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]
The Dolphin Dash
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]
Happy World Oceans Day!
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]
Mysterious dolphin skin burn healing
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]
Classifying marine mammals, clades shmades
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]
Whales and dolphins in the womb
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]
Dolphins vs. fisheries = no contest
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]
Oceans movie is worth seeing
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]
Sexual maturity in whales and dolphins
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]
Whales and dolphins have big babies
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]
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