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For quite some time now, scientists have been analyzing the language that dolphins use to greet and introduce themselves to one another, once they meet. A recent study demonstrated that the behavior occurs naturally, and is not a result of captivity.
Until fairly recently, marine biologists had only heard signature ... |
29 February 2012
04:50 GMT |
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The quest to protect the fate of vulnerable dolphins has taken a bizarre turn in Japan. A Sea Shepherd volunteer has been recently arrested after trying to capture the transfer of a dolphin on camera, in Taiji.
Erwin Vermeulen, actively involved in the Cove Guardians project, was charged with assault late last year,... |
6 January 2012
07:25 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new study conducted by biologist Shawn Noren, it would appear that bottlenose dolphin females swim a lot slower and more awkwardly when pregnant. This makes them significantly more vulnerable to predators, and decreases their chances of survival.
The expert and his group – all... |
24 November 2011
10:05 GMT |
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Major companies have little respect for marine creatures, when their own profit margins are involved. Greenpeace launches a shocking video showing how the employees from Chickens of the Sea brutally kill each misfortunate creature stuck in their nets. Even after modern technology improved the fishing gear, the people... |
18 November 2011
11:10 GMT |
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Experts have just discovered the first placental mammal capable of detecting electrical fields, the common Guiana dolphin. Instances of electrical field detection abilities are well documented in lesser species, but this is the first time such a sixth sense was discovered in a mammal as advanced as this.According to ... |
27 July 2011
11:00 GMT |
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In an interesting new research, experts were able to confirm the existence of numerous similarities between the cultural and social behaviors of chimpanzees and dolphins, despite the obvious, marked differences that exist between the two species. It would appear that these similarities developed in spite of the fact ... |
6 July 2011
09:25 GMT |
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Humans and dolphins are cooperating with each other on the creation of a common language, one that would enable the two species to establish basic communications with each other. Over time, that language could be expended to more complex terms and queries, experts believe. Past studies have already demonstrated that ... |
10 May 2011
07:46 GMT |
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A team at the Dolphin Research Center in Grassy Key, Florida, carried out the very first experiment with blindfolded dolphins, to see how they imitate others.
Dolphins are very intelligent creatures and ever since people started working with them, they have never ceased to amaze us with their tricks.
The latest... |
22 January 2011
06:38 GMT |
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In a recent study conducted by an international science team, it was revealed that bottlenose dolphins exhibit very complex communications patterns that are still a mystery to researchers. According to the new data, it would appear that the repertoire that the creatures use is highly complex, and also filled with nua... |
9 June 2010
10:26 GMT |
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One of the most difficult aspects of whale research is explaining their widely-varying sizes. The vaquita porpoise, which weighs barely 55 kilograms, cannot be readily placed in the same category as the blue whales. The latter is the largest animal in existence, weighing around 180 metric tons. Still, they are both c... |
19 May 2010
04:36 GMT |
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A team of investigators has recently been able to reconstruct an impressive battle scene between a dolphin and a shark, which is believed to have taken place some 4 million years ago. The data needed to put together what happened was collected from bite marks and other tell-tale signs from the fossilized remains of t... |
18 March 2010
04:01 GMT |
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In a groundbreaking, new discovery, researchers have demonstrated that similar genetic traits can take very similar evolutionary paths in two totally different species. Their investigation focused on the genes that allowed both bats and dolphins to echolocate. In spite of the fact that they are worlds apart, inhabiti... |
26 January 2010
09:31 GMT |
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The scientific community has finally come to a consensus regarding dolphins. Experts believe that the marine animals are the second most intelligent species on the planet after humans. The creatures are so smart and bright, that they should be referred to as non-human persons, they add. Recent research has demonstrat... |
5 January 2010
04:20 GMT |
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Scientists from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), and the University of Aberdeen, in the United Kingdom, have recently published a new study, arguing that human language and dolphin behavior have similar traits, as far as brevity goes. They set off in their line of reasoning from the law of brevity in hu... |
31 July 2009
13:31 GMT |
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Distinguishing what types of objects surround you in the dark could prove to come in handy in various situations, as, for example, when working in an environment where you have little visibility and the eyes don't help you much. Once again taking their inspiration from the animal world, scientists have recently ... |
1 July 2009
03:35 GMT |
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Dolphins in the waters of the Mekong River are nearing extinction, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has recently announced. The results of an on-site investigation have unveiled the fact that only about 80 individuals still endure in the waters of the heavily polluted river, which is the tenth largest in the world, and ... |
18 June 2009
05:11 GMT |
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Tucuxi dolphins have been thus far looked at as being rather peaceful animals that have never demonstrated until now infanticide tendencies. Behaviors of this nature are seldom observed in animals such as dolphins or whales, with only two instances of infanticide beings registered over the years in bottlenose dolphin... |
18 May 2009
10:58 GMT |
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While steering his boat on an inland lake in Louisiana, USA, 42 year-old charter boat captain Erik Rue saw what few had seen before him – a pink dolphin. All the passengers on his boat spotted the magnificent creature too, and someone was quick enough to snap a picture. Although it may look unnatural and out of... |
3 March 2009
08:57 GMT |
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Dolphins are apparently less understood than scientists would have us believe, shows a new research, conducted by Australian experts, and published recently in the journal PLoS ONE. The animals seem to exhibit a very rare talent, namely they're able to prepare their food. Such traits are usually only encountered... |
30 January 2009
04:34 GMT |
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Representatives of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) say that an intervention to rescue the 9 bottlenosed dolphins currently swimming in the Shrewsbury and Navesink rivers is not advisable at this time, as the animals are not in any immediate danger. The stance angers environmental groups, wh... |
15 December 2008
03:43 GMT |
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Chaotic fluid movements in gases and liquids often increase the friction and drag on vehicles such as aircrafts and submarines, but this could easily change by creating a skin imitating that of dolphins, which has the ability to modify its shape and decrease drag coefficient by up to 50 percent. Such a material cover... |
18 April 2008
05:42 GMT |
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Early this month, a storm raging in the waters of the Black Sea led to a catastrophic oil spill, as the oil tanker seeking refuge wrecked in the Kerch Strait, and leaked over 2,000 tons of petrol. As a result of the havoc, the WWF inspectors evaluating the situation came to the conclusion that it would take at least ... |
30 November 2007
10:53 GMT |
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