Sentences with phrase «beaked dolphins»

For the first time, scientists have observed polar bears devouring white - beaked dolphins in the Arctic and are crediting global warming for introducing these two species to each other.

For the first time ever, scientists have witnessed polar bears eating white - beaked dolphins in the Arctic, and they claim it's the bizarre result of climate change.

In total, 8 species were spotted: Harbour porpoises, White beaked dolphins, Northern Bottlenose Whales, Minke whales, Killer whales, Humpback whales, Fin whales and Blue whales.

Depending on the time of year (and a little bit of luck) there's a chance to see the aforementioned manatees, alongside short - beaked dolphins, nursing sharks, sea turtles, and hundreds of species of fish.

White - beaked dolphins, minke whales, humpback whales and blue whales have been spotted and the humpback whales have been extremely playful while the blue whales are majestic as usual.

In total, 8 species were spotted: Harbour porpoises, White beaked dolphins, Minke whales, Killer whales, Humpback whales, Fin whales, Blue whales and Sperm whales.

Not exact matches

The new find helps shed light on the evolution of beaked whales as well as their competition: Soon after M. gregarius swam the region's seas, dolphins appeared on the scene, and their success in shallow coastal waters (where they now dominate), may have driven ziphiids to abandon foraging in surface waters.

He thinks it's possible that even bottlenose dolphins, the most well - known of dolphin species, have electroreception because of the pits on their beaks and propensity for bottom feeding — sometimes even with sponges on their noses.

A strange dolphin skull that sat in the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History collections for more than 50 years actually belongs to a previously unknown marine ancestor of the long - beaked South Asian river dolphin, Gizmodo reports.

Some ingenious Shark Bay dolphin figured out that by prodding the sediments with a sponge attached to its beak, it could stir up these swim bladder-less fish without hurting itself.

Most of them looked a little bit like today's dolphins — streamlined bodies, long beak - like snouts, and powerful tail fins.

The scientists suspected that as the dolphins foraged for fish, the sponges protected their beaks, or rostra, from the rocks and broken chunks of coral that litter the sea floor, making this behavior the first example of tool use in this species.

Amazon river dolphins, which can be pink or gray and have a longer beak than marine dolphins, are under pressure.

We have had some good accomplishments, including tagging 9 animals of three of our four focal species (fin and blue whales plus Risso's dolphin — we did not manage to tag a beaked whale this time).

Over 160 tags have been deployed on individuals of nine different species and 75 complete experimental BRS sequences have been conducted on individuals from seven different federally protected marine mammal species (Cuvier's beaked whale, Baird's beaked whale, sperm whale, Risso's dolphin, blue whale, fin whale, and humpback whale).

They lack the common «beak» most dolphins exhibit and instead have a blunt - shaped head much like pilot whales or false killer whales.

Here's a list of cetaceans we've seen so far this month: humpback whales, gray whales, minke whales, killer whales, harbor porpoise, Pacific white - sided dolphins, northern right whale dolphins, long - beaked common dolphins, bottlenose dolphins, and Risso's dolphins!

California waters are also home to eleven species of dolphins, including the short - beaked common dolphin and the Pacific white - sided dolphin.

Common dolphins found in New Zealand waters belong to the species now known as the short - beaked common dolphin.

The species Delphinus capensis is also known as a common dolphin and is nearly identical except for a longer beak.

As the dolphins fished, the gulls circled overhead, many of them with herring in their beaks as well.

They have a small and unnoticeable beak, unlike bottlenose or common dolphins.

Suborder Odontoceti: toothed whales are highly variable in body shape and size and include dolphins, porpoises, narwhal, beluga, beaked, and sperm whales.

Also seen at Osprey Reef are some of the big - ones such as whale sharks, beaked whales, sperm whales, bottlenose dolphins, sailfish and marlin.

A photo taken about 600 feet above the waters around Catalina Island by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows a dozen long - beaked common dolphins getting a free ride from a migrating gray whale.

(Tursiops Truncatus) The bottlenose dolphin have a short stubby beak - hence the name «bottlenose.»

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