Common Bottlenose Dolphin

It is known that the Dolphin and the Whale both have almost a mystical friendliness about them. Dolphins can help treat people with anything ranging from a learning disability to a nerve injury (Goodstein). Both Dolphins and Whales are highly intelligent creatures and yet while we can communicate with them through words or a modified sign language, we still don’t know how their brain works (Goodstein). Dolphins can do a lot of good for a lot of people, but are they really happy living in a facility

Of the coral communities studied, at least half of the reefs were dead. This presents a huge problem for the entire ecosystem in the Gulf of Mexico as coral reefs are the base of said ecosystem. Reefs provide organic matter and shelter for several benthic organisms (sponges, worms, clams, crabs, lobsters, etc.). The destruction of shelter poses threats to all of the organisms who live on coral reefs. There is no doubt that the leaking of 130 million gallons of oil threw off the ecosystem. As a base

Scientists say bonnet macaques at one animal reserve[9] respond to recorded Nilgiri langur alarm shrieks but are slower to flee after a similar cry by Hanuman langurs—which would rarely be seen there. Farther north, only Hanuman langurs are common and bonnet macaques there have learned the opposite langur language. They jump at the sound of Hanuman warnings but are less bothered by Nilgiri cries. Eavesdropping on the alarm signals of other animals is useful, but spying on predators directly

Bottlenose dolphins will decrease their calls in the presence of certain vessels. Call rates decrease, frequency and length of whistles increase, and creaks changed in the presence of ferries and leisure boats. Dolphin whistles are a form of social communication. Vessel noise masks whistles interfering with important social interactions such as mating and mother-calf communication, it is hard for the receiver to recognize signals. Dolphins use creaks in echolocation; changes

them with unnecessary risks. This however is dependent on the species of animal. According to Mike Schneider of the Associated Press the survival rates of both bottlenose dolphins and California sea lions held at SeaWorld actually exceeded the estimates of those in their natural habitats. The average life expectancy of bottlenose dolphins in the wild is about 25 years of age, but the average of those at SeaWorld being almost 45 years of age. Although there are many positives that do stem from the

Braided Essay: Blood dolphins and Endangered Species As my cruise ship approached the port we were about to dock at, I stood near the railing looking down into the beautiful water. Even from fifty feet up, I could see straight to the bottom of the crystal clear water. As my family and I headed towards the main door to exit the ship, the butterflies in my stomach grew more and more excited. Finally, we left the ship and were greeted by a large sign that read, “Welcome to the Bahamas!” Our first stop

explains "Residence times for Tampa Bay produced by this model were compared to the residence times produced by other modeling approaches to further validate the model. In large shallow bays where evaporation can play a large role in water balance. It is common for evaporation to exceed precipitation in Gulf coast estuaries (Solis and Powell, 1999) (J.E. Rogers*, M.J. Russell, and M.C. Harwell, p.986, 2017) Variables determining residence times include salinity, precipitation, rivers and creeks, basins,

The most common of these is the blue whale. Being the largest animal on the Earth, blue whale has a length of around 100 feet and weighs around 150 tons [3]. Their tongue alone can weigh as much as an Elephant. They are called blue whales because of having grey-blue

ecosystem i will be talking about is the Aquatic Ecosystem. A bay called the Chesapeake Bay. The Chesapeake Bay is located near Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey, and Delaware. There are Mammals in the Bay. Larger creatures that thrive in the Bay are bottlenose dolphins, which are plentiful in deeper waters but can also be found near harbors. Water mammals share the watershed with the on-land animals such as river otters, the white-tailed and sika deer, bobcats, marsh rabbits, muskrat, and red fox. Also In

Language of Whales One would not think to compare humans with cetaceans such as whales. The cetacean brain is comparable to the size of the human brain, and is as complex as the human brain, although its structure is evolved differently (Sato 1).Whales are similar to humans in that they are able to communicate, have many languages, and learn from one another. “With limited sight and sense of smell in water, marine mammals are more dependent on sound--which travels four times faster in water than