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Tethys’ fin whales on “Diver”

22/03/2017/0 Comments

https://whalesanddolphins.tethys.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/0317_fin_whales_01.jpg 386 600 Maude Jahoda https://whalesanddolphins.tethys.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/tethys-post30-horiz-600-300x126.png Maude Jahoda2017-03-22 19:18:452017-03-24 09:10:44Tethys’ fin whales on “Diver”

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Finally we could go at sea on the last day of t

Finally we could go at sea on the last day of the week. The wind had dropped, but not the swell, 1 meter of height. The probability of spotting animals is low in these conditions, so our expectations were not particularly high. However, very soon we spotted a group of six bottlenose dolphins, four adults and two juveniles. They were playing in shallow waters jumping, breeching, following each others. The day continued with 5 sightings of striped dolphins, several of which with newborns.

#CSRStories
#dolphinlovers
#dolphins
#ecovolunteers
#cetaceans
#Mediterranean
#summer2022
#whalelovers
#whalesanddolphins
#marinebiology

In the following days the sea conditions change

In the following days the sea conditions changed, with strong winds from South-West. The team enjoyed some swim in the clear and warm waters of the Mediterranean Sea, and followed lectures about marine life. Tethys researchers have been telling about the Pelagos Sanctuary, the local species of dolphins, whale and sea turtles, their adaptation to aquatic life and their communication based on underwater sounds. We were lucky to have on board also a visitor scientist from the University of Foggia, Italy, @Marianna Marangi who told us about parasites in large whales, and in humans. . .
(to be continued…)
#CSRStories
#dolphinlovers
#dolphins
#ecovolunteers
#cetaceans
#Mediterranean
#summer2022
#whalelovers
#whalesanddolphins
#marinebiology

CSR cruise 18 began in the best way, with a sighti

CSR cruise 18 began in the best way, with a sighting of two fin whales, one adult and one juvenile. The encounter was particularly interesting because the whales remained still just below the surface for one hour or so, which is a quite unusual behaviour. They did not have any obvious external injury neither did they appeared emaciated. They seemed just resting without travelling between feeding events. Interestingly, this year other fin whales were observed to behave in the same way. The cause it is not clear; however a link with the high temperatures of the sea surface recorded this summer in the Mediterranean (often around 28-29 degrees) cannot not be ruled out.
(to be continued…).
#CSRStories
#dolphinlovers
#dolphins
#ecovolunteers
#cetaceans
#Mediterranean
#summer2022
#whalelovers
#whalesanddolphins
#marinebiology
#whalebehaviour

Pilot whales have a social life which is quite sim

Pilot whales have a social life which is quite similar to that of orcas, as recent studies in several areas around the world have shown. In the Mediterranean lives one of the two species of the genus, the log-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas). #animalslover
#lovedolphins
#CSR
#summer2022
#delfini
#delfiniMediterraneo
#instapics
#lovewhales
#pilotwhales
#Mediterranean
#Globicephalamelas
#globicefali

Henry is an od friend of ours, first seen in 2005

Henry is an od friend of ours, first seen in 2005 and resighted on a quite regular basis. Sometimes he was together with one or two other sperm whales.
#Physetermacrocephalus
#spermwhale
#capodoglio
#fotoID

If you, or a company of yours, wish to support the

If you, or a company of yours, wish to support the research with a donation of 500 Euros or more, you can choose a name for one of the newly identified sperm whales.
https://whalesanddolphins.tethys.org/donate/name-your-whale-donation-campaign/
LINK IN BIO -> DONATE ->NAME YOUR WHALE
#nameyourwhale
#spermwhale
#donate
#donateforwhales

Quando incontrano un capodoglio che non compare an

Quando incontrano un capodoglio che non compare ancora nel catalogo degli individui fotoidentificati, partecipanti e ricercatori sulla barca da ricerca “Pelagos” propongono un nome di fantasia. Questa volta il team del turno CSR17 ha pensato di dedicare il nuovo capodoglio all’indimenticabile Piero Angela, recentemente scomparso, che tanto ha fatto per la divulgazione scientifica.

When participants and researchers aboard the research boat “Pelagos” sight a sperm whale that does not yet appear in the catalogue of photo-identified individuals, they give it a name. This time the team CSR17 dedicated the new sperm whale to Piero Angela, the italian journalist who recently passed away and who has done so much for scientific dissemination.

#capodoglio
#PieroAngela
#divulgazionescientifica
#fotoID
#biologiamarina
#spermwhale
#marinebiology

Last week we met a sperm whale (#Physetermacroceph

Last week we met a sperm whale (#Physetermacrocephalus), which is a “friend” of ours, beautiful and very easy to recognize. He was first spotted in 2018 and is called “Amer” after one of our sponsors, Amer Yachts.

Settimana scorsa abbiamo reincontrato un nostro “amico”, bellissimo e davvero facile da riconoscere: Amer, visto per la prima volta nel 2018 e chiamato così in onore di un nostro sponsor, @Ameryachts
#capodoglio
#spermwhale
#whale
#Amer
#whaleconservation

Photo-identification enables researchers to recogn

Photo-identification enables researchers to recognize individual animals through pictures of their natural, features like the shape of the dorsal fin or scars on their body. Tethys runs catalogues of almost all species regularly living in the #PelagosSanctuary, among which are bottlenose dolphins, sperm whales, fin whales. Participants aboard can actively help matching pictures of animals they have seen with those in the catalogue.
This technique provides population estimates and crucial information on cetaceans’ distribution, habitat use, social structure, seasonal presence, movements and association patterns.
#photoID
#citizenscience
#CetaceanSanctuaryResearch
#whales
#dolphins
#cetaceanresearch
#marinebiology
#cetaceanconservation

Two comments from participants to team CSR15 aboar

Two comments from participants to team CSR15 aboard "Pelagos".

The experience on Pelagos was my first approach to whales in their own habitat. These animals reveal how the nature can still hide and find its own space despite we (as human) are everywhere with their activities (and pollution, in every form). The dedication of the team was great, and they demonstrated an experience that goes beyond their age. I hope this foundation can continue to help the seas with a high-quality research and resilient work.
Marcello, Age 36, Milan - Italy

I will never forget the feeling of gratitude I felt when the first whale that we sighted decided to show itself in all of its beauty, together with the instant smile mixed with tears that came over me when a group of striped dolphins gifted us with their playful presence under the bow of the boat. There is something extremely powerful in waiting for any sign of life on the water's surface, and then seeing the blow of a whale that stays on the side of the boat, harmless and defenseless, before it dives back down into the depth of the sea. The past week aboard Pelagos allowed me to have a unique first-hand experience of the conservation effort that these precious animals need and deserve, and that is carried out by some very committed researchers.
Chiara, Age 22, Milan - Italy

#marinemammalconservation
#marinemammalresearch
#ecotravel
#ecovacanze
#ecovolunteer
#CetaceanSanctuaryResearch
#CSR2022
#summer2022
#Mediterraneanwhales

Collisions are among the major threats that whales

Collisions are among the major threats that whales face every day. And regarding maritime traffic, the Mediterranean is among the busiest seas in the whole world.
#whalecollisions
#whales
#whaleconservation
#Mediterraneanwhales
#PelagosSanctuary

Despite their english common name, pilot "whales"

Despite their english common name, pilot "whales" are actually dolphins. Yesterday's sighting was the second one of this season (in summer 2021 there weren't spotted at all by Tethys' research vessel).
This is one of the 8 species living in the Pelagos Sanctuary (NW Mediterranean). There are two species of the genus Globicephala: the long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas, which is also "ours", the mediterranean one) and the short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus). Unlike most dolphin species, pilot whales are more robust; adult male reaching over 6m lenght and 2000 kg weight. Both species have a distinctive large, bulbous melon; long-finned ones have longer sickle-shaped flippers.
#Globicephala
#pilotwhales
#globicefali
#cetaceans
#mediterraneancetaceans
#Mediterraneanwhales
#dolphins

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