past few decades.

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Volunteers in New Zealand have managed to refloat about 100 surviving pilot whales and are hoping they will swim back out to sea after more than 400 of the creatures swam aground at a remote beach.

Ive been a keen British birder since the age of 13. These days I generally bird locally around Poole Harbour, the Purbeck coastline & Dorset sites. However, the twitching urge from the late 70s hasnt left & I will quickly go for ticks in the UK & Ireland. The recent Hermit Thrush, Eastern Yellow Wagtail & Paddyfield Pipit have taken the UK/Irish list to 542 (BOU/IOC taxonomy), with only 5 species seen in Ireland. See Bubo for my full lists.. I started an English List a few years ago for a bit of fun, as it has only been since 2009 that Ive started twitching Scotland & Scottish isles. The Hermit Thrush has taken the English List to 509.. The aim of this blog is to showcase both the excellent birds & other wildlife in the UK as well as abroad. Go out & have a look yourself. There is some great wildlife out there in the UK.. I have travelled extensively abroad in all continents, except Antarctica. I saw my last Clements family, Sharpbill, in SE Brazil (Sept 04) joining a very exclusive group of ...

Short-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) and photographer Dave Kearnes - Offshore Kona, Big Island, Hawaii. Shortfinned Pilot WhalePilot Whale globicephala macrorhynchus ...

Breeding occurs between males and females from unrelated pods. Gestation lasts 15 months, and calves are usually born in the winter during the time squid are spawning. Newborn short-finned pilot whales weigh 140 g on average. Females are the sole caretakers of the calves, and both young and old females make a contribution. The weaning period lasts 24 months, and the young are independent after 3 years. Adult females typically give birth every 7 years, and have 4 to 5 calves in their lifetime. Young females are sexually mature in 7 to 12 years, and in 9 years on average. Males are sexually mature in 7 to 17 years, and in 14.6 years on average. Males rarely stay within the same pod after reaching sexual maturity. Males have been known to move from pod to pod throughout their lifetime. Females breed until reaching the age of 40, at which they experience menopause. Males can breed until the time of their death, which is normally between 40 and 50 years of age. (Johnstone and Cant, 2010; Kasuya and ...

The reasons for mass strandings of marine animals, like this event in New Zealand, arent clear, but NASA is looking into whether solar storms could be involved

Why did 150 short-finned pilot whales end up stranded on this beach in southwestern Australia? According to reports, 130 had already died by mid-day while only a few remained alive.

A pod of 21 stranded whales that died on a Scottish beach had high levels of toxic metals in their brains. Tests found mercury and cadmium build-ups in...

Officials rushed Sunday to reach about 80 whales stranded on a remote coast in southern Australia. The group was spotted from the air on Saturday on a rocky coastline at Sandy Cape in the northwest of Tasmania state, Rosemary Gales of the Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service said. Many of the 80 long-finned pilot whales counted appeared to be dead, she said. Two crews of rescuers were on their way to the region, but were being slowed by the rugged terrain, which also limited the amount of equipment they could carry, Gales said. The aerial reports indicate the whales have unfortunately stranded on a rocky area of coastline and so have been very badly knocked around by the conditions, Gales said. Because of the physical beating they take from stranding on rocks and surf, compared to sandy beach strandings, animals die more quickly ...

Beached whales often die due to dehydration, collapsing under their own weight, or drowning when high tide covers the blowhole. Some studies also point to features on the coastline and at sea that might disorient whales and dolphins. Cetacean stranding, commonly known as beaching, is one of the causes of death of these giant ocean mammals. Regardless of this, however, if injured or sick, these marine mammals will still be able to rest more easily if they can find a shallow area where they can stop moving. © 1998-2019 Zee Media Corporation Ltd (An Essel Group Company), All 2019 01:03. Pilot whales live in matrilineal societies. What we dont fully understand are the mechanisms behind this. A morbillivirus (related to our measles virus) outbreak among dolphins in the North Atlantic caused several mass strandings along the US eastern seaboard in 1987 and 1988. The evolution of whales and dolphins is one of the best documented in the animal kingdom. One possible reason given by marine biologists ...

Tasmanian Parks & Wild Life Service have been in a race against time to save 500 pilot whales stranded off Macquarie Harbour.. How many have been saved? How do you rescue a beached whale? And how much can science tell us about what causes mass strandings?. Reporter Jeremy Nadel spoke to Dr Emma Betty (Cetacean Ecology Research Group) and Eddie Staier (Tasmanian Parks & Wild Life Service) to answer these questions.. ...

Human transition milk was sampled from 88 mothers at the Faroe Islands, where the seafood diet includes pilot whale meat and blubber. Milk mercury concentrations (median, 2.45 micrograms/liter) were significantly associated with mercury concentrations in cord blood and with the frequency of pilot wh …

Mass strandings of whales have puzzled people since Aristotle. Modern-day strandings can be investigated and their causes, often human-related, identified. Events that happened millions of years ago, however, are far harder to analyze-frequently leaving their cause a mystery. A team of Smithsonian and Chilean scientists examined a large fossil site of ancient marine mammal skeletons in the Atacama Desert of Northern Chile-the first definitive example of repeated mass strandings of marine mammals in the fossil record. The site reflected four distinct strandings over time, indicating a repeated and similar cause: toxic algae. The teams findings will be published Feb. 26 in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B.. ...

Oremus M, Gales R, Dalebout ML, Funahashi N, Endo T, Kage T, Steel DJ, C. Baker S. Worldwide mitochondrial DNA diversity and phylogeography of pilot whales (Globicephala spp.). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2009 ;98(4):729 - 744. ...

Oremus, M., Gales, R., Dalebout, M. L., Funahashi, N., Endo, T., Kage, T., et al.. (2009). Worldwide mitochondrial DNA diversity and phylogeography of pilot whales (Globicephala spp.). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 98(4), 729 - 744. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01325. ...

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Dead animals on the beach could result from old age, intra-species or inter-species aggression, boat or ship strike injury, fishing gear entanglement, inability to deal with toxins, pollution and contaminants compromising immunity, disease, predation, disorientation or ear injuries due to exposure to noise from construction at sea or deep sea sonar activity. Live strandings could occur for some of the same reasons. The animals might have simply survived the incident and ventured into very shallow waters. A stranding might result from species-specific social behaviour, especially a mass stranding. Many theories have been put forth to explain mass strandings. One theory is that changes in the earths magnetic field cause an animal to lose its sense of direction. Alternatively, an earthquake or storm could cause a cetacean to panic; a brain infection may cause disorientation; the animals sonar system may fail; or it may simply get lost or feel sick and need to rest. In mass strandings, the whole ...

Jan. 20 - Volunteers rush to refloat and save dozens of pilot whales stranded in New Zealands Puponga beach. Michaela Cabrera reports.}

Wildlife officials in southwest Florida who are struggling to save dozens of beached pilot whales say theres hope that at least some of the animals might escape after they spotted at least 20 of them swimming in deeper water.

The bloody slaughter of up to one thousand pilot whales and other dolphins takes place every year in the European Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic, situated on the same latitude as Norway between the Scottish Shetland Islands and Iceland.

Two tagging cruises were conducted in the spring of 2006 and 2008 off the southwest coast of Tenerife, Canary Islands, where there is a resident population of G. macrorhynchus [24]. DTAGs [31] were attached with suction cups to record sound (two channels, 96 or 192 kHz sampling rate per channel, 16-bit resolution), three-dimensional orientation (derived from three-axis accelerometres and magnetometres) and depth of the tagged pilot whales.. Sound recordings were analysed using Matlab 6.5 (Mathworks) to identify the time and depth of vocalizations from the tagged animal. Vocalizations were broadly classified into tonal, intermediate and pulsed sounds [32] based on visual inspection of the waveforms and spectrograms of each call. Vocalizations from the tagged animal were discriminated from conspecific vocalizations based on their increased low-frequency content (propagating through the body of the tagged whale but poorly coupled to the surrounding water) and generally higher received levels [9]. ...

Background: The Faroe Islands currently have the highest recorded inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) incidence in the world.. Objective: This study investigated environmental risk factors for IBD in the Faroese population.. Methods: Environmental exposure data including lifestyle risk factors and neurotoxicants collected for over 30 years were retrieved from the Childrens Health and the Environment in the Faroes (CHEF) cohorts including mainly mother-child pairs, with exposure data collected from pregnant mothers. For lifestyle risk factors, the incidence of IBD and ulcerative colitis (UC) was calculated as the rate ratio (RR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) in exposed versus non-exposed persons. For neurotoxicants RR was calculated for persons with high versus low exposure.. Results: Six cohorts included 5698 persons with complete follow-up data and at least one exposure, and 37 were diagnosed with IBD. For pilot whale/blubber, the RR was 1.02 (95% CI, 0.48-2.18); RR of 1.01 for fish (95% CI, ...

Having just returned from a trip to the Faroe Islands once more to spark a conversation on the islands controversial pilot whale hunt, two dolphin advocates talked with Digital Journal about their experiences.

Image Source: Google. There are over 300 species of squid in the world, but only a handful that is sought commercially for food. They are fast-growing and have a very short lifespan usually about 6-8 months. The west coast variety lives slightly longer, about 12 months.. They reproduce right before they die. Because of this, the entire population is replaced annually. The east coast squid includes the long-finned winter squid and the short-finned summer squid.. Going by such names as ink fish, calamari, taw, and sea arrow, they average 8 ounces and less than 12 inches in length. The summer squad, which is slightly larger than the other types, is the most fished commercially. Some other species, which are not fished for food, have been known to reach 46 feet in length.. The edible parts of the squid include the tentacles, the tube, and the fins. Raw, its meat should be free of slime with a fresh sweet smell and have a milky-white translucent color. Yellow, pink, or purple colored flesh is a ...

In a recent AFP article on sideline management of head and neck injuries, Dr. White-side correctly stated that there is no general agreement on clinical markers of concussion severity or on the appropriate management of concussions.1 However, experts have provided physicians with consensus guidelines to try to standardize the approach to sports concussion. These recommendations continue to evolve. Two recent consensus statements have garnered much attention in the sports medicine community because they present significant departures from current concussion management guidelines.2-4 One statement was a report from the First International Conference on Concussion in Sport, held in Vienna, Austria, in 2001,5 and the other was a report from the Second International Conference on Concussion in Sport, held in Prague, Czech Republic, in 2004.6 These conferences were organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association, and the International ...

On 15-16 January 2005, three offshore species of cetaceans (33 short-finned pilot whales, Globicephala macrorhynchus, one minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata, and two dwarf sperm whales, Kogia sima) stranded alive on the beaches of North Carolina. The pilot whales stranded near Oregon Inlet, the minke whale in northern North Carolina, and the dwarf sperm whales near Cape Hatteras. Live strandings of three species in one weekend was unique in North Carolina and qualified as an Unusual Mortality Event.. Gross necropsies were conducted on 16-17 January 2005 on 27 pilot whales, two dwarf sperm whales, and the minke whale. Samples were collected for clinical pathology, parasitology, gross pathology, histopathology, microbiology and serology. There was variation in the number of animals sampled for each collection type, however, due to carcasses washing off the beach or degradation in carcass condition during the course of the response. Comprehensive histologic examination was conducted on 16 ...

Head-butting during aggressive behavior is common and widespread among cetaceans, suggesting that it may be a basal behavior for the group. Although data are not available for most species, head-butting has been observed in species in each of the four major cetacean lineages. Among the Mysticeti, male humpback whales (Baker and Herman, 1984) have been observed to ram each other with their heads during competition for females. Of the three species that constitute the Physeteroidea, sperm whales have been observed to use head-butting during male-male aggression (Berzin, 1972) and when attacking whaling boats and whaling ships (Chase, 1821; Starbuck, 1878; Sawtell, 1962). Among the Ziphioidea, male bottle-nosed whales have been observed to use their enlarged melon to ram competing males (Gowans and Rendell, 1999). Among the Delphinida, aggressive head-butting has been observed in Amazon river dolphins (Caldwell et al., 1989), narwhals (Silverman and Dunbar, 1980), long-finned pilot whales (Reilly ...

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 ...

Since the seventeenth century, when his forebears devised the capturing of larger whales by netting, Taiji had remained the leading whaling village in Japan. A feeling of pride rose within him. Located on the southern coast of the Kii peninsula, his village had always hunted dolphins and pilot whales that passed close by on their seasonal journey to and from the Arctic feeding grounds. Crews in rowing boats were guided by scouts on the cliff top above their village. Signal flags were used to direct the crews, who rounded up the small creatures, driving them into their bay where they could be slaughtered. The ingenious method they developed three hundred years ago progressed to the capture of larger whales ranging from minke to sperm. The hunting techniques had changed accordingly. The rowing crews would surround the whale with a large net. Caught like a fly in a spiders web, the whale thrashed about until it was exhausted. Sure, other coastal villages had copied the method, but Taiji, the ...

Sri Lankas navy and volunteers rescued 120 pilot whales stranded in the countrys biggest mass beaching, but at least two injured animals were found dead, officials said.

(AP) -- Crews with bulldozers buried 49 pilot whales in sand dunes on an isolated northern New Zealand beach Sunday after rescuers managed to save only nine from a group that was stranded on the beach for two days.

Sri Lanka has saved some 120 pilot whales in a gruelling overnight rescue involving the navy, officials said Tuesday, after the island nations biggest stranding.

One of the most adorable birds there is can be spotted in huge numbers in Newfoundland, Canadas easternmost province, with the top spot found on the Bonavista Peninsula in the small town of Elliston. Referred to as Bird Island, from May through September there are some 2,500 Atlantic puffin pairs nesting here in the grassy cliffs. It offers one of the closest land views of puffins in North America, with the colorful auks occupying a section of land at the end of a rocky outcrop. Newfoundland is also a fantastic place to watch whales, with the worlds largest population of humpbacks found here along with minke, fin, sperm, blue, orca and pilot whales. While they can be seen just about anywhere off the islands shores from land, boat or kayak, one of the best places to witness them is from the Great Northern Peninsula via an excursion with Northland Discover Boat Tours out of St. Anthony. Moose are so plentiful in this province that youll commonly hear locals telling travelers as they bid ...

A surge in humpback whale strandings in Australia may be linked to the poor nutrition of the animals. The main cause could be an increase in the commercial fishing of krill researchers say.

The ear bones from two whales stranded in the Far North are being examined by an expert to see if seismic testing caused the marine mammal deaths.

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Thank you for response and the welcome. I think she is blind because while the two males have black eyes hers are cloudy gray. I know she can see a little because she seems to respond to me when I come to the side to feed her (but not always; sometimes I have to swish the water). She does not see the plant trimming wand like the males do when I am cutting lily leaves. Unlike the two males she is a long-finned beauty while the males are stocky guys with short tails. They are much larger/longer. A couple of times I have seen flashes of color and thought it was a baby goldfish. Actually when I had a lot of anachris is when I saw the babies. They still never survived. In the spring I have a lot of anachris and lillies but they still go after her like crazy. I will try adding some more plants. Im not sure I want to add more fish. With my luck Ill end up with another male ...

Toxic algae that poison the brain have caused strandings and mass die-offs of marine mammals — barometers of the seas health.

by Christian.Legner , Jan 6, 2013 , Rehab Center. Weve had over 20 live stranded sea turtles collected in the past 3 days in the Outer Banks! To see a map of our recent strandings, visit our friends over at Seaturtle.org: http://www.seaturtle.org/strand/summary/NC/google.shtml Once we have a chance to ...