A mother and baby pygmy sperm whale in New Zealand appeared disoriented this week, repeatedly stranding themselves on a sandbar off of Mahia Beach. After repeated attempts by the locals to guide the whales back to sea failed, the human rescuers were starting to get worried. All of a sudden, a well known, local dolphin named Moko appeared and seemed to communicate with the whales. Before long, Moko was guiding the whales back to sea!
Posted on March 12, 2008 9:30 AM • 2 Comments •
Have you ever seen this video of cooped up dolphins blowing underwater bubble rings to pass the time?
Posted on January 28, 2008 2:53 PM • 4 Comments •
Scientists studying Amazon river dolphins have discovered that males use gifts to woo potential mates. Not only that, but the male dolphins appear to give better gifts to more prized females, and the dolphins who bring the most gifts seem...
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Posted on December 6, 2007 3:57 PM • 16 Comments •
Due to popular demand, we searched long and hard (by going to Youtube and typing in "Winter, the dolphin") and finally found this video of Winter, the dolphin, swimming both with and without her prosthetic tail....
Posted on November 13, 2007 3:45 PM • 0 Comments •
Winter is the first beneficiary of the controversial MMDA (Marine Mammals with Disabilities Act) of 1977 A two year-old bottlenose dolphin has received an artificial flipper after losing hers in a crab trap out at sea. Winter was only...
Posted on November 6, 2007 11:00 AM • 2 Comments •
