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Wandering albatross chick. Prion Island, South Georgia by Jose Cortes III / Asia to Africa Safaris

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I am an Eagle! Prove me wrong.

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This beautiful great hammerhead was one of the stars of my recent trip to Bimini! Despite their enormous size and power, they are incredibly cautious and can even be regarded as shy. Unlike the tiger sharks at Tiger Beach, these sharks are easily spooked by people not being calm, or even the ever-present, far smaller nurse sharks!

By Hannes Klostermann

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Today is International Day of the Baltic Sea Harbour Porpoise. What may seem like a very specific holiday is incredibly important. There are only approximately 500 porpoises left in the Baltic Sea and this species is critically endangered. They are threatened by fishing nets, like all porpoises, and while some protection has happened more is needed. Learn more about what you can do at @Porpoisedotorg #idbhp #whaletales #talesofsavingwhales #harbourporpoise #porpoise #savetheporpoises https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxp6jvinbAm/?igshid=18ixthu89cppf

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Illustrations from the voyages on the yacht of prince Albert I of Monaco (1848-1922). Albert was a keen oceanographer and owned four different research ships, which he used for his expeditions to survey the waters of the world. The prince would bring scientists on board and travel with them collecting data about ocean fauna, geology and meteorology. During his lifetime he established the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco and The Oceanographic Institute of Paris and provided much of his research and monetary resources to these institutions. 

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A peek inside a humpback’s mouth.

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Report: Starvation is reason for grey whale deaths in Bay Area

abc7 - May 12, 2019

Starvation is the reason for more grey whales being found dead in the Bay Area. That’s according to a new report by the San Francisco Chronicle. 

A grey whale that washed up recently at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach is the ninth found in the Bay Area in the past two months. 

The Chronicle reports the unusually large death toll is happening because there is too little food to support the giant mammals. 

It says starving whales are taking a dangerous detour into the San Francisco Bay to seek sustenance.

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Between 1997 and 2019, gillnets killed hundreds of vaquitas. Their estimated population dropped from approximately 600 to fewer than 20 animals.

Vaquitas are disappearing at an even faster rate than before. This alarming decline is due in part to the persistence of an illegal gillnet fishery aimed at catching a large marine fish known as totoaba. The totoaba’s swim bladder can fetch large sums of money in Chinese markets. Thus, despite tens of millions of dollars invested by the Mexican government in preventing vaquita bycatch, the population is rapidly vanishing. At the current rate of loss, vaquitas will likely decline to extinction in the next year or two. Our last hope to save vaquitas from extinction is the complete elimination of gillnet fishing in their habitat and effective enforcement efforts by the Mexican government.

source: VAQUITACPR

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UPY 2019 Award Winners - Marine Conservation Photographer of the Year 2019

'Caretta caretta turtle' - Eduardo Acevedo

The Caretta caretta turtles spend much of their life in the open ocean. They come to the Canary Island after crossing the Atlantic Ocean from the Caribbean beaches. In this trip of many years they often have to avoid many dangerous traps like plastics, ropes, fishing nets etc. In this particular case it got trapped in a net and it was practically impossible to escape from it... but this day it was very lucky and could escape thanks to the help of two underwater photographers who were sailing near her.

Judge's comment: The problems of plastic pollution and ghost fishing are both illustrated by this struggling loggerhead turtle. I am happy to learn this individual was lucky enough to survive this deathtrap thanks to the photographer. 

source: UPY 2019

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Gentle humpback whales By Hannes Becker | More

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K33 Tika backdive, from CWR encounter #81

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Green Sea Turtle Hatchling Chelonia mydas Source: Here

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Dolphins in the Red Sea by 27MM

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“Nigel “no mates”, as he was affectionately known, lived his life on the edge of a desolate cliff on the almost-uninhabited Mana Island, with only 80 fake gannets for company.

He was lured to the island in 2013 by wildlife officials, who first placed the concrete replicas on the cliff side in December 1997, broadcasting their calls through a sound system in hopes of establishing a new colony.

He was the first gannet to settle on Mana Island in 40 years and conservationists hoped there would be many more, but none followed and he developed a moniker among his fans of “the world’s loneliest bird”.

In February 2018 his body was found alongside one particular concrete gannet replica conservationists say he believed was his partner. Nigel had attempted to woo the replica in 2013 in an act of courtship, which led to him building a nest from seaweed, mud and twigs for the bird.

In a cruel twist of fate, three new gannets were spotted on the island on Christmas Eve 2017, marking 20 years since the concrete colony was first established, and it was thought that Nigel would finally have some flesh-and-blood company.

source: Ryan Butcher https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/worlds-loneliest-bird-dies-gannet-friends-mana-island-new-zealand-a8192951.html

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And if anyone want to hear Migaloo.