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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 ... 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 in ...
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OMI: Frequently Asked Questions About LFAS
This same calf also slapped its pectoral fin 600 times during the four-hour observation period. This type of agitated behavior indicated the calf ... at 140 dB or less, stopped singing. Navy scientists report LFAS tests conducted on blue and fin whales in waters off California in 1997 resulted in blue whales decreasing their vocalizations by 50% ...
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US Navy's Misinformation to Congress About LFAS
Dr. Christopher Clark indicates that blue whales decreased their vocalizations by about 50% and fin whales decreased by about 30% when the LFA sonar sound was on. Navy Statement 5 - "There ... water) a total of 230 times during a four-hour time frame. The calf also slapped its pectoral fin on the water 671 times during this same observation period) Fact - In violation of the NMFS ...
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The Whales of Hervey Bay - Slaphappy
This photo of Slaphappy's left hand dorsal fin and lateral body, together with the under fluke photos, will help us recognise her in the future. As she was leaving Slaphappy gave one final slap of her pectoral fin as if waving good-bye. Become a Supporting Member of The Oceania Project and add your name here...... ...
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Migration of the Southern Humpback Whales
Antarctic. LEFT: The bond between mother and calf is strong. Calves mostly stay eyeball to eyeball or within pectoral fin distance of mother during the first year. Time in Hervey Bay is divided between feeding, resting and playing. But play has ...
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This was due to the lack of space for swimming and also because of his damaged left pectoral fin, which was dislocated during his capture. As a young dolphin, he was hauled into a fishing ... point, the team began distributing 'tracking forms,' which showed a picture of Flipper's freeze-branded dorsal fin, explaining a little about the project and asked for the cooperation of anyone who saw Flipper. ...
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During the dolphin show one might hear the announcer tell the audience that 'this is the dolphin's dorsal fin,' and when the dolphin trainer gives the dolphin the hand signal to wave his pectoral fin, the announcer will say 'and this is the pectoral fin.' These superficial descriptions of the dolphins' physiology are nothing but a token gesture, serving ...
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news oct 02
The mother whales of other species must struggle to protect their newborn from the hazards around them in the open ocean. The gray whale mothers can simply lay at rest, their newborn baby riding quietly on their pectoral fin. Thanks to the remote and protected lagoons of Baja this species has a nursery area unique among the large cetaceans. And now ...
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Ocean in Motion - Ocean Futures Society Blog -
July 8, 2008 by Abi Thoma They covered the whale with wet cloths to keep it cool. Carefully protecting its pectoral fin they gently rocked it, allowing it to find its balance, before pushing special harnesses underneath the whale and floating it back out into the water. Except this wasn't a real whale. It was a life-size ...
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Stock List :: Phillip Colla Natural History Photography
Spout (168) Whale Breaching (113) Whale Bubble Display (78) Whale Feeding (2) Whale Lunging (160) Whale Pectoral Fin Display (73) Whale Singing (39) Whale Socialization (6) Whale Spyhopping (6) Whale Watching (16) Endangered ... (76) False Eye Spot (12) Mask or Hidden Eye (36) Spot (75) Stripe (110) Dorsal Fin (17) Electric (2) Eye (31) Juvenile (30) Male - Female Difference (70) Mouth (9) Spine (33) ...
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