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A striped dolphin leaps in the Mediterranean Sea off Toulon. The striped dolphin has a similar size and shape to several other dolphins that inhabit the same waters (see pantropical spotted dolphin, Atlantic spotted dolphin, Clymene dolphin]]). However, its colouring is very different and makes it relatively easy to notice at sea.
This dolphin is found mainly in the Alboran Sea and the north-western Mediterranean [13] [14] [17] [34] where its population is estimated at between 3,000 and 5,000 individuals. [2] The other pilot whale species, the long-finned pilot whale (G. macrorhynchus), seems to have been seen at least once in the Mediterranean, probably as a stray group ...
A type of dolphin rarely found along South Carolina beaches died after washing up on the seashore this past weekend south of Myrtle Beach, the suspected victim of an illness that drove it inshore ...
Clymene dolphins are specific to the tropical and subtropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean, [55] mainly between New Jersey and southern Brazil on the western side. [56] In the North of the Gulf of Mexico, most observations have been recorded in the deepest waters. [57] The Clymene dolphin is a hybrid between the spinner dolphin and the striped ...
A historic drought and recent 102-degree temperatures in the Amazon could be to blame for unusually high numbers of animal deaths in the region.
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The dusky dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) is an oceanic dolphin found in coastal waters in the Southern Hemisphere. Its specific epithet is Latin for "dark" or "dim". It is very closely genetically related to the Pacific white-sided dolphin , but current scientific consensus holds they are distinct species.
Lowcountry dolphins only strand feed on their right side, says Lauren Rust, executive director of the Charleston-based Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network. “The theory is they do it on the right ...