Dolphins

BP Oil Spill Investigated As Cause Of Dolphin Deaths

February 27, 2011
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BP Oil Spill Investigated As Cause Of Dolphin Deaths

Scientists are trying to determine whether there’s a link between last year’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill and a spike in dolphin deaths along the Gulf Coast. Sixty-seven bottlenose dolphins have washed up on Gulf beaches over the past few weeks. More than half — 35 — are babies. Researchers are looking at other possible causes, including infectious disease or the abnormally cold winter, but the large numbers of dead calves are particularly unusual...

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‘Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ on Dolphin Intelligence

February 10, 2011
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‘Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ on Dolphin Intelligence

On the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much – the wheel, New York, wars and so on – whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man – for precisely the same reasons. The last ever dolphin message...

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Dolphins Being Slaughtered in Taiji Japan

January 20, 2011
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Dolphins Being Slaughtered in Taiji Japan

“It is a bloodbath, cruel and barbaric. Each year, the idyllic and peaceful setting of the village of Taiji in southern Japan is shattered by almost unspeakable cruelty as incredible pain and ultimate death is inflicted on defenseless dolphins.” - Paul Watson, president and founder Sea Shepherd Conservation Society A pod of roughly 25 striped dolphins were being driven into the Cove today, (1-13-11). As they were driven into the Cove, four adults and...

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