It is marked by social and cultural events connected to the tradition of whale hunting. |
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Some animal-rights groups and anticaptivity philosophers argued that the whale should be released to the wild immediately. |
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There's nothing more thrilling to the whale watcher than to see a whale surface and blow. |
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Nick observes the whale both with her calfling, and with Marty, but he does not communicate with her. |
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If a particular whale species isn't endangered, then there's not a blind bit of difference between butchering them or cattle. |
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In Japanese, the whale was called iwashi kujira, or sardine whale, a name originally applied to Bryde's whales by early Japanese whalers. |
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Be it known that, waiving all argument, I take the good old fashioned ground that the whale is a fish, and call upon holy Jonah to back me. |
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By 1750, the North Atlantic right whale population was, for commercial purposes, depleted. |
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In 2007, and again on June 1, 2009, NOAA changed the TSS servicing Boston to reduce vessel collisions with right whales and other whale species. |
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Climate change poses a threat to the North Atlantic right whale as global temperatures increase and ocean processes change. |
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A brief change in food availability can affect right whale populations for years after. |
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In 1999, only one right whale calf was born, compared to the 21 that were born in 1996, before the climate shift. |
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Researchers identify individual right whales, document whale behavior, monitor new calves, and respond to entangled whales. |
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Phenology of catch records in the early twentieth century in Nordic countries shows that whale presences in northern waters was at peak in June. |
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The whale lifts its flukes high out of the water as it begins a feeding dive. |
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Sound waves that strike the whale from different directions will not be channeled in the same way. |
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Most squid beaks are vomited by the whale, but some occasionally make it to the hindgut. |
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When the whale is submerged, it can close the blowhole, and air that passes through the phonic lips can circulate back to the lungs. |
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However, if the whale matures and the size of the spermaceti organ increases, the tone of the whale's click will also change. |
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This recycling of air allows the whale to continuously generate clicks for as long as it is submerged. |
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In that sense, petroleum use may be said to have protected whale populations from even greater exploitation. |
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However, due to the distinctive look and large size of the whale, watching is increasingly popular. |
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Sperm whale watchers often use hydrophones to listen to the clicks of the whales and locate them before they surface. |
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They are very playful and curious towards human vessels making them relatively easy targets for whale hunters. |
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On 20 January 2006, a northern bottlenose whale was spotted in Central London in the River Thames. |
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Norway stopped hunting the whale in 1973 but northern bottlenose whales are still killed in the Faroe Islands. |
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The killer whale is one of 35 species in the oceanic dolphin family, which first appeared about 11 million years ago. |
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A typical killer whale distinctively bears a black back, white chest and sides, and a white patch above and behind the eye. |
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When seen from a distance, juveniles can be confused with other cetacean species, such as the false killer whale or Risso's dolphin. |
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The skeleton of the killer whale is of the typical delphinid structure, but is more robust. |
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Killer whale pectoral fins, analogous to forelimbs, are large and rounded, resembling paddles. |
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An individual killer whale can often be identified from its dorsal fin and saddle patch. |
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Carousel feeding has only been documented in the Norwegian killer whale population and with some oceanic dolphin species. |
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Some sharks suffocate within about 15 minutes while the whale holds them still, because these sharks need to move to breathe. |
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When hunting a young whale, a group chases it and its mother until they wear out. |
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A captive killer whale at MarineLand discovered it could regurgitate fish onto the surface, attracting sea gulls, and then eat the birds. |
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Spyhopping, a behaviour in which a whale holds its head above water, helps the animal view its surroundings. |
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With one exception, the killer whale named Luna, no permanent separation of an individual from a resident matriline has been recorded. |
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In contrast, the marine mammal prey of transients hear well underwater at the frequencies used in killer whale calls. |
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For the Kwakwaka'wakw, the killer whale was regarded as the ruler of the undersea world, with sea lions for slaves and dolphins for warriors. |
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The Tlingit of southeastern Alaska regarded the killer whale as custodian of the sea and a benefactor of humans. |
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To the surprise of those who saw him, Moby Doll was a docile, nonaggressive whale that made no attempts to attack humans. |
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The saving of Springer raised hopes that another young killer whale named Luna, which had become separated from his pod, could be returned to it. |
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The common name of the whale comes from the gray patches and white mottling on its dark skin. |
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The gray whale is the sole living species in the genus Eschrichtius, which in turn is the sole living genus in the family Eschrichtiidae. |
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The gray whale is traditionally placed as the only living species in its genus and family. |
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Many other names have been ascribed to the gray whale, including desert whale, devilfish, gray back, mussel digger and rip sack. |
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Dudley in 1725 as one of the species hunted by the early New England whalers, was almost certainly the gray whale. |
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The same whale was sighted again on May 30, 2010, off the coast of Barcelona, Spain. |
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The whale watching industry provides ecotourists and marine mammal enthusiasts the opportunity to see groups of gray whales as they migrate. |
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Dudley in 1725, as one target of early New England whalers, was almost certainly the gray whale. |
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Currently, the annual quota for the gray whale catch in the region is 140 per year. |
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In their breeding grounds in Baja California, Mexican law protects whales in their lagoons while still permitting whale watching. |
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Their intention was to expose what they considered embezzlement of the meat collected during whale hunts. |
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Cetaceans produce a number of vocalizations, notably the clicks and whistles of dolphins and the moaning songs of the humpback whale. |
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A few, such as the killer whale, feed on mammals, such as pinnipeds and other whales. |
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Cetaceans use sound to communicate, using groans, moans, whistles, clicks or the 'singing' of the humpback whale. |
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Many species inhabit specific latitudes, often in tropical or subtropical waters, such as Bryde's whale or Risso's dolphin. |
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The southern right whale dolphin and the hourglass dolphin live only in the Southern Ocean. |
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Males in some baleen species communicate via whale song, sequences of high pitched sounds. |
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The southern right whale elevates its tail fluke above the water, remaining in the same position for a considerable time. |
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Upon death, whale carcasses fall to the deep ocean and provide a substantial habitat for marine life. |
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Most hunted whales are now threatened, with some great whale populations exploited to the brink of extinction. |
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Since 2000, whale strandings frequently occurred following military sonar testing. |
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His groundbreaking binomial system formed the basis of modern whale classification. |
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In the Neolithic settlement of Skara Brae on Orkney sauce pans were made from whale vertebrae. |
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He described how he and his companions entered a treeless island, which turned out to be a giant whale, which he called Jasconicus. |
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The study of whale song also produced a popular Judy Collins album, Songs of the Humpback Whale. |
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In 1971, SeaWorld captured a California gray whale calf in Mexico at Scammon's Lagoon. |
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The whale feces are liquid and instead of sinking, they stay at the surface where phytoplankton feed off it. |
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However, the illegal trade of whale and dolphin meat is a significant market in Japan and some countries. |
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The critically endangered North Atlantic right whale is particularly affected by vessel strikes. |
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Tourism boats designed for whale and dolphin watching can also negatively impact on marine mammals by interfering with their natural behavior. |
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For thousands of years, indigenous peoples of the Arctic have depended on whale meat. |
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All he knew about flensing knives was that they were used to strip blubber from whale carcasses. |
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She was the roughest, toughest frail, but Minnie had a heart as big as a whale. |
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As the geanticline rose upwards, nappes glided off like slicks from the back of an emerging whale. |
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This activity likely led to the extinction of the Atlantic population of the once common gray whale. |
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The 17th century Dutch Golden Age during which Dutch herring, cod and whale fisheries reached an all time high saw Dutch power at its zenith. |
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Various species of seal, whale and dolphin are found on or around British shores and coastlines. |
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The skeleton of a dead whale that its founder Alexander Dabell found in 1844 is still on display. |
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Aquatic wildlife, such as species of sea turtle, shark, seal, whale, and dolphin, are common off the coast. |
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At Ostia, in front of a crowd of spectators, Claudius fought a killer whale which was trapped in the harbour. |
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A killer whale was actually seen in the harbour of Ostia, locked in combat with the emperor Claudius. |
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About 12 hours later, the whale is believed to have been seen again near Greenwich, possibly heading back to sea. |
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There are recipes for preparing many different types of animals, including whale, crane, curlew, heron, seal and porpoise. |
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Women who plan to become pregnant within three months, pregnant women, and nursing women should abstain from eating pilot whale meat. |
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A significant whaling industry was also based in Dundee, largely existing to supply the jute mills with whale oil. |
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The most popular species of whale found in Cape Breton's waters is the Pilot whale. |
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The two species of whale from which muktuk is most often sliced are the bowhead and the beluga, or white whale. |
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Commercial whaling is practised intermittently along with scientific whale hunts. |
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And Baithene set off for Tiree, and when the whale appeared, he raised his hands and blessed it and it went back down into the ocean. |
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Designed by Swansea architect, Jernigan, it was built for the storage of whale oil awaiting shipment for sale in London. |
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Dolphins feed largely on fish and squid, but a few, like the killer whale, feed on large mammals, like seals. |
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Fish and squid are the main food, but the false killer whale and the orca also feed on other marine mammals. |
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Lunge feeding by rorquals, a family of huge baleen whales that includes the blue whale, is said to be the largest biomechanical event on Earth. |
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The same secludedness and isolation to which the schoolmaster whale betakes himself in his advancing years, is true of all aged Sperm Whales. |
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As its name implies, it stays close to coastal areas or river estuaries, and as such, is the most familiar porpoise to whale watchers. |
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They also participate in shows with bottlenose dolphin and pilot whale at Sea World. |
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On at least one occasion, an Antarctic minke whale has been confirmed migrating to the Arctic. |
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In addition, at least two wild hybrids between a common minke whale and an Antarctic minke whale have been confirmed. |
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Most of the length of the back, including dorsal fin and blowholes, appears at once when the whale surfaces to breathe. |
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The fin whale is a large baleen whale that belongs to the Cetacean order, which includes all species of whale, dolphin and porpoise. |
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Like all other large whales, the fin whale was heavily hunted during the 20th century and is an endangered species. |
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The fin whale is usually distinguished by its tall spout, long back, prominent dorsal fin, and asymmetrical colouration. |
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The fin whale is brownish to dark or light gray dorsally and white ventrally. |
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This type of asymmetry is seen in Omura's whale and occasionally in minke whales. |
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The oral cavity of the fin whale has a very stretchy or extensible nerve system which aids them in feeding. |
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Relatively little is known about the historical and current population levels of the Southern fin whale. |
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In July 1908, a whaler reportedly saw two killer whales attack and kill a fin whale off western Greenland. |
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Since 2006, Hvalur has caught more than 500 fin whales and exported more than 5000 tonnes of whale meat to Japan. |
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It has also been referred to as the lesser fin whale because it somewhat resembles the fin whale. |
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One whale would always leave the group during or immediately after such socializing bouts. |
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Unlike the fin whale, the sei whale tends not to rise high out of the water as it dives, usually just sinking below the surface. |
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It is known for breaching and other distinctive surface behaviors, making it popular with whale watchers. |
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Humpback whale skeleton on display at The Museum of Osteology, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. |
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This technique involves the whale slapping the surface of the ocean with its tail between one and four times before creating the bubble net. |
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This, along with hunting in the Antarctic Ocean beginning in 1904, sharply reduced whale populations. |
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The whale was dissected by Professor John Struthers, who wrote seven papers on its anatomy and an 1889 monograph on the humpback. |
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Saxitoxin, a paralytic shellfish poisoning from contaminated mackerel, was implicated in humpback whale deaths. |
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The body of the whale is very dark gray or black, occasionally with white patches on the belly. |
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The right whale's callosities appear white due to large colonies of cyamids or whale lice. |
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However, the 2013 results of DNA analysis of those fossil bones revealed that they were in fact those of the bowhead whale. |
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The whales were hunted initially for whale oil but, as meat preservation technology improved, their value as food increased. |
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For the bonny ship the Diamond goes a-fishing for the whale. |
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Underwater noise from shipping, drilling, and other human activities is a significant concern in some key killer whale habitats, including Johnstone Strait and Haro Strait. |
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Killer whales are popular with whale watchers, which may stress the whales and alter their behavior, particularly if boats approach too closely or block their lines of travel. |
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In 1827, a blue whale beached itself off the coast of Ostend. |
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North Sea cetaceans include various porpoise, dolphin and whale species. |
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An observer situated one metre from a vocalizing whale would perceive a volume roughly equivalent to the volume of a jackhammer operating two metres away. |
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In general, the sei whale migrates annually from cool and subpolar waters in summer to temperate and subtropical waters for winter, where food is more abundant. |
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In 2010, a Los Angeles restaurant confirmed to be serving sei whale meat was closed by its owners after prosecution by authorities for handling a protected species. |
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The first captive gray whale, who was captured in Scammon's Lagoon, Baja California in 1965, was named Gigi and died two months later from an infection. |
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The second gray whale, who was captured in 1972 from the same lagoon, was named Gigi II and was released a year later after becoming too large for the facilities. |
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The River Thames whale reached as far up river as Albert Bridge. |
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In the 1882 children's book Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, the wooden figures Pinocchio and Geppettos' creators were swallowed by a whale. |
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The whale was exhibited to the public by a local entrepreneur, John Woods, both locally and then as a touring exhibition that travelled to Edinburgh and London. |
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A rescue attempt lasted several hours, but the whale died on a barge. |
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Most importantly, it is one of the few places where the beaked whales, such as the Cuvier's beaked whale, have been observed relatively frequently. |
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Analyses of whale songs in the 1960s led to worldwide media interest and convinced the public that whales were highly intelligent, aiding the antiwhaling advocates. |
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The killer whale lineage probably branched off shortly thereafter. |
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Offshore, basking shark and various species of whale and dolphin can often be seen, and the remoter islands' seabird populations are of international significance. |
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Male cetacean strategies for reproductive success vary between herding females, defending potential mates from other males, or whale song which attracts mates. |
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Deterioration of whale carcasses happens through three stages. |
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Consequently, unlike many other species of whale, dead right whales float. |
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Blue whale are known to feed off of the southeastern shelf in summer. |
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Deterioration of whale carcasses happens though a series of three stages. |
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The gray whale became extinct in the North Atlantic in the 18th century. |
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Although dolphins are widespread, most species prefer the warmer waters of the tropic zones, but some, like the right whale dolphin, prefer colder climates. |
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Two unusual and rare hybrid dolphins, known as wolphins, are kept at Sea Life Park in Hawaii, which is a cross between a bottlenose dolphin and a false killer whale. |
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Information for offshore regions and warmer waters is more scarce, but widespread sightings indicate the killer whale can survive in most water temperatures. |
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Orcas on occasion also hunt whale species larger than themselves. |
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An unusual and very rare hybrid dolphin, known as a wolphin, is kept at the Sea Life Park in Hawaii, which is a cross between a bottlenose dolphin and a false killer whale. |
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Critics claim captive life is stressful due to these factors and the requirement to perform circus tricks that are not part of wild killer whale behavior. |
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Unlike human teeth, which are composed mostly of enamel on the portion of the tooth outside of the gum, whale teeth have cementum outside the gum. |
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Killer whale populations in New Zealand and Peru have been observed preying on bottlenose dolphins, but this seems rare, and other orcas may swim with dolphins. |
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Lunge feeding is an extreme feeding method, where the whale accelerates from below the bait ball to a high velocity and then opens its mouth to a large gape angle. |
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In January 2011, a gray whale that had been tagged in the western population was tracked as far east as the eastern population range off the coast of British Columbia. |
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Killer whales can induce tonic immobility in sharks and rays by holding them upside down, rendering them helpless and incapable of injuring the whale. |
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Captive life is also stressful due the requirement to perform circus tricks that are not part of wild killer whale behavior, as well as restricting pool size. |
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These shifts will likely greatly affect the abundance of zooplankton, posing a great risk for right whale populations that cannot rapidly adapt to a new food source. |
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The name is a partial translation of Norwegian minkehval, possibly after a Norwegian whaler named Meincke, who mistook a northern minke whale for a blue whale. |
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All minke whales are part of the rorquals, a family that includes the humpback whale, the fin whale, the Bryde's whale, the sei whale and the blue whale. |
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As of July 2013, the Namibian whale was still being seen regularly. |
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Killer whale cannibalism has also been reported based on analysis of stomach contents, but this is likely to be the result of scavenging remains dumped by whalers. |
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Either land based or organized whale watching activities are available along east coasts from Canada in north to Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida to south. |
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The IUCN Red List labels the common minke whale as Least Concern. |
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By 1979, the minke was the only whale caught by Southern Ocean fleets. |
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Due to the species' status, as of 2014, there is no whale watching location in eastern and mid Atlantic, and oceanic islands feasible to observe right whales regularly. |
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One killer whale was also attacked by its companions after being shot. |
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Fin whales are rorquals, members of the family Balaenopteridae, which also includes the humpback whale, the blue whale, Bryde's whale, the sei whale, and the minke whales. |
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A decline in Aleutian Islands sea otter populations in the 1990s was controversially attributed by some scientists to killer whale predation, although with no direct evidence. |
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The animal's large size aids in identification, and it is usually only confused with the blue whale, the sei whale, or, in warmer waters, Bryde's whale. |
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Even in the totally anosmic whale without an olfactory nerve, bulb, or tract, it is noteworthy that the third-order neurons of the olfactory system still persist. |
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The killer whale hunts in pods and targets belugas and even larger whales. |
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It was thought to have evolved because the whale swims on its right side when surface lunging and it sometimes circles to the right while at the surface above a prey patch. |
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When the whale surfaces, the dorsal fin is visible soon after the spout. |
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The grooves between the knobs trap a film of air that is consistent whatever the orientation or depth of the whale, making it an excellent sound mirror. |
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The whale then repeats the sequences in bouts lasting up to many days. |
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When fin whale sounds were first recorded by US biologists, they did not realize that these unusually loud, long, pure and regular sounds were being made by whales. |
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Like many large rorquals, the fin whale is a cosmopolitan species. |
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The North Atlantic fin whale has an extensive distribution, occurring from the Gulf of Mexico and Mediterranean Sea, northward to Baffin Bay and Spitsbergen. |
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It is hypothesized that before the whale dives, cold water enters the organ, and it is likely that the blood vessels constrict, reducing blood flow, and, hence, temperature. |
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In October 2005, 16 killer whales attacked and killed a fin whale in the Canal de Ballenas, Gulf of California, after chasing it for about an hour. |
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The whale died within 12 hours, sinking while heading out to sea. |
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In January 1984, seven were seen from the air circling, holding the flippers, and ramming a fin whale in the Gulf of California, but the observation ended at nightfall. |
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If prey patches are not sufficiently dense, or are located too deep in the water, the whale has to spend a larger portion of its day searching for food. |
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These six dead whales were studied, and CAT scans of two of the whale heads showed hemorrhaging around the brain and the ears, which is consistent with decompression sickness. |
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In some areas, they cause a substantial portion of large whale strandings. |
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The sei whale migrates annually from cool and subpolar waters in summer to winter in temperate and subtropical waters, with a lifespan of 70 years. |
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The whale's name comes from the Norwegian word for pollock, a fish that appears off the coast of Norway at the same time of the year as the sei whale. |
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