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24h pour l'Océan les Dauphins et les Baleines. It's Time for a Conversation - Graphic: A Mind of Their Own. Cerebral Matters Both humans and dolphins have invested a lot in evolving a big brain, though sometimes to different ends.

It's Time for a Conversation - Graphic: A Mind of Their Own

Dolphins don't process high-level information in enlarged frontal lobes as we do, but they're adept at solving problems and can apparently plan for the future. Seeing With Sound Dolphins have evolved a sensory system to detect objects underwater using the echoes created by sounds. Sound travels four times as fast in the water as in the air. How Echolocation Works Click to play animations 1 Dolphins produce clicks by pushing air past structures called phonic lips, which are attached to the blowhole. 2 The beam of clicks bounces off the target and returns to the echolocating dolphin. 3 The lower jaw—like the melon, filled with acoustic fat—directs an incoming echo to the brain via the ear and auditory nerve.

Dolphin Behaviors Click illustrations to see them animated Teaming upTwo small groups of males sometimes work together to herd a female away from her companions. Home - Strømsholmen Seasportcenter - Fishing - Diving - Atlanterhavsveien - Atlantic Road - Norway. Kind Man Buys Turtles From Food Market And Takes Them Straight To The Sea. Pulled from the ocean to be sold as food, two sea turtles in Papua New Guinea faced almost certain death.

Kind Man Buys Turtles From Food Market And Takes Them Straight To The Sea

But thanks to one man's compassion, they found their way home instead. For fewer than 40 U.S. dollars, Arron Culling and a co-worker were able to buy the turtles' freedom, later sharing photos of the impromptu rescue operation on social media. Il rachète les tortues marines au marché alimentaire pour les relâcher en mer. Arrachées à leur milieu naturel, pour être vendues comme nourriture, deux tortues de mer en Papouasie Nouvelle Guinée font face à une mort presque certaine.

Il rachète les tortues marines au marché alimentaire pour les relâcher en mer

Swim with Humpback Whales in the Dominican Republic. Hunt for Russian sub may have caused spate of whale and dolphin deaths. Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC), said the mass stranding “could be linked to a reported search by British navy warships for a suspected Russian submarine.”

Hunt for Russian sub may have caused spate of whale and dolphin deaths

It said: “Investigations following Britain’s largest mass dolphin stranding in 2008 concluded that the only realistic cause was military exercises taking place in the area at the time.” However one Naval source said the link was “pretty tenuous” because the search had not involved active sonar. How tiny plankton brighten the clouds over Southern Ocean. Researchers have uncovered findings in the Southern Ocean that reaffirm the importance of plankton to our planet's temperatures.

How tiny plankton brighten the clouds over Southern Ocean

The answer lies in the activities of plankton, tiny sea creatures more commonly associated with feeding whales than promoting climate change, according to a NASA-funded study that was released Friday in Science Advances journal. Here’s how it works: like most plants, green phytoplankton get their color from chlorophyll, a chemical that also allows them to absorb sunlight. In the process of doing so, plankton release a compound named dimethylsulfoniopropionate, or DMSP. Scientists already knew that DMSP helps clouds form by converting into tiny aerosol particles that essentially seed clouds, reported The Christian Science Monitor’s Pete Spotts.

Clouds, of course, produce rain, which helps cool the earth by catching radiation from the sun. Killers of Eden: Killers in Eden. Ric O'Barry's Dolphin Project. Des dauphins Maui au dilemme des choix étatiques. Une publication récente de notre site a attiré l'attentin de Hubert Reeves.

Des dauphins Maui au dilemme des choix étatiques

Il a d'abord réagi par un commentaire que nous avions déposé sous l'article et a ensuite décidé de rediger un billet publié sur lepoint.fr. Le voici. " Dans la réalité, il arrive parfois que deux objectifs respectables s'opposent.

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The Real Sea World! Tourists had a “whale” of a time after a 30 tonne mother gray whale and her calf pop up to say hello!

The Real Sea World!

This is the Real Sea World and a heartwarming moment an affectionate 40 ft mother wale and her curious calf popped up to say hello to tourists who showered them with hugs and kisses. The friendly mother rose to the surface just in time to make these holiday snaps ones to definitely remember. Guests were truely amazed when the friendly gray whales drifted up to the boats. The images were captured by photographer Justin Hofman off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. Ce poisson fascinant aidera-t-il l’homme à conquérir l’espace?

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Site internet du Sanctuaire Pelagos. Amanda Cotton – Photographer, Underwater Explorer, and Airport Carpet Aficionado. Photo courtesy of A Cotton Photo To celebrate women in diving, PADI is spotlighting several women who have made significant contributions to the sport.

Amanda Cotton – Photographer, Underwater Explorer, and Airport Carpet Aficionado

This week, it’s professional photographer and PADI Assistant Instructor Amanda Cotton. In addition to numerous awards, Amanda’s work has been featured by National Geographic, Discovery Channel, Smithsonian magazine among others, will be highlighted in the June issue of Sport Diver magazine. As a photographer and ocean enthusiast, Amanda Cotton possesses an innate ability to not only capture remarkable moments with marine life but also communicate a story and a sense of beauty and harmony with nature. When she’s not behind the lens, Amanda devotes much of her time working with her nonprofit and others to support shark conservation, youth development and women in diving. Congratulations on being among this year’s inductees into the Women Divers Hall of Fame. G.E.M.M. - Groupe d'Étude des Mammifères Marins de Polynésie - Marine Mammal Study Group.

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Filets maillants. BLACKFISH ORCAS. BALEINES. DAUPHINS. REQUINS. LAMANTINS - MANATEES. SEA SHEPHERD. Vie marine et biodiversité. Lokalee - Trusted Reviews & Ratings On Your Local Business Directory - USA - Canada. Inuit in eastern Greenland have been hunting more killer whales as climate change leaves the area free of ice longer, says a Dane who recently posted a photo on Facebook of a hunter butchering a whale.

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Thomas Bilde Below lives in Copenhagen, but travels to Greenland every year. “They have the long dorsal fin,” he says of killer whales, or orca, “so they couldn’t come into ice areas before.” Below says that this year, hunters have caught one or two orcas, but 35 to 40 have been harvested in previous years. The hunt usually begins in August and continues into October in the villages of Tasiilaq, Kuumiut, Kulusuk and Ittoqqortoormiit. The hunters, he says, usually travel in small boats. “They’re typically after seals, and sometimes they are lucky to spot an orca pod and then they go after them slowly, very slowly.” Ocean Defender » Join Ocean Defender’s Ohana. Drive Fisheries, Capture Results & Information. This page will attempt to compile fisheries data specifially for drive hunt fishing practices.

Drive Fisheries, Capture Results & Information

Numbers posted for years 2000-2009 represent official statistics presented yearly in the "Japan Progress Report on Small Cetacean Researches" which can be found at the Japanese Fisheries Agency or in our References & Citations section at the bottom of this page. Numbers posted for years 2010 to present are not official statistics but reflect estimates as given by witnesses on site. Interested in the live capture dolphins and where they are transported? Check out the Taiji Timeline. A breakdown of each year's hunt and the results by the day are noted below. Stop the Trawler Campaign.

Help stop the transfer of whale products through EU ports. WDC and the SEA LIFE Trust are working together to wipe out commercial whaling. Whale meat is being shipped in and out of EU ports. IF WE STOP THE TRANSPORT, WE CAN STOP THE TRADE. The UK and many EU countries oppose whaling. The EU does not allow its Member States to trade in whale products. Notre travail sur les populations de cétacés en Ille et Vilaine - Decouverte du milieu marin et étude des mammifères marins en Ille et Vilaine. Stranded long-finned pilot whale on Essex river starved, says expert. The young long-finned pilot whale calf found dead in an Essex river on Thursday probably died from starvation, according to preliminary results from a postmortem by a specialist at the Zoological Society of London (ZSL).

The 2.18-metre female was one of a pod of up to 40 whales that frequented coastal shallows in and near the Blackwater estuary and was seen feeding on herring earlier this week. Experts said they should have been in far deeper water. She is only the second long-finned pilot whale, part of the dolphin family, recorded as stranded since the present reporting system for UK whale and dolphin strandings was introduced in 1990. A case in Norfolk in 1992 was the only other one among more than 12,000, indicating just how rare this week’s events have been. The calf had stranded alive before dying on a beach near the village of Goldhanger. Bonner Konvention verabschiedet bahnbrechende Entscheidungen für Wale und Delfine - WDC.

Www.cms.int/sites/default/files/document/cop11_crp15_dr_captures_cetaceans_0.pdf. Www.cms.int/pacific-cetaceans/sites/default/files/document/COP11_Doc_23_2_3_Rev1_Live_Captures_Cetaceans_E.pdf. Vacarme en haute mer - Grandeurs nature. Convention de Bonn 1979 (CMS) Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals 1979 (CMS) - WDC has been working through the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) for many years and is a Partner organisation to the Convention. Entered into force on 1 November 1983 the Convention is the sole international treaty that seeks to specifically address the conservation needs of migratory animals. The Earth’s natural resources are currently being consumed by people at rates and in ways that place unsustainable pressure on many of the world’s ecosystems and species. This unsustainable pressure comes in the form of various threats such as manmade climate change, the spread of diseases around the planet as a result of international trade and travel, the destruction of natural habitats and urban development, light pollution, noise pollution, pesticide use and the trade in wildlife.

Amendments proposed LIVE CAPTURES OF CETACEANS FROM THE WILD FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES. La planète est indivisible : nous sommes l’eau, nous sommes les océans. Pierre Rabhi répond aux questions des lecteurs de Kaizen sur les thèmatiques de l’eau et de la vie marine. 10 Documentaries that Will Make You Rethink Everything You Know About Animals. We can’t create change for animals in a vacuum — we need to educate ourselves, raise awareness in others, and embrace the small steps people take in learning more about different issues. For many, the seeds of change are first planted by a great documentary that informs and compels them to act. We’ve compiled this list of documentaries to give you an array of different animal-related topics to choose from, or you can watch them all! These films will give you a new perspective on different animals, and we believe all of them are compelling in their own way.

Captive Cetaceans Tragically Sad. Le combat pour sauver les tortues et les dauphins du fleuve Indus. 2012-02-ag open-house-odj-portes-ouvertes-fra.pdf. 1525358 639109419479724 1127035616 n. Too late to save Maui's dolphin - experts - National News. Published: 5:51PM Sunday December 15, 2013 Source: ONE News. Trailer (1) English. 10 Things You'd Miss If the Ocean Called It Quits  Humans have taken a lot from the ocean -- but what if the ocean decided to call it quits? What if the ocean, encapsulated in the film below by the booming voice of Harrison Ford, really did stop providing us with the generous benefits it has given us for all of human history? What would happen then? This possibility is something that more and more governments, businesses and organizations are waking up to, and they are starting to worry. Just consider the remarkable range of benefits we get from healthy oceans: Food provision through wild fisheries and fish farming.

Coral reefs: life in the balance. A coral reef is a busy neighbourhood. In warm, shallow, tropical waters, clownfish mill among sea anemones; sponges and seaweeds jostle against each other; crabs and snapping shrimps lurk defensively amid the knobbly branches.It's a cornucopia of life. "About a third of all marine diversity sits in coral reefs," says Professor Jörg Wiedenmann, head of the Coral Reef Laboratory at the University of Southampton. Voices of Whales and Cetaceans 2. In 1967 when I was 16, I decided to hitch the 35 miles up to San Francisco to see what was going on. It was the Summer Solstice, and I walked into the first day of the Summer of Love. Southern Ocean Sanctuaries Campaign.

Amy Ippoliti: Ocean Conservation & A 1500 Pound Manta Ray. Collapsing Seas. NOAA accepting comments on new noise guidelines for marine mammals. Biodiversity: Great Barrier reef has lost half its coral cover. Watery world: sea level rising 60 percent faster than predicted. Suite à une affaire de corruption, les habitants des îles Salomon massacrent 900 dauphins. This is How We Should Experience Dolphins and Whales (VIDEO) HOME (FR) Save Japan’s Dolphins. Orca Network Free Lolita - Capture Story. YouTube. Dolphin Project sur Twitter : "Risso's Slaughter & Albino Capture #DolphinProject... Mensonges et dauphins roses à Singapour. Chester, the false killer whale, thrives at aquarium's rescue centre (with video) Watch?v=QDAOywM-bqs&feature=youtu.

Un iceberg géant se détache d'un glacier du Groenland. NRL: "La Région est autorisée à détruire les sites de reproduction de mammifères marins" Les réseaux sociaux au service des océans. La montée des eaux. Les mers, des espaces menacés. Mers et Océans. Dolphin 'living alone for 30 years in Irish harbour' spotted leaping next to boat. Orca hunter turned whale rescuer shares his video. Could Canadian Fish Farms Harm California's Wild Salmon? 10 Things You Didn't Know About Narwhals. J'observe les orques depuis 16 ans. Les enfermer dans des parcs ne les sauvera pas. The Great Whales - Corky's First Calf. SeaWorld Chief Resigns After Blackfish Film Damages Firm’s Reputation.

Photos du journal - Whale and Dolphin Conservation. Man Sues SeaWorld For A Whale Of An Amount. The Dolphin Hunt: Ambassador Caroline Kennedy`s Concer. Baby killer whale makes debut. WATCH: Camera captures birth of killer whale at SeaWorld. Dolphin Star sur Twitter : "... Pregnant dolphin found dead on beach with bullet in lung. The war over Dolphin Marine Magic park. Riddle of 4 cetacean deaths in 2 weeks on Almería coast, Spain. The Fight to Free Lolita, the World's Loneliest Orca, Continues. What Happens To Dolphins In Taiji? Honoring The Victims Of Slaughter and Captivity [NONGRAPHIC] 1995 VHS Footage Captures Shocking Orca Incident At SeaWorld. Bangkok officials check controversial Phuket dolphinarium [video] Busan Aquarium in Korea displays two rehabilitated porpoise ~ Cetabase - Cetacean News.