#dolphins and whales

[emodaryls]

25 Days of Agere Moodboards

Day 1: favorite animal

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[chilirasbora]

Atlantic spotted dolphin | Stenella frontalis

Amazon river dolphin | Inia geoffrensis

Striped dolphin | Stenella coeruleoalba

May not be surprising that plenty of dolphins exhibit homosexual behavior, but they sure do!

🏳️‍🌈, 🏳️‍🌈, 🏳️‍🌈

[scribblingsorsomething]

Space Whales being bugged by Space Dolphins in their pursuit ships.

[fatalebridget]

[valkacastle]

Risso’s dolphin - Grampus griseus

Length: 13 feet

This gray dolphin has a large, rounded head. As it grows older, its skin gradually becomes white. It has no teeth in its upper jaw and sometimes no teeth at all. It swims the seas leisurely in groups of up to several dozen.

*[White scars]

Adults look white because of countless scars on their skin. All dolphins and whales are injured at some point, but their scars usually fade with time. This species’ injuries leave permanent white scars that gradually turn their entire body white as they get older.

Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risso%27s_dolphin 

[mitchipedia]

The evolution of whales from land to sea.

Amber Dance at Ars Technica:

Around 400 million years ago, the ancestor of all four-limbed creatures took its first steps onto dry land. Fast-forward about 350 million years, and a descendant of these early landlubbers did an about-face: It waded back into the water. With time, the back-to-the sea creatures would give rise to animals vastly different from their land-trotting kin: They became the magnificent whales, dolphins, and porpoises that glide through the oceans today.

Going back to being aquatic was a drastic move that would change the animals inside and out, in the space of about 10 million years—an eyeblink in evolutionary terms.

[usagiart343]

Chce pokazać trochę wszystkiego co definiuje mnie samą i przez co wyrażam siebie 🥰

Na pierwszy post wybieram moją dzisiejszą pracę

[pjharvey]

everyone should be able to go whale watching before they die. everyone no matter how far they live from the ocean should be allotted at least one government subsidized whale watching trip. if u don’t at least see dolphins you get a redo. i would be proud to have my tax dollars fund this instead of frivolous and silly things like the military

[littleoil]

World Oceans Day

[orcinus-veterinarius]

Learning anything about marine mammal training will make you re-evaluate so much of your relationship with your own pets. There is so much force involved in the way we handle domestic animals. Most of it isn’t even intentional, it just stems from impatience. I’m guilty of it myself!

But with the exception of certain veterinary settings where the animal’s health is the immediate priority, why is it so important to us that animals do exactly what we want exactly when we want it? Why do we have to invent all these tools and contraptions to force them to behave?

When a whale swam away from a session, that was that. The trainer just waited for them to decide to come back. If they flat out refused to participate in behaviors, they still got their allotment of fish. Nothing bad happened. Not even when 20-30 people were assembled for a procedure, and the whale chose not to enter the medical pool. No big deal. Their choice and comfort were prioritized over human convenience.

It’s almost shocking to return to domestic animal medicine afterwards and watch owners use shock collars and chokers and whips to control their animals. It’s no wonder that positive reinforcement was pioneered by marine mammal trainers. When you literally can’t force an animal to do what you want, it changes your entire perspective.

I want to see that mindset extended to our domestic animals.

[newslabs]

Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa placed in NFL concussion protocol for second time | CNN

Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa placed in NFL concussion protocol for second time | CNN

CNN  —  Miami quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is in the NFL’s concussion protocol, Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel said at a Monday news conference. The announcement comes a day after Tagovailoa played the entire game as the Dolphins lost to the Green Bay Packers. It is the second time this season the 24-year-old quarterback has landed in the concussion protocol. It also comes several months…

[andersdakin1]

Whales can have an important but overlooked role in tackling the climate crisis, researchers say CNN

Whales can have an important but overlooked role in tackling the climate crisis, researchers say CNN

CNN — The world’s largest whales are more than just astonishing creatures. Much like the ocean, soil and forests, whales can help save humanity from the accelerating climate crisis by sequestering and storing planet-heating carbon emissions, researchers say. In a paper published Thursday in the journal Trends in Ecology & Evolution, climate researchers suggest that whales are important, but…

[hurglewurm]

to the tune of harry styles' sweet creature: sea creatures...

some cleaned up sketches from my dedicated class doodles area. the melon of a beluga brings me intense joy i highly recommend drawing a beluga

[id: stylized drawings of a sperm whale, belugas, a dolphin, a rainbow trout, a shark, a goldfish, and an eel. in the background and blank spaces are colourful sea stars. end id.]

[animatedglittergraphics-n-more]

sea themed dividers

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[hellsitegenetics]

Hi, This is sooo so very cool, I’m in the middle of my final exams right now and every so often I forget why I love biology, and chemistry and then I think dammit I should have just picked languages as my high level courses. But whenever I see your blog, I am reminded of why I want to study biochemistry. It’s just so insanely cool. Anyways, you don’t have to answer, but I just wanted to let you know. Many thanks!!!!

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Closest match: Globicephala melas genome assembly, chromosome: 19 Common name: Long-finned pilot whale (dolphin)