Experts Open Dolphin 'Chat Line' in Fla. Posted: 3 years ago by suebe
A marine mammal rehabilitation facility opened a dolphin "chat line" of sorts Saturday, hoping to teach a deaf dolphin's unborn calf to communicate.
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Dolphin hunt film sparks dilemma for tourists Posted: 8 months ago by TraumaMamma
The affecting cloak-and-dagger documentary “The Cove,” which documents a brutal dolphin hunt off the Japanese town of Taiji, is putting would-be amusement park visitors in an ethical bind and park owners on the defensive. “The captivity industry keeps the slaughter going,” O’Barry charges in movie. If he has his way, the gruesome images of bloody dolphins will keep you from buying a ticket to a marine park, or stepping into a pool of one of those “dolphin encounters” at a tropical resort.
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Dolphin stays for three days with mate wounded in shark attack - before escorting it to humans for help Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
A dolphin badly injured in a shark attack has been escorted by a mate into the care of human hands.
Nari sustained a hideous wound across his head and back, and when he went missing, wildlife experts feared he had died.
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Dolphin calf has three 'moms' Posted: 2 years ago by dollyllama
The unnamed calf was born to a dolphin named Jade, who is being helped in her nursing duties by the mother-daughter team of Chesapeake and Shiloh, the aquarium said in a statement issued to announce the birth.
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Snow Line! Not Just Another Linerider Hack! Posted: 3 years ago by LatueOfStiberty
At first I thought this was going to be another linerider copy, but it is actually a challenging and original game in its own.
Draw snow lines with your mouse to guide Santa to the missing presents.
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Dolphin creating bubble rings Posted: 2 years ago by Stadsman
Quite an amazing video showing how a dolphin creates bubble rings and is playing with them. Very endearing but also a bit sad as he is still in a basin. Also it's hard to resist to attribute human emotions to this beautiful animal...
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Rare Bolivian river dolphin is new species Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
A rare river dolphin has been officially classified as a new species.
The Bolivian river dolphin has been acknowledged as a separate species to the more widely-known Amazon River dolphin.
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Woman marries dolphin Posted: 2 years ago by kamaloo
"It's not a perverted thing. I do love this dolphin. He's the love of my life,"
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Rehabbed dolphin killed by shark Posted: 8 months ago by nateebiinature
Dunham, the Atlantic bottlenose dolphin that was released this morning after eight months in rehab recovering from pneumonia, got only a taste of the freedom today. Within a couple hours of being freed off the coast of Dunedin, the dolphin was attacked by sharks and died. :(
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Dolphins Try To Rescue Injured Dolphin Posted: 1 year ago by psycmoe
Video at link
Doctor Park Kyum-Joon, researcher at the Cetacean Research Institute, says, "We observed the scene for an hour, the dolphins trying to return their fellow dolphin to the proper posture, trying to support it from the bottom so it wouldn't sink and to make it easier for it to breathe."
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I found dolphin in front garden Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Amazed Mike Elliott thought he was dreaming when he woke to find a dead dolphin in his garden. And mystery surrounded how it got there last night – because Mike and pal Gary Harvey live on a steep hill half a mile from the sea.
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Dolphin dies after collision during Sea World trick Posted: 2 years ago by Nicky666
A 30-year-old dolphin at Sea World has died after colliding with another dolphin while performing aerial tricks, the Orlando, Florida, amusement park said Monday.
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Dolphin ultrasound footage released Posted: 8 months ago by AutumnLotus
Footage has been released of a dolphin ultrasound in Orlando in Florida. The footage shows an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin which has since been born.
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Pink dolphin rescued in Thailand. Posted: 3 years ago by Neiako
A rare pink dolphin (Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin) kept at a resort on the island of Samui in southern Thailand is to be set free after government officials found that the wild caught animal was being trained to perform shows for tourists.
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NZ woman rescued from playful dolphin Posted: 8 months ago by kakana
The exhausted woman was clinging to a buoy offshore from the beach at Mahia on the east coast of the North Island as the dolphin swam around her and prevented her returning to shore, the Gisborne Herald reported.
*Playful?
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Pink dolphin appears in US lake Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
The world's only pink Bottlenose dolphin which was discovered in an inland lake in Louisiana, USA, has become such an attraction that conservationists have warned tourists to leave it alone.
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Dolphin rescues stranded whales Posted: 2 years ago by dollyllama
A dolphin swam up to two distressed whales that appeared headed for death in a beach stranding in New Zealand and guided them to safety, witnesses said Wednesday.
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The ecological disaster that is dolphin safe tuna Posted: 9 months ago by bingo
"By trying to help dolphins, groups like Greenpeace caused one of the worst marine ecological disasters of all time. ...is it worth saving dolphins, who were not and are not endangered, at the expense of sea turtles, sharks, and many other fish species who are endangered?"
Also more HERE
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The High Line is Open!!! Posted: 10 months ago by suebe
NYC's newest public park space, the High Line has opened its first section to the public
The High Line is an abandoned 1.45 mile (2.33 km) section of the former elevated freight railroad of the West Side Line, along the lower west side of Manhattan. More pictures
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The water baby: Amazing pictures that capture the moment a dolphin joins the world Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
It is one of the rarest and most magical sights in the natural world. A bottlenose dolphin goes into labour . . . then a calf emerges, tail first. Mother guides baby gently to the surface, where they swim together for the first time. Very few dolphin births have been captured on film in such astonishing detail.
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Boston 'party line' gets few calls Posted: 3 years ago by AutumnLotus
Few Bostonians are taking advantage of the police "party line," a hot line set up for people who want to complain about drunken, noisy or violent parties.
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