Results tagged “dolphin” on Earth Touch Blog
The week’s most viewed stories Jun 6 2008
The most popular stories on Earth-Touch in the past week (from Friday 30 May to Thursday 05 June 2008) were:
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Dolphins appear out of the blue
Out in the bay where the waves break, a pod of these marine mammals emerges from deeper water.
The week’s most viewed stories May 30 2008
The most popular stories on Earth-Touch in the past week (from Friday 23 May to Thursday 29 May 2008) were:
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Dolphins appear out of the blue
Out in the bay where the waves break, a pod of these marine mammals emerges from deeper water.
The week’s most viewed stories May 23 2008
The most popular stories on Earth-Touch in the past week (from Friday 16 May to Thursday 22 May 2008) were:
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Dolphins appear out of the blue
Out in the bay where the waves break, a pod of these marine mammals emerges from deeper water.
Tags: africa, black rhino, blue, botswana, cub, dolphin, elephant, encounter, female, fluke, indian ocean, kwazulu-natal, leviathan, lion, mammal, okavango delta, popular, rhino, sodwana bay, south africa, western cape, whale, wildebeest, youngHumans and other ocean mammals May 19 2008
Dealing with creatures in the sea on a daily basis often raises questions about how some more “sensitive” animals should be dealt with.
Tags: dive, dolphin, freedive, human, mammal, marine, ocean, sea, seal, sunfish, whaleThe week’s most viewed stories May 16 2008
The most popular stories on Earth-Touch in the past week (from Friday 09 May to Thursday 15 May 2008) were:
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Dolphins appear out of the blue
Out in the bay where the waves break, a pod of these marine mammals emerges from deeper water.
Tags: africa, black rhino, blue, botswana, cub, dolphin, encounter, female, fluke, indian ocean, kwazulu-natal, leviathan, lion, mammal, okavango delta, popular, rhino, sodwana bay, south africa, western cape, whale, youngFocus on marine footage Feb 5 2008
Earth-Touch aims to bring users beautiful footage of animals, including marine life, as soon as possible after it has been filmed (wherever we can, within 24 hours).
Tags: bluespotted chromis, bottlenose dolphin, cape fur seal, chromis, dolphin, great white shark, kwazulu-natal, marine, ocean, sea, seal, shark, south africa, southern right whale, whaleDid you know? Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphins Jan 29 2008
One of the most common species sighted off the eastern coast of Southern Africa is the Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus), which lives in pods of sometimes 100 or more animals.
Tags: beach, cetacean, common bottlenose dolphin, dolphin, in-shore, indian ocean bottlenose dolphin, pod, south africa, swim, techobanini bay, whaleWildlife news from around the world
River dolphin count completed Jan 29 2008
BBC Wildlife magazine reports that the recent completion of a survey of pink (Inia geoffrensis and Inia boliviensis) and grey (Sotalia fluviatilis) river dolphins in South America’s Orinoco and Amazon Basins was “a triumph for freshwater dolphin conservation”.
Mammals of the world Dec 24 2007
There are more than 4 500 different species of mammals, from the largest, the blue whale, to the smallest, the pygmy shrew.
Swimming with dolphins Dec 14 2007
The Earth-Touch crew swims for a while with a pod of dolphins in the warm Indian Ocean off southern Mozambique in the clip, Dolphins on the move. The footage gives a feel for what it is like to be part of this elegant synchrony.
Earth-Touch team in southern Mozambique Nov 28 2007
The underwater Earth-Touch team has moved north up the Southern African coastline in the warm Indian Ocean waters, from filming off the coast of the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal, to the waters of Southern Mozambique.
Did You Know? Indian humpback dolphins Nov 23 2007
The Indian humpback dolphin (Sousa plumbea) can be spotted in waters along the eastern coast of South Africa and northern Mozambique in small schools of up to 25 animals.
Tags: arabian sea, dolphin, flipper, ganges river, india, indian humpback dolphin, indian ocean, kwazulu-natal, persian gulf, red sea, south africa, suez canalDid you know? Difference between dolphins and porpoises Nov 21 2007
Dolphins and porpoises are cetaceans. One of the differences between them is in their teeth.
Most species of dolphin have cone-shaped teeth and a prominent beak. In contrast, all six species of porpoise have blunt heads and teeth with rounded sides that bulge like the blade of an old-fashioned digging spade.
Tags: beak, dolphin, porpoise, south africa, teethBottlenose dolphins up close in Mozambique Nov 13 2007
In the Earth-Touch clip, Dolphin encounter, a pod of about 50 bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncates) is captured. The crew is able to get close to the animals and swim alongside them.
Did you know? Tiger sharks Oct 26 2007
The tiger shark is one of the largest sharks, growing to 3 or 4m (10 to 13ft) in length and weighing upwards of 350kg (772lb).
Whales: how close is too close? Sep 26 2007
By Graeme Duane, field crew
In preparing for our whale expedition to the Western Cape, South Africa, Barry Skinstad and I looked into the laws and ethics relating to approaching whales. Apart from proposed new laws, the existing restriction is that a boat may not get closer to a whale than 300m (328yd). Though it’s difficult to measure that distance while out at sea, it’s clear that you’re not to disturb any cetaceans (whales, dolphins or porpoises) while you’re on the water.
Tags: dolphin, hermanus, mossel bay, south africa, southern right whale, sunfish, western cape, whale, witsandWildlife news from around the world
‘Extinct’ Yangtze River dolphin reportedly sighted Sep 3 2007
A captive baiji. This animal has subsequently died. Image: Courtesy Wikipedia
A Yangtze River dolphin, or baiji as they are known in Chinese, widely regarded to be extinct, was spotted and recorded on video by a businessman in Tongling City in east China’s Anhui Province, it has been reported by ChinaDaily.com, the Daily Telegraph and ScienceDaily among many other news sources. The dolphin was positively identified by Prof Wang Ding, a Chinese expert on baiji.
Tags: asia, baiji, china, discovery, dolphin, east chinas anhui province, extinct, threatened, world wildlife fund, yangtze river, yangtze river dolphinWildlife news from around the world
Study counts rare river dolphins Aug 20 2007
A group of Bolivian, Colombian, and Argentine scientists are taking part in a year-long census of freshwater dolphins in the Amazon and Orinoco river basin. The river dolphins of South America are among the most endangered mammal species on earth.
Read the Christian Science Monitor’s in-depth reporting on this study of the rare powder-pink dolphins, entitled ‘A quest to save South America’s freshwater dolphins’.
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