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Pilot Whales – the Parrots of the Ocean?

Mar 17, 2021
by Claudia Afeltra
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acoustics, Killer whales, long-finned pilot whales, mimics, New Science, Novel behaviour, Pilot whales, predation, sound
This is the latest post in a series which will look at recent advancements, discoveries and trends in the study of whales and dolphins. We here at Sea Watch believe strongly in the free sharing and dissemination of scientific literature and want to give you, our loyal members, the bre
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A whale of a dive: the wonder of beaked whales

Mar 11, 2021
by Claudia Afeltra
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beaked whale, contaminants, diving, feeding, mesoplodon, noise, odontocete, rare sighting, rare whale, ziphiidae
When we think about UK cetaceans, most of us imagine a leaping dolphin or rolling porpoise. But with over 30 species inhabiting UK waters, it’s easy to forget the diversity that surrounds us. The Sea Watch Foundation database currently holds 23,134 sightings of bottlenose dolphins sin
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Dipping our toes into marine pollution

Mar 10, 2021
by Claudia Afeltra
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cetaceans, dolphin, litter, marine debris, Marine pollution, micro plastics, Noise pollution, porpoise, volunteering, Whales
‘More masks than jellyfish’ – The Guardian, June 2020. In the midst of a pandemic that had taken over our lives, the concept of a possible “mask invasion” of our oceans was an unbearable thought! Headlines like these are becoming ever more common, shocking us into taking responsibilit
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Do cetaceans grieve?

Mar 09, 2021
by Claudia Afeltra
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behaviour, cetacean, cetacean death, cetacean research, death-related behaviour, grief, killer whale
In the summer of 2018, one orca mother known as J35, carried her deceased calf at the surface for a record-breaking 17 days. The calf died shortly after birth and was ultimately not recovered to perform a necropsy to determine the cause of death. Although J35 lived in the Puget Sound
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Ground-breaking citizen science results with Sea Watch Foundation’s National Whale and Dolphin Watch 2020

Mar 08, 2021
by Claudia Afeltra
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england, National Whale & Dolphin Watch, National Whale and Dolphin Watch, NWDW, NWDW2020, recommended boat operators, regional coordinators, scotland, sightings, volunteers, wales
From top to bottom: ©Zoe Doran; ©Andrea Duxbury; ©Finlay Pringle; ©Emily Babbage; ©Diana Zilioli/Stilla; ©PGHEvans/SWF The 2020 National Whale and Dolphin Watch (NWDW) event organised by the Sea Watch Foundation involved hundreds of volunteers from all around the British Isles, and it
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