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Atlantic white-sided dolphin "Lagenorhynchus" acutus
Observed by urobleps, CC BY-NC
#Lagenorhynchus acutus#Atlantic white-sided dolphin#Cetacea#Delphinidae#cetacean#dolphin#North America#United States#Massachusetts#Atlantic Ocean#Gulf of Maine
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An orca (Orcinus orca) breaches off the coast of the Pacific Northwest, USA
by Guy Schmickle
#orca#killer whale#dolphins#cetaceans#marine mammals#orcinus orca#orcinus#delphinidae#cetacea#artiodactyla#mammalia#chordata#wildlife: usa#wildlife: north america
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Southern right whale dolphins
Oh a very cool one, hadn't seen them before! Thank you!
Photos from Gerard Bodineau & Toby Dickson, respectively.
#south america#australia#new zealand#south africa#southern ocean#southern right whale#southern right whale dolphin#dolphin#artiodactyla#cetacea#cetacean#delphinidae#marine mammals#marine biology#sea life#marine life#marine animals#animal polls#poll blog#my polls#animals#polls#tumblr polls#mammalia#mammals#mammal
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Uncharismatic Fact of the Day
Nothing says 'bisexual' quite like bottlenose dolphins! Studies have shown that almost all males in this species are bisexual, and form close partnerships with other males at an early age. Male partners hunt together, play together, and even keep watch while the other sleeps. Couples remain together for most of their lives-- although typically both partners also freely mate with females during the breeding season.
(Image: A pair of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) by Lisa Morse)
#bottlenose dolphin#Artiodactyla#Delphinidae#dolphins#cetaceans#even-toed ungulates#ungulates#mammals#uncharismatic facts#queer fauna#nature is queer
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DOLPHIN MOMS DO 'BABY TALK' WITH THEIR CALVES
Baby talk or Motherese/ Parentese is a speech pattern nearly universal across cultures and languages in human caregivers interacting with children. It is characterized by a higher than usual pitch, exaggerated intonation, repetition, calling attention to objects and use of slow stretchy speeches. What we know about baby talking in other nonhuman species is sparse. Now, researchers have found evidence for baby talk in bottlenose dolphin, a species that shows parallels to humans in their long-term mother–offspring bonds and lifelong vocal learning.
Researchers analyzed audios from made wild bottlenose dolphins in waters near Sarasota Bay, Florida, United States, and found that females produced signature whistles with significantly higher maximum frequencies and wider frequency ranges when they were recorded with their own dependent calves.
This finding provide an example of convergent evolution of motherese in nonhuman mammals, and may help us understand how motherese can facilitate vocal learning and bonding in nonhumans as well as humans.
Photo by Carli Brush Stoll
Reference: Sayigh et al., 2023. Bottlenose dolphin mothers modify signature whistles in the presence of their own calves. PNAS
#Science#marine science#behavior#biology#marine biology#bottlenose dolphin#tursiops truncatus#delphinidae#bioblr#sciblr#scienceblr
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Does anyone else find it genuinely fascinating that orcas tail-slapping their prey out of the water means that they have to have some understanding of how anything would take damage from hitting the water surface from a certain height (which is wickedly impressive for an animal that lives underwater it's whole life) or do you all just jump to calling them evil because of this
#sorry im an orca stan they're peak animals to me#ben's bs#zoology#cetacean#whale#orca#dolphin#delphinidae#marine biology#marine life#orca whale#killer whale#hate that name btw its so mean :(
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Dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) playing off the coast of Kaikoura, New Zealand
Michael S. Fuhrer (Feather as a Light)
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hourglass dolphin!
(Lagenorhynchus cruciger)
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three (3) hours till my exam this means i get to study dolphin anatomy
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Pacific white-sided dolphin "Lagenorhynchus" obliquidens
Observed by anudibranchmom, CC BY-NC
#Lagenorhynchus obliquidens#Pacific white-sided dolphin#Cetacea#Delphinidae#cetacean#dolphin#North America#United States#California#Pacific Ocean#Monterey Bay
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A pod of Hector's dolphins (Cephalorhynchus hectori) leap from the water in Aotearoa
by Anjanette Baker
#hector's dolphin#dolphins#cetaceans#cephalorhynchus hectori#cephalorhynchus#delphinidae#cetacea#artiodactyla#mammalia#chordata#wildlife: aotearoa#wildlife: oceania
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I'm actually alive, here's photos I've taken of Akai - who is one of the older dolphins at DCO and is going to be in his 50s very soon <3
#Akai#bottlenose dolphin#discovery cove#seaworld#seaworld orlando#marine biology#dolphin#marine life#cetacean#animal photography#marine animal photography#whale#Delphinidae#Tursiops
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Just vibin’
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Rabid Seals
We didn’t know this could happen, we are worried about other marine animals. And not to be a sensationalist but someone call up Stephen King and ask him how he feels about the possibility of a rabid orca.
#rabies#rabid animals#marine mammals#pinnipeds#cape fur seals#seal colony#elephant seals#mustelidae#cape clawed otter#delphinidae#dolphins#porpoises#common dolphin#bottlenose dolphin#orca#south africa#southern africa#i was only half kidding about the orcas#we get transient orcas#they come to hunt the great white sharks#they are mammals#mammals can contract rabies#but we don’t know whether that extends to delphinidae#we didn’t even know pinnipeds could pick it up!#there was only one isolated incident in the world before this
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Terrible news everyone! Turns out the 'boymum' phenomenon is not limited to members of the human species. Female orca (Orcinus orca), especially post-menopausal individuals, often seem to spend a large amount of time coddling their useless adult sons. These mothers often share food with their larger sons and solve scuffles between them and other members of their pod. Why do these females dote on their adult sons and not their daughters? Researches believe it is all down to passing on the most of their genetic information. An orca mother only produces one calf per gestation period, a process that takes an average of 17 months and usually only has a calf every 3–5 years. A male however, can mate with multiple females per year. By ensuring their sons are well-fed and avoid fights increases their chances of procreating even more, thereby maximising the amount of individuals in the next generation carrying part of her genetic information.
#marine biology#marine life#marine animals#ocean animals#marine zoology#ocean life#wet beast wednesday#marine mammals#cetacean#cetaceans#Delphinidae#dolphin#Mammalia#Artiodactyla#Chordata#sea animals#sea life#sea creature#sea creatures#ocean
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The 3d model available here: https://steplont-art.blogspot.com/2015/11/3d-model-dolphin.html
3d model dolphin
Polys: 1778 Verts: 1789
The 3d dolphin model looks like a dolphin :) These model is made with high detaled elements.
Texture map: 4096x4096 Normal map: 4096x4096
The head has symmetry topology.
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#3d model#aquarium#aquatic#cetacean#dauphin#delphinidae#dolphin#download#obj#fish#fishie#low poly#mammal#marine#saltwater#Youtube
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