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A blue shark, Risso’s dolphins and much more

June 15, 2010 by Carolyn Kraft 2 Comments

On Saturday, I went on the coolest ocean adventure. It was the Cabrillo Aquarium‘s annual “Catalina Above and Below” trip. After waking up at 4:15 in the morning, I managed to arrive in San Pedro by 5:30 to board the First String, which left at 6:00. Getting up early and mornings in general are not… [read more]

Filed Under: Dolphins, Fishes, Lobster, shrimp, crab(s), Marine mammals, Whales Tagged With: blue shark, bottlenose dolphin, cetacean, common dolphin, dolphin, risso's dolphin, whale, whale watching

The Dolphin Dash

June 11, 2010 by Carolyn Kraft Leave a Comment

If you are reading this blog, there’s a good chance you are a big fan of dolphins and whales. But are you so passionate about dolphins and whales that you would run 50 miles to raise awareness and funds on their behalf? Sounds pretty crazy right? Well, Cheryl McCormick, executive director of the American Cetacean… [read more]

Filed Under: Ocean heroes Tagged With: cetacean, dolphin, whale, whaling

Happy World Oceans Day!

June 8, 2010 by Carolyn Kraft Leave a Comment

Today is June 8th, which means it’s officially World Oceans Day. For those not familiar with World Oceans Day don’t feel bad because this is a very new special day. The idea of celebrating World Oceans Day was “first proposed in 1992 by the Government of Canada at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro,”… [read more]

Filed Under: Ocean events Tagged With: action alert, cetacean, dolphin, whale, whaling

Mysterious dolphin skin burn healing

May 18, 2010 by Carolyn Kraft 1 Comment

A few weeks ago I wrote about two bottlenose dolphins suffering from a mysterious skin burn and thankfully both are still alive and kicking or I mean swimming. The cow/calf pair, Wave and Tallula, have been monitored closely by researchers and dolphin enthusiasts near Adelaide and both dolphins are on the mend. What caused the… [read more]

Filed Under: Dolphins, Marine mammals Tagged With: cetacean, dolphin, pollution

Classifying marine mammals, clades shmades

May 13, 2010 by Carolyn Kraft 1 Comment

As of the writing of this post, there are four clades of marine mammals. Things could change if some crazy fossil is found that alters all current knowledge, but for now we only have to know about four clades. Now is a good time to explain what a clade is. According to the fabulous glossary… [read more]

Filed Under: Marine mammals Tagged With: cetacean, dolphin, dugong, manatee, pinniped, porpoise, sea lion, seal, sirenian, walrus, whale

Whales and dolphins in the womb

May 6, 2010 by Carolyn Kraft Leave a Comment

The Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals takes us to some interesting places and this article is no exception: Cetacean Prenatal Development. Okay I was being sarcastic in this instance, a bit of a dry topic if you ask me. But there were a few pretty interesting facts. For instance, whales, dolphins and porpoises evolved from a… [read more]

Filed Under: Dolphins, Marine mammals, Whales Tagged With: cetacean, dolphin, evolution, porpoise, whale

Dolphins vs. fisheries = no contest

May 4, 2010 by Carolyn Kraft 2 Comments

The idea of dolphins stealing fish from fisheries comes up a lot and is a concept I’ve always found puzzling. Because if we manage our resources properly and only take a sustainable amount of fish from the sea, which should take into consideration animals that also rely on fish in the sea, then there shouldn’t… [read more]

Filed Under: Dolphins, Marine mammals Tagged With: cetacean, dolphin, fishing

Oceans movie is worth seeing

May 3, 2010 by Carolyn Kraft 2 Comments

I don’t dare post the actual Oceans poster image for fear of being sued by Disney, but I have to say the movie is definitely worth seeing on the big screen. There is amazing underwater footage of sea creatures you will most likely never have the chance to see and of course many great shots… [read more]

Filed Under: Do Something, Marine mammals, Ocean events Tagged With: cetacean, dolphin, pinniped, pollution, porpoise, sea lion, seal, walrus, whale

Sexual maturity in whales and dolphins

April 29, 2010 by Carolyn Kraft 2 Comments

Ah puberty, those awkward years on the road to sexual maturity. It’s not clear if whales and dolphins must also suffer the dramatic ups and downs of the human teenager, but some do have to suffer big differences between the sexes when it comes to the actually timing of sexual maturity. In several posts we’ve… [read more]

Filed Under: Dolphins, Marine mammals, Whales Tagged With: baleen, cetacean, courtship, dolphin, evolution, porpoise, sexual dimorphism, whale

Whales and dolphins have big babies

April 28, 2010 by Carolyn Kraft 1 Comment

For those of you with your legs still crossed after reading the average gestation time for whales and dolphins, I now present you with one more reason to really think twice about ocean living. It turns out at birth that many whales and dolphins enter the world already quite large. Here’s the low down straight… [read more]

Filed Under: Dolphins, Marine mammals, Whales Tagged With: baleen, cetacean, dolphin, porpoise, whale

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