Sentences with phrase «large whale»

No Direct Competition For Food This new genetic analysis however shows that «direct competition for food is not keeping the large whale populations from recovering.»

Isla Holbox is a small island off the coast of Mexico that boasts an unusually large whale shark population.

Despite the overwhelming scientific evidence that points to over-fishing as the problem, there are some who continue to shift the blame by claiming that large whale species are responsible for declining fish populations.

OSLO (Reuters)- Some large whale species such as the humpback, minke and southern right whale are recovering from a threat of extinction, helped by curbs on hunts since the 1980s, the world's largest conservation network said on Tuesday.

Zombies and cheerleaders go together like, well, a large whale and a bowl of petunias.

In one scene, we see proof of this as we see a large whale suspended in the docks, likely being «mined» for power.

There, swimming slowly through the middle of all the Mantas, was a large whale shark (around 10 metres).

In the months from June to September, this is the place to be for encounters with truly large whale sharks, which may reach lengths of 45 feet.

The downtown area comes alive with an art walk, parade (complete with large whale balloons and floats), educational lectures and, of course, whale watching cruises.

This set of teaching resources includes a large whale that measures 18 inches x 10 inches when the 3 template pages have been assembled and glued together.

These large whale displays are 3 template banners that are glued together and then cut out as one large display.

Each large whale display is 3 template banners that are glued together and then cut out as one large whale display.

Characters describe an encounter with a large whale that sunk a ship, killed seamen and caused a survivor to lose a limb.

Also, Rolland writes, «There is no safe method for capturing a free - swimming large whale.

He sits on many boards, task groups, and committees, including the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Team.

But humanely euthanising a large whale is still not technically feasible in the UK.

The project outcomes can be used to improve current mitigation measures to prevent adverse effects of seismic air gun noise on large whale behaviour.

Then they administered a carefully calculated sedative with a dart gun developed for large whale drug delivery by Paxarms NZ in collaboration with Dr. Michael Moore, director of the Marine Mammal Center at WHOI and a marine mammal veterinarian.

«This study significantly improves our understanding of the energetic cost of large whale entanglement drag forces.

Commercial whaling during the 20th century killed some 22,000 animals annually, causing severe declines in almost all large whale species before most nations stopped whaling in 1986.

The large whale vertebra in the foreground is evidence of their activities, which ended in the 1930s.

This set comes with a finger safety stabilizer and has a large whale shaped plastic handles which will comfortably fit in the fingers.

The late spike was understandable (and debated at the time) as any larger whales would have wanted to try to asses what total percentage of the ultimate supply they were likely to grab by diving in a the last minute — knowing what it was looking likely to be based on the previous 10 - 12 days of inflow — which was public, of course.

Japan has failed to sell three - quarters of its 2011 whale - meat harvest, a loss of appetite for cetacean blubber that may spell the end of the hunt in the world's largest whaling nation.

In addition, a porpoise's dorsal fin is generally triangular, rather than falcate (curved) like that of many dolphins and large whales.

Overall, the animations will help stewards of ocean life think about underwater sound in three dimensions, says Greg Silber, coordinator of recovery activities for endangered large whales at the National Marine Fisheries Service of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Previous studies have documented the impact of plastic debris on more than 660 marine species — from the smallest of zooplankton to the largest whales, including fish destined for the seafood market — but none have quantified the worldwide amount entering the ocean from land.

Its accessible habitat has made it one the world's best documented large whales.

Baleen whales are a group of Mysticeti, large whales usually from colder waters that lack teeth but have baleen plates in the upper jaw which are used to filter food such as krill out of large quantities of seawater.

Large whales that strand themselves should be killed, as any attempts to save them are probably futile and likely to cause more suffering, according to animal welfare specialists.

Furthermore, larger whales can travel faster between patches of prey.

«The study provides support for when and how the largest whales evolved,» Smith agrees.

The small body size suggests that the species had a limited range, and did not migrate like the large whales of modern oceans.

In one year, a Soviet expedition took 1200 right whales, the most endangered of large whales, from a world population estimated at only 2500 animals.

«The hunting of large whales is managed by the International Whaling Commission,» added Baker, who works out of OSU's Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport, Ore. «But there is no international or inter-governmental organization to set quotas or provide management advice for hunting small cetaceans.

The minke whale would simply subsidise the final extermination of the few remaining larger whales.»

The microphones record data at a sample rate of 8kHz, so the group listens up to 4kHz — for scale, the highest note on a normally tuned, standard piano is 4.186 kHz — to include signals produced by large whales like fins, humpbacks, bowheads and killer whales, as well as pinnipeds such as bearded seals and walrus.

However, whales of large body size likely arose multiple times in the evolution of sperm whales, and the majority of these large whales also had unusually large upper and lower teeth.

«They're well known for scavenging large whales, and I imagine they would also take advantage of other large dead fish,» he says.

The ancestors of today's largest whales were gruesome carnivores that sucked giant fish and squid into tooth - filled jaws.

Far from depleting the resources of ocean ecosystems, growing numbers of large whales may be critical to keeping these environments healthy.

Since then, the Avellar family has built one of the largest whale - watching operations in the country, and Stormy — his wife died in 1988 — is now head of Right Whale Habitat Studies at the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, counting bugs and trying to save whales.

For biologists accustomed to working on other animals, the sheer impossibility of capturing large whales, and the near - complete lack of information on their basic physiology, is astounding.»

As a result, we are seeing a lot more large whales spread out and much further offshore in deeper water and typically in some deeper diving modes where they can be a little harder to approach and tag.

In fact, from Darwin Island the largest whale sharks in the world can be seen from August to November.

Humpbacks are large whales, adults ranging from about 12 to 16 meters in length.

During the 1950s Tangalooma was the site for one of the largest whaling stations in the southern hemisphere.

This popular dive site which was once the third largest whaling port in Hawaii, is also known as Whalers Cove.

If you're interested in spotting the largest whale sharks that frequent the waters around Ambergris Caye, you'll want to book a whale watching tour that heads out to the depths of the Belize Barrier Reef.

Humpback Whales are one of the largest whales and a breach will be an amazing display of nature showing off.