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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/
watch?time_continue=4&v=KwIS7hOSz3U

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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/
645677562/watch-superpod-of-dolphins-seen-racing-off-california-coast

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?time_continue=4&v=KwIS7hOSz3U - NPR - 5 September 2018

 

http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2015/08/06/
429862292/are-whales-and-dolphins-cultural-beings

http://www.npr.org/2015/08/04/
428986235/exploring-the-wild-and-haunting-world-of-dolphins

 

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/dec/23/
bottlenose-dolphins-us-eastern-seaboard

http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=2XUbLAPxuok&list=PL4CGYNsoW2iAER6DUOhwnxnBl0L7oAIsl&index=32

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/sep/28/
hectors-dolphins-near-extinction

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/20/
science/20dolphin.html

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/23/us-
dolphins-gulf-idUSTRE71L7T620110223

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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