Sentences with phrase «false killer whale»

Instead, the fishermen are acting after watching environmental conservation groups petition to add many more species to the endangered list in recent years, like dozens of corals, seven different damselfish and a rare dolphin called a false killer whale, said Philip Fernandez, the coalition's president.

Another type resembles sounds from the eastern Pacific Ocean that a dolphin called the false killer whale makes.

To find out, researchers trained a false killer whale that a loud noise would always follow a brief warning signal.

Sometimes, regardless of the cause, the only real option is to euthanize the animals — as was done in May after false killer whales that had washed onto land near Cape Town, South Africa, defied efforts to get them back out to sea.

Fifty - five false killer whales were stranded on a South African beach over the weekend, but scientists still don't fully understand why mass strandings happen, and if we should be worried about them

In a new study researchers tracked the movements and interactions of New Zealand's false killer whales from a few dozen sightings spread over 17 years.

Because false killer whales are so elusive, scientists have only a basic understanding of their social lives.

Past studies of individuals near Hawaii and Costa Rica have found that false killer whales are social animals that can maintain friendships — swimming, hunting and cavorting — for years.

Named for their resemblance to their better - known cousins, false killer whales dwell in warm tropical and temperate seas across the globe.

It means that false killer whales and bottlenose dolphins choose to spend time with specific members of the other species rather than randomly mixing or engaging in brief opportunistic encounters.

DeRuiter BRS Presentation at Quebec SMM 09 This presentation also assesses vocal responses during BRS - 07 / 08, but also looks at other focal cetacean species (false killer whales and melon - headed whales) and identifies vocal «mimicry» of sonar sounds in false killer whales.

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

The variety of cetaceans in the Galapagos is impressive and includes bottlenose dolphins, pilot whales, false killer whales, orcas and sperm whales.

Even whales are regularly spotted around Caño Island, including humpback, pilot, sei and false killer whales.

There has even been the occasional sighting of false killer whales.

Humpback and false killer whales, over five species of dolphin, white tipped reef sharks, bull sharks, giant pacific manta rays, mobula rays, southern sting rays, spotted eagle rays, green sea turtles, snappers, king angels, moorish idols, trumpet fish, scorpion fish, various types of eels, spiny lobster, octopus, huge schools of barracuda, jacks, grunts, and much more.

In adulthood, false killer whales can weigh approximately 1,500 lbs.

(Pseudorca crassidens) False killer whales are large members of the dolphin family reaching about 20ft long.

Not exact matches

In addition to mantas, these remote islands also attract passing pelagics, including large pods of dolphin, schools of jacks and yellowfin tuna and a variety of whales that includes humpbacks, false killers and pilot whales, plus a showcase of sharks that includes white tips, silver tips, silkies, hammerheads, Galapagos, threshers, and occasionally tigers.