Deformed dolphin plays along with its adopted sperm whale family. Photo credit: Alexander D. M. Wilson/Aquatic Mammals and ScienceNOW News http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/   Herman Melville’s Moby Dick may paint a picture of the sperm wh...
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Belugas are the only whales that can make facial expressions ©NOAA Think that you could survive in the icy waters of the Arctic Ocean? Probably not, but beluga whales have certainly found a way. The beluga whale, sometimes known as the white whale, ...
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Have you ever dreamed of being a dolphin? Or maybe an anglerfish, octopus, or sea turtle? Exploring the oceans from one of these animals points of view would be an exciting (and eye opening) experience. So what marine animal would you be if you had t...
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Hi Everyone, It's that time of year when male dolphins get a bit romantic and try to woo the girl dolphin of their choice...like this distant shot of Mischief breaching out of the water repeatedly beside Midnick - a lovely big girl dolphin who is...
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Hi Everyone, The dolphin sightings have gone "off the boil" a bit (apart from yesterday morning when I wasn't there and it was pouring with rain and the action was meant to be great) with sometimes only Zephyr, Breeze and a couple of other at Cha...
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Hi Everyone, The dolphin sightings at Chanonry are really good just now what with both Salmon and Mackerel to eat being in the Inner Firth. A few days ago I was laughing at Rainbow's big lad, Prism and a few others who were having a lark around a...
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Hi Everyone, Well - a different start to the day (and bank holiday weekend) being called out to what was meant to be a live porpoise stranding at Portmahomack near Tain, a bit further up than Inverness. Linda Nicolson from BDMLR and I headed up a...
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Sea Shepherd Returns to Japan Cove Guardian leader and Sea Shepherd Director of Investigations Scott West has returned to Japan to investigate the post tsunami/earthquake situation in Taiji and in the Northern Prefectures. Scott and the Cove Guard...
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Hi Everyone, I had a great morning out on the Ecoventures RIB which was privately chartered by Andy and Elaine, lovely people and veteran dolphin watchers. My pal Alan was invited too, same as the last trip we had together and although it was a b...
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Hi Everyone, Once again Monty Halls is running the London Marathon raising money for WDCS. Here's a sneaky peek at the dolphin outfit that he will be wearing as he runs the 26 mile course which is only a few days away. Monty is a great guy and...
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Hi Everyone, It is still painfully quiet for dolphin sightings around Chanonry with only three dolphins sighted recently - a very brief glimpse of Kesslet and Charlie earlier in the week and then on Friday I had big "Scoopy" ID 748 pottering arou...
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