Sentences with phrase «other cetaceans»

Whale watching is the practice of observing whales and other cetaceans in their natural habitat.
The researchers expect that electroreception, as this sense is called, will be found in other cetacean species.
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The panel, however, recommended that Japan explore other nonlethal methods — already widely used by other cetacean scientists — for collecting that information.
We have been out scouting the waters and have been greeted by many of our fluke - tailed friends, including humpback whales, minke whales, and other cetaceans including killer whales, white - sided dolphins and porpoises.
These dolphins are often seen with other cetaceans, including Northern right whale dolphins and Risso's dolphins.
Despite widespread opposition to the hunt (which targets other cetacean species, such as white - sided dolphins, as well) and its brutal killing tactics, the Faroese continue the tradition.
«The continued slaughter of endangered fin whales and other cetaceans essential for sustainable marine ecosystems represents a shameful deficit in Icelandic government's regulations in the face of such blatant short - term profiteering to the detriment of the long - term future of fish stocks and the marine environment so essential to the nation,» said Paul Thompson, director of the CarbonFix Foundation.
Nightingale's final years have been marked by controversy over the captivity of whales and other cetaceans.
Newfound tissue damage in beached whales and other cetaceans is suggestive of decompression sickness, which afflicts divers when they surface too quickly from a great depth.
This unihemispheric sleep allows dolphins and other cetaceans to get the benefits of sleep even as they remain aware of their pod mates and predators — and, presumably, experimental sounds, says Ridgway.
But spinner dolphins are exposed to human activity more often than any other cetacean in the world, the researchers say, and the humanmade noise probably isn't helping.
How the millions of liters of oil will impact sperm whales and other cetaceans is an ongoing, unintentional science experiment.
While grey whales get the spotlight along the California coast, other cetaceans — including orcas, humpbacks, porpoises, dolphins, and gigantic blue whales — ply the waters at different times of year, bumping up your chances of seeing something amazing out there in the sea.
For example, the ship features a navigational positioning system that protects the sea bed by eliminating the need to drop anchor, wastewater and solid waste processing systems, and a detection system to help avoid collisions with whales and other cetaceans.
While gray whales are get the spotlight along the California coast, other cetaceans — including orcas, humpbacks, porpoises, dolphins, and gigantic blue whales — ply the waters at different times of year, bumping up your chances of seeing something amazing out there in the sea.
Brosnan — who was named «Best - Dressed Environmentalist» in 2004 and serves on the board of the Environmental Media Association — has long fought for dolphin - safe tuna rules and protested the U.S. Navy's widespread use of sonar, which can harm whales and other cetaceans.
We know that dolphins and other cetaceans are amazing communicators, capable of making far more sounds than humans, but so far we've been unable to know what they're saying.
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