|
|
|
Vocapedia > Earth > Wildlife > Water > Aquatic mammals > Dophins
Superpod Of Common Dolphins In Monterey Bay Video NYT 5 September 2018
There are few things more magical in this world than hundreds of dolphins racing through the wild Monterey Bay on a foggy fall morning.
For the last week, a superpod of common dolphins hundreds strong has been racing the Monterey Bay, hot on the tails of billions of baitfish.
This video was filmed on Labor Day just off of Point Pinos in Pacific Grove, and is being played back at half speed.
YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/
How Dolphins Know Who's Who - ScienceTake NYT 23 September 2013
How Dolphins Know Who's Who Video ScienceTake NYT 23 September 2013
We all know that dolphins are smart animals, but scientists have found that these creatures create their own names and respond when they are called.
YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XUbLAPxuok&list=PL4CGYNsoW2iAER6DUOhwnxnBl0L7oAIsl&index=32
mammals > dolphin
Even though they live in the ocean all of the time, dolphins are mammals, not fish.
Like every mammal, dolphins are warm blooded.
Unlike fish, who breathe through gills, dolphins breathe air using lungs.
Dolphins must make frequent trips to the surface of the water to catch a breath.
The blowhole on top of a dolphin's head acts as a "nose," making it easy for the dolphin to surface for air.
Other characteristics of dolphins that make them mammals rather than fish are that they give birth to live young rather than laying eggs and they feed their young with milk.
Also, like all mammals, dolphins even have a tiny amount of hair, right around the blowhole, which is a little different than the scales of a fish.
Whales and porpoises are also mammals.
There are 75 species of dolphins, whales, and porpoises living in the ocean.
They are the only mammals, other than manatees, that spend their entire lives in the water. - NOAA, 30 October 2014 http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/dolphins.html
https://www.npr.org/2018/09/07/
https://www.youtube.com/
http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2015/08/06/
http://www.npr.org/2015/08/04/
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/dec/23/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/sep/28/
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/20/
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/23/us-
Related > Anglonautes > Vocapedia
Earth, population growth, environment,
agriculture / farming, gardening
climate change, global warming
Related
Seascape: the state of our oceans UK
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/series/
|
|
|