Sentences with phrase «of false killer whales»

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

Not exact matches

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.