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Join hosts Dr. Justin Gregg and Laura Teasdale as they talk with scientists and experts about everyone's favorite marine mammal: the dolphin. With a sprinkling of comedy to season the science, The Dolphin Pod is an enlightening and entertaining deep dive into the world of dolphin science. The Dolphin Pod is family-friendly, teen-approved podcast fun!
Kathleen, Kelly, and Justin discuss how animal behavior scientists deal with the cognitive bias of anthropomorphism; the attribution of human characteristics to non-human animals. But this conversation dives much deeper than that; using Justin's new book Humanish as a jumping off point, the trio discuss AI (and how it might or might not be useful in studying animal communication), Duo the Duolingo owl, doggy eyebrows, scary shark eyes, cute dolphin faces, and so much more! Tune in for this fun and eclectic conversation!
More on Humanish: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/justin-gregg/humanish/9780316577588/
Dive deep into the world of killer whale research on this episode of The Dolphin Pod! Justin Gregg, Kathleen Dudzinski, Manon Themelin, and Kelly Melillo-Sweeting take you behind the scenes of DCP's killer whale studies—from SeaWorld San Diego to the Canary Islands' Loro Parque, and soon to the coast of Gibraltar and the icy fjords of Norway. Discover how these magnificent "big dolphins" use their giant spatula-like pectoral fins surprisingly similar to their smaller cousins, hear of adorable moments of mom Morgan keeping baby Teno in line, and yes—learn about some truly unique male bonding behaviors that definitely won't make it into a children's book. With research spanning four continents and collaborations across the globe, this episode reveals how these apex predators communicate, play, and socialize in ways that are quite similar to their smaller dolphin cousins. Plus, find out why Kathleen has promised her husband she'll never get in the water with killer whales, while Manon prepares to do exactly that in December! Thank you to Loro Parque Fundación for supporting this episode.
The Dolphin Communication Project has a new paper in review titled "Association and social networks based on proximity and inter-individual interactions in a group of managed care killer whales" and we sat down with three of the co-authors to hear what it's all about: Kathleen Dudzinski, Heather Manitzas Hill, and Manon Themelin. After combing through thousands of hours of video footage of killer whales at SeaWorld California socializing without people around, our intrepid group of scientists made a few interesting discoveries and observed a bunch of natural behaviors. And soon this team will be looking at even more underwater footage of killer whales socializing from around the world to see what else turns up. To hear more, listen to the podcast!
In this special episode of The Dolphin Pod, Kelly and Justin sit down to answer a whole batch of awesome questions from kid listeners! We tackle questions like:
Is a whale’s spine hard?
Why do whales have blowholes?
How long can whales stay underwater for?
How high can dolphins jump out of the water?
How long do dolphins live?
And tons more! Thanks to all the awesome kids who asked, including Arlo, Autumn, Ava, Bohannon, Casey, Christian, Claira, Emmy, Eva, Jahtasia, James, Lane, Lauchlin, Leo, Nate, Noah, Rhylin, Robert, Tristan.
This episode was made possible thanks to support from the DiverMojo Foundation
An interview with DCP Research Associate Manon Themelin and DCP Director Dr. Kathleen Dudzinski. We learn how Manon got started researching dolphins and the exciting discoveries she's made. Manon's research into relationship quality (RQ) shows that the methods we apply to the study of ravens and chimpanzees works just as well for dolphins, albeit with some minor tweaks to accommodate for dolphins' aquatic lifestyle and peculiar ways of socializing. Also, it turns out that the positions dolphin adopt when swimming next to each other and how they navigate each others' slipstreams can tell us a lot about the relationships between individual dolphins.
Justin interviews Jason Bruck, Assistant Professor of Biology at Stephen F. Austin State University. Jason is the head of the Bruck Integrative Biology Lab where he and his students study dolphin behavior and cognition. In this interview, Jason and Justin discuss:
· how Jason got into the field
· advice he offers to student hoping to study dolphins
· his latest research on dolphin signature whistles and urine
· his history with Kathleen and DCP
· why dolphins are the hardest animals to work with on the planet
· his unexpected past as a juggler
· his home arcade
· the scientists who influenced his career
· the challenges and advantages facing young academics
· women in the field of dolphin science
· the things that people often misunderstand about dolphins
· parsimony and the problem of anthropomorphism
· his lab's current research on ocean noise and how it affects dolphin cognition and behavior
· his research collecting samples from wild dolphins using drones
Dolphins are pretty strange when it comes to the way they treat strangers. Unlike most primates (including humans,) when two separate dolphin societies (including different species) share the same space, they can integrate their societies without any violence whatsoever. Find out how DCP researchers Kelly Melillo-Sweeting and Nicole Danaher-Garcia discovered that the spotted dolphins living around Bimini are able to live peacefully alongside bottlenose dolphins AND how these Bimini spotted welcomed a group of four dozen "refugee" spotted dolphins into their society without batting an eye.
Here are the articles we discuss:
Levengood, A., Melillo-Sweeting, K., Ribic, C.A., Beck, A.J., Dudzinski, K.M. (2022). Shoreline distribution of dolphins along North Bimini Island, The Bahamas. Caribbean Journal of Science, 52(2), 162-176. https://doi.org/10.18475/cjos.v52i2.a3
Danaher-Garcia, N., Connor, R., Fay, G., Melillo-Sweeting, K., Dudzinski, K.M. (2022). The partial merger of two dolphin societies. R. Soc. open sci. 9: 211936. 211936. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.211963.
A special podcast celebrating 20 years of The Dolphin Communication Project. In this episode, Justin and Laura interview DCP royalty: Kathleen Dudzinski and Kelly Melillo-Sweeting. Hear how DCP got started after Kathleen’s humble beginnings as a movie star, and how Kelly accidentally stumbled into an 18-year career as a dolphin researcher. Also, listen as Laura asks Kathleen and Kelly a series of awkward questions she had been meaning to ask her Tinder dates.
Hey Parents! In this episode, we make references to dating apps and adult relationships. Mostly general dating stuff – nothing explicit. It’s all very kid friendly. But just giving you the heads up!
In the episode, Laura goes head-to-head with Kelly Melillo-Sweeting in a science quiz focused on a recently published article on lateral behavior in bottlenose dolphins. It’s going to be an uphill battle for poor Laura since Kelly is one of the authors of the article.
Here's the article being discussed in this episode: Kaplan, JD. Goodrich, SY, Melillo-Sweeting K, Reiss, D. (2019). Behavioural laterality in foraging bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Royal Society Open Science. 6: 190929. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.190929.
In the episode, Laura and Justin transform themselves into a pair of dolphins and explore the waters of Shark Bay, Australia to figure out what happened when a mysterious heatwave wreaked havoc on the local dolphin population.
Rising ocean temperatures pose a serious threaten to marine species, including dolphins. A seemingly innocent, short-term rise in ocean temperature off the west coast of Australia had devastating and long-term consequences for a number of plant and animal species in Shark Bay. The local population of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins saw a drop in their population numbers, as well as low birth rates after the heatwave. Eight years later, the population is slowly recovering.
The article being discussed in this episode is:
Sonja Wild, Michael Krützen, Robert W. Rankin, William J.E. Hoppitt, Livia Gerber, Simon J. Allen. Long-term decline in survival and reproduction of dolphins following a marine heatwave. Current Biology, 2019; 29 (7): R239 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.02.047
Here's a link to more info about the article article:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982219302179
Dolphin Pod co-host Laura Teasdale thinks that she used to know more about dolphins when she was a kid. In this episode, she gets a chance to prove it! Our AI assistant DOLPH creates an 8-year-old clone of Laura for (old) Laura to go up against in a (rather challenging) dolphin science quiz! Who will win? Stay tuned to find out!
The primary article being discussed in this episode is:
Ortega-Ortiz, Christian & Wonneberger, Elena & Martínez-Serrano, Ibiza & Kono-Martínez, Tadashi & Villegas Zurita, Francisco & M. Enríquez Paredes, Luis & Llamas González, Myriam & Olivos, Aramis & Liñán-Cabello, Marco & Gerardo Verduzco-Zapata, Manuel. (2019). Consequences Potentially Related to a Meteorological Event on a Resident Group of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the Mexican Pacific. Aquatic Mammals. 45. 99-105. 10.1578/AM.45.1.2019.99
The research articles mentioned in the podcast involving how hurricanes affect dolphins are as follows:
Fearnbach, Holly & W. Durban, J & Parsons, K & Claridge, Diane. (2012). Photographic mark-recapture analysis of local dynamics within an open population of dolphins. Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America. 22. 1689-700. 10.2307/41722883
Miller, Lance & Mackey, Angela & Hoffland, Tim & Solangi, Moby & Kuczaj, Stan. (2010). Potential effects of a major hurricane on Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) reproduction in the Mississippi Sound. Marine Mammal Science. 26. 707 - 715. 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2010.00371.x
More research from Christian Ortega-Ortiz at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christian_Ortega-Ortiz
This research originated from the University of Colima in Mexico: https://www.ucol.mx/
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This episode features research from Morigenos – the Slovenian Marine Mammal Society. Learn more about their work at: https://www.morigenos.org/
The primary article being discussed is:
Genov T., Centrih T., Kotnjek P., Hace A. 2019. Behavioural and temporal partitioning of dolphin social groups in the northern Adriatic Sea. Marine Biology 166: 11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-018-3450-8
We also discuss the following article:
Genov T., Jepson P.D., Barber J.L., Hace A., Gaspari S., Centrih T., Lesjak J., Kotnjek P. 2019. Linking organochlorine contaminants with demographic parameters in free-ranging common bottlenose dolphins from the northern Adriatic Sea. Science of the Total Environment 657: 200-212. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.025
More info on the biopsy darts used to take samples from wild dolphins:
http://www.kaosa.org.br/publications/23_Fruet_et_al_2016_Biopsy_darting.pdf
These darts are quite small and cause minimal discomfort to the dolphin: "Tips measured 25mm in length and 8mm in diameter and had a cylindrical punch fitted with three internal barbs (to hold a sample in place) attached to modified darts. A cylindrical foam stopper caused the bolt to rebound after impact and limited the penetration depth to 20mm."
For more information on the other bottlenose dolphin groups mentioned, visit website for the following research groups:
https://www.sarasotadolphin.org/
http://www.sharkbaydolphins.org/
https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-animals/marine-mammals/dolphins/bottlenose-dolphin/doubtful-sound-bottlenose-dolphins/
Slovenian language (Slovene) tips were taken from here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Phrlqxje9eE
And this is how you write the Slovene phrase “kje si!” which means something like “what’s up”. Here’s an actual Slovenian Eurovision singer (Anika Horvat) singing the words kje si. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mF9C1zFNw8 Our pronunciation is not too far off, eh?
This episode features Slovenian folk music from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E54IhTh5OhY
More info about the beautiful Slovenian village of Piran here: https://www.lonelyplanet.com/slovenia/karst-and-coast/piran
The image used for this episode was taken from a post found on the Twitter account of Tilen Genov, lead author of the scientific article being discussed: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dusxl8OWkAAsG3c.jpg
This episode was made possible through generous donations from supporters of the Dolphin Communication Project. We rely on public support to produce The Dolphin Pod. Please consider contributing to our GoFundMe campaign to help make future episodes possible: https://gofundme.com/the-dolphin-pod
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The Dolphin Pod is back! After a 10 year hiatus, everyone's favorite dolphin science podcast is back in action. This time around, Justin Gregg will be joined by a new co-host; the hilarious and ultra-talented actor, musician, and improviser Laura Teasdale. Justin and Laura will be discussing dolphin science topics including cool new research, dolphin news stories, and surprising and entertaining dolphin facts and trivia. New full-length episodes are scheduled for early 2019. In the meantime, you can support the relaunch of the show by heading over to our fundraiser at https://gofundme.com/the-dolphin-pod.
In this week's episode, we will focus our Science Spotlight on ship strikes, and in our Kids' Science Quickie, we'll field questions about dolphin communication from eight year old Emie.
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In this week's episode, we will review breaking Dolphin News from around the world, focus our Science Spotlight on dolphin communication, and in our Kids' Science Quickie, we'll discuss cookie cutter sharks
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In this week's episode, we will review breaking Dolphin News from around the world, focus our Science Spotlight on dolphin personalities, and in our Kids' Science Quickie, we'll discuss dolphin mittens
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In this week's episode, we will review breaking Dolphin News from around the world, focus our Science Spotlight on dolphins and whales in the Middle Ages, and in our Kids' Science Quickie, we'll discuss magnetite
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In this week's episode, we will review breaking Dolphin News from around the world, focus our Science Spotlight on Dolphin Sleep, and in our Kids' Science Quickie, we'll discuss how you can tell how old a dolphin is by looking at its teeth
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In this week's episode, we will review breaking Dolphin News from around the world, focus our Science Spotlight Dolphin Assisted Therapy, and in our Kids' Science Quickie, we'll discuss pink dolphins
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In this week's episode, we will review breaking Dolphin News from around the world, focus our Science Spotlight humpack whale echolocation, and in our Kids' Science Quickie, we'll discuss Pelorus Jack
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In this week's episode, we will discuss how you can help conserve dolphin species, review breaking Dolphin News from around the world, focus our Science Spotlight on the Amazon River dolphin, and in our Kids' Science Quickie, we'll discuss colorful dolphinss
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In this week's episode, we will discuss whale and dolphin watching with biologist Fabian Ritter, review breaking Dolphin News from around the world, focus our Science Spotlight on dolphin buoyancy, and in our Kids' Science Quickie, we'll discuss hairy dolphins
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In this week's episode, we will talk with Dr. Kathleen Dudzinski about the upcoming conference on marine mammalogy in Cape Town, review breaking Dolphin News from around the world, focus our Science Spotlight on a behavior known as Spy Hopping, and in our Kids' Science Quickie, we'll discuss surfing dolphins.
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This is our first episode for the new and improved version of The Dolphin Pod. In this week’s episode, we will unveil the new dolphin pod format, review breaking Dolphin News from around the world, focus our Science Spotlight on the top 5 myths about dolphins, and in our new Kids’ Science Quickie, introduce you to a blind teenager who uses echolocation like a dolphin in order to navigate his surroundings.
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Hello dolphin pod listeners. You may have noticed that episodes have not been released all that frequently in recent months. It's not because we here at the dolphin pod have lost interest – quite the contrary. We have been working on a brand new look and feel to the dolphin pod, together with an upgrade to our recording equipment. We are also hammering out plans for a new sponsorship scheme so that we can bring you improved dolphin science information and news on a more regular basis. So stay tuned as we roll out the new changes! If you have any ideas or suggestions for improvements to the podcast, please drop us a line at www.thedolphinpod.com
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Learn all about dolphin vocalizations and dolphin sounds in this week’s episode, featuring real audio recorded this summer from wild dolphins at our research field site at Mikura Island in Japan.
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- DCP's 2007 Research :: Read about DCP's 2007 research from Mikura Island in Japan
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You may recall from The Dolphin Pod episode titled “Herman's Dolphin Prodigies” that dolphins have proven themselves to be capable of understanding the human pointing gesture. Dr. Louis Herman and his research team have shown that dolphins, when given a pointing arm and finger gesture to indicate an object, understand that this gesture is a cue to the location of an object. This might sound like a very boring, elementary skill, but the ability to follow a pointing gesture is very rare in the animal kingdom. Even super smart animals like chimpanzees have a very hard time with pointing comprehension. Learn all about why dolphins understand pointing in this week’s episode.
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Dolphins have been observed creating and playing with intricate bubble rings. Learn all about bubble ring play in dolphins in this week’s episode.
- Transcript :: Read a transcript of this episode
- Bubble Rings :: More about bubble rings
- Beluga Blows Bubble Ring :: Watch a beluga whale blow a bubble ring and then catch it
- More Beluga Bubble rings :: A beluga whale blows a spectacular bubble ring
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In just a few days, the Dolphin Communication Project will begin our research on Mikura Island in Japan for our summer 2007 field season. The tiny, dormant volcanic island of Mikura lies 200 km south of Tokyo in the Pacific Ocean. The island is home to 300 human beings and about 180 Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins. Learn more about our research on Mikura in this week’s episode.
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- Field Reports :: Follow along with this year's summer field reports
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Today is Earth Day 2007. According to the Earth Day Network Web site, the focus of this year's Earth Day is “A Call for Action on Climate Change”. Climate change is a topic that is in the news a lot lately, but one rarely finds a connection between climate change and dolphins. However, there is one species of cetacean that is on the front lines of this battle against climate change: the narwhal. You might remember from a previous episode of The Dolphin Pod that we discussed a hypothesis that the narwhal's tusk may function as a kind of barometer – sensitive to changes in the atmosphere. But, this time it's not the narwhal's tusk that is helping researchers learn more about climate change, it's the narwhals themselves. Scientists are using narwhals tagged with satellite transmitters and instruments that sample water temperatures to learn more about remote regions of the Atlantic Ocean. Narwhals have been recruited as oceanographers and climate change specialists.
- Transcript :: Read a transcript of this week's episode with web links
- Narwhals Aid Climate Change Study article :: Read an article from Discovery News on narwhal oceanographers
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This week's episode of The Dolphin Pod is not actually about dolphins, but this little gem was simply too precious to ignore. Learn all about some very special poop-sniffing dogs that are helping researchers to learn more about endangered whales in this week’s episode.
- Transcript :: Read a transcript of this week's episode with web links
- The scent of a whale :: Read an article from the Boston Globe about whale-scat sniffing dogs
- Faecal sampling using detection dogs to study reproduction and health in North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) :: Read a scientific article about scat-sniffing dogs
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Scientists think that dolphin's teeth aren't just for grabbing – a hypothesis that is gaining considerable support suggests that dolphin teeth might be used as an antenna. Not an antenna for picking up radio or television signals (dolphins probably aren't too bothered if they miss an episode or two of Survivor), but for detecting sonar signals. Learn more about the strange properties of dolphin teeth in this week’s episode.
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- Scientific article about dolphin 'antenna teeth' :: A recently published article going into great detail about the acoustic properties of dolphin teeth, and how they could potentially act as an antenna
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In today's episode, we will shed light on the ancient history of the word ‘dolphin'.
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This week’s episode reveals how dolphins manage to spend their entire lives in an aquatic environment (an almost zero gravity environment) without ever getting seasick or dizzy. It’s all thanks to some important evolutionary changes to their vestibular sense – one of the most important, and often overlooked, of the senses. Learn all about the vestibular sense in this week’s episode.
- Transcript of this episode :: Read a transcript of this week's episode with web links
- The vestibular sense :: A fantastic website with a detailed overview of the vestibular sense
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If you are a regular listener to the Dolphin Pod, then you’ll be aware of the power and versatility of a dolphin’s echolocation system. If you are inclined to be jealous of the sensory systems of other animals, you could do worse than to envy dolphin biosonar. It is pretty cool stuff. At least, you can rest assured that humans outshine dolphins when it comes to vision, right? Not so fast my simian friend – while it is true that humans and other primates do have well-developed visual systems, our dolphin friends are not far behind. This episode will provide you with a detailed look at dolphins’ sense of vision by focusing (get it, focusing?) on the structure of the eyeball. It is a head-to-head battle between the human and the dolphin eyeball to see who will earn the title of ‘coolest eyeball ever’!
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- Eye anatomy :: Read more about the anatomy of the human eye
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This week's episode features a personal essay about my experiences of swimming with Fungie – the famous solitary dolphin who has been living near the town of Dingle on the west coast of Ireland. Stay tuned for future episodes about lone, sociable dolphins and the whale and dolphin watching industry featured this month on The Dolphin Pod.
This week’s episode features music from the Irish traditional group Cran.
- Transcript of this episode :: Read a transcript of this week's episode with web links
- Fungie :: Learn more about Fungie the Dingle Dolphin
- irishdolphins.com :: Visit the Irish Dolphins website
- Whale and dolphin watching in Ireland :: Learn more about whales and dolphins in Ireland from the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group website
- Cran music :: Check out the Irish music featured in the week's episode from Cran
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The narwhal is perhaps one of the most easily recognizable of all cetaceans thanks to their distinctive long tusks. Learn more about the narwhal’s tusks and what it is used for in this week’s episode.
- Transcript of this episode :: Read a transcript of this week's episode with web links
- Narwhal info :: Learn more about the narwhal's tusk
- Mr. Narhwal :: Explore the world of Mr. Narhwal and Buddy the Elf
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2007 is a year with major significance for dolphin enthusiasts as it has been officially declared the Year of the Dolphin! You might have heard about this in the news. But what on earth is the Year of the Dolphin all about, and who has the authority to declare such things? Learn all about the Year of the Dolphin in this week’s podcast.
- Transcript of this episode :: Read a transcript of this week's episode with weblinks
- Year of the Dolphin website :: The official website of the Year of the Dolphin
- Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society :: The official website of the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society - co-sponsor of the Year of the Dolphin
- Adopt a dolphin :: Adopt a dolphin through the Dolphin Communication Project
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The dolphin blogosphere has been expanding in recent weeks.
A brand new podcast has just been released by the Act for Dolphins campaign. This podcast focuses on the campaign to stop the slaughter of wild dolphins in Japanese waters. To subscribe to the podcast, visit actfordolphins.podomatic.com
In addition, scientist David Lusseau has created a new blog highlighting conservations efforts focused on a small endangered group of bottlenose dolphins in Doubtful Sound New Zealand. To learn more about the threat of whalewatching and vessel traffic for this population, visit www.fiordlandbottlenosedolphins.blogspot.com
For links to these new blogs and podcasts, visit thedolphinpod.com
- Transcript of this episode :: A transcript of this episode with weblinks
- Act for Dolphins podcast :: Subscribe to the new Act for Dolphins podcast
- David Lusseau's blog :: Read David Lusseau's blog about endangered bottlenose dolphins in Doubtful Sound New Zealand.
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In this week’s episode, we will discuss the baiji; a very special dolphin that has recently made its way into the news for all of the wrong reasons.
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- The Baiji.org Foundation :: Learnmore about hte Baiji at the website of the Baiji.org foundation
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Researchers at the Dolphin Communication Project get a lot of questions from the public about dolphin behavior, but one question above all the others has given us the biggest kick. And, sparked a rather interesting answer. The question, posed to us once by a young dolphin enthusiast, was ‘How do dolphins get married?' Not ‘do dolphins get married' mind you, but ‘how do they get married'. Learn the answer to this question in this week’s episode.
- Transcipt of this episode :: Read a transcript of this week's episode
- Ann Weaver's research :: Read Ann Weaver's story about dolphin social relationships
- Interview with Ann Weaver :: Read the Dolphin Pod's interview with Ann Weaver
- Leszek Karczmarski's research :: Learn more about Leszek Karczmarski's research with spinner dolphins in Hawaii
- Woman marries dolphin :: Oh boy - the only case of a dolphin marriage currently on the books.....
- Shark Bay dolphins :: Learn more about the dolphins of Shark Bay
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