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The Dolphin Institute - Dolphin Research
Dolphin touches the frisbee with her belly as directed. Dolphin displays her dorsal fin to her trainer. Dolphin touches her mouth to the ball. patients lose conscious awareness of their ... . We assigned gestural symbols to each of nine body parts, rostrum, mouth, melon, side, belly, dorsal fin, pectoral fin, genitals, and tail. We then asked the dolphin to use a named body part ...
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The Dolphin Institute - Resource Guide
The dolphins body, except for pectoral fins, dorsal fin, and tail flukes is well insulated by a thick blubber layer. Detection of temperature, therefore, if used by dolphins, would likely be restricted t these appendages without blubber, although there appear to be no studies ...
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Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies | Latest PCCS Whale Disentanglement Reveals Gruesome Example of Entanglement Crisis
The whale then swam off using its flippers. The humpback whale research team at PCCS is attempting to identify this individual whale using photographs of the dorsal fin because it was not possible to use the pattern on the underside of the flukes, normally used in humpback whale ...
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Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies | Whale Rescue | Frequently Asked Questions
If a whale is in an aggregation, following that particular whale can be challenging. Identifying the whale as an individual, using scars or the shape of the dorsal fin is helpful in this instance (entangling lines may not be easy to see or even invisible from above the waterline). Through ...
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Ecobeetle's Endangered Species - Killer Whale - Conservation Information,Pictures,Facts,Links,Books
Killer Whales can dive for up to 17 minutes to a depth of at least 260 meters ... their movements. Characteristics which differ between the two types of whales include the shape of the dorsal fin, pigmentation of the saddle patch, mitochondrial and nuclear DNA, diet, travel patters, respiration patterns, vocalizations, ...
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Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department
P. perotteti the first dorsal originates anterior to the pelvic fins. The pectoral fins of P. pectinata are smaller than ... and have a blunt cutting posterior edge. Smalltooth sawfish dermal denticles from below the first dorsal fin, including apical views source Bigelow and Schroeder (1948) FNWA Denticles Numerous dermal denticles vary ...
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Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department
Coloration The dorsal surface of the green sawfish is colored greenish-brown or olive. Their rostral teeth are ...
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CRESLI's fin whale page
Dorsal fin shape, chevron and blaze patterns, and scars can be used to identify individuals. Fin ... side are dark. This pattern can be seen occasionally in minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), but EVERY fin whale exhibits this asymmetry. Although there are many hypotheses, we still have no definitive idea as ...
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Acoustics Monitoring Program
Distinctive features include the tall falcate dorsal fin, the light pigmentation or blaze on the right side of the head, and the ... al. 1993). However, to date there is no evidence of this (Tershey and Wiley 1992). Fin whale prey includes schooling fish, euphausids, and copepods (Mitchell 1975). . Vents Home Contacts-Credits Bibliography ...
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STW - Fin Whale
The back has distinct ridges from the dorsal fin to the flukes which accounts for the name “razorback.” The fin whale ... white and bluish gray. The purpose of this unusual coloration is thought to play a part in fin feeding strategy. They have been observed swimming toward their prey, rolling on their right side, pivoting ...
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