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snubfin https://scienceblogs.com/ en Newly Discovered Dolphin Spits at Prey https://scienceblogs.com/zooillogix/2009/04/14/newly-discovered-dolphin-spits <span>Newly Discovered Dolphin Spits at Prey</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>A new species of dolphin dubbed the snubfin has been witnessed displaying some very unusual feeding behavior off the northern coast of Australia. Apparently the dolphins were witnessed chasing fish to the surface of the water and then streaming jets of water out of their mouths to round the fish up before eating them.</p> <form mt:asset-id="11686" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><img src="http://scienceblogs.com/zooillogix/wp-content/blogs.dir/253/files/2012/04/i-572827b7d6da78ae8252bdfe8aab5ad1-snubfin.jpg" alt="i-572827b7d6da78ae8252bdfe8aab5ad1-snubfin.jpg" /></form> <p>I'm more of a Copenhagen mammel, myself. </p> <p>"This incredibly unusual behavior, first seen in Australia off the Kimberley Coast, has only been noted before in Irrawaddy dolphins, which are closely related to this species," Lydia Gibson of WWF Australia told the <a href="http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2009/04/13/44525_ntnews.html">Northern Territory News</a>.</p> <p>The snubfin was discovered officially in 2005. </p> <p>Video of the snubfin in action below the fold...</p> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jbc3bLiTGm4&hl=en&fs=1" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jbc3bLiTGm4&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="330"></embed></object></div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/author/bleimanb" lang="" about="/author/bleimanb" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">bleimanb</a></span> <span>Tue, 04/14/2009 - 10:27</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/dolphin" hreflang="en">dolphin</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/new-species" hreflang="en">new species</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/snubfin" hreflang="en">snubfin</a></div> </div> </div> <section> <article data-comment-user-id="31" id="comment-2436303" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1239727060"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Shy creaters... afraid of boats... so let's shoot one.</p> <p>(I find it hard to believe that dolphinolgists have not learned to extract DNA from feces)</p> <p>Funny that the news reporter calls the recordings of the vocalizations "sound bites"</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2436303&1=default&2=en&3=" token="rXs-r7ha1jhz0kRlZMRbOTXsgFAIacr9NZwToKiMLvM"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a title="View user profile." href="/author/gregladen" lang="" about="/author/gregladen" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">gregladen</a> on 14 Apr 2009 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/33411/feed#comment-2436303">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/author/gregladen"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/author/gregladen" hreflang="en"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/pictures/HumanEvolutionIcon350-120x120.jpg?itok=Tg7drSR8" width="100" height="100" alt="Profile picture for user gregladen" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2436304" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1239745619"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>is it just me or does it look like a beluga with a tan?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2436304&1=default&2=en&3=" token="_aguy6kZQizL4g2s7ke7adSCWR_jQOlwUdD-nsQ1Jkg"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">peter (not verified)</span> on 14 Apr 2009 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/33411/feed#comment-2436304">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2436305" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1239756661"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the snubfin and the irrawaddy dolphin the same thing?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2436305&1=default&2=en&3=" token="p9QUDix0AZK7ID2mtZxeb5C3VlP_QOzrkQ1xOUPoSHo"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Susan (not verified)</span> on 14 Apr 2009 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/33411/feed#comment-2436305">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2436306" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1239779162"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Interesting...thank you. I enjoyed seeing them in action. Is that colour common among other species?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2436306&1=default&2=en&3=" token="mnfwuEA6F8tUCyTbSToxkU2lhvq76znUuYX4USQHWss"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://liliannattel.wordpress.com" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Lilian Nattel (not verified)</a> on 15 Apr 2009 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/33411/feed#comment-2436306">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2436307" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1242949238"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>"A new species of dolphin" - new? What, like bought yesterday?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2436307&1=default&2=en&3=" token="Xds3A1KNEqkWSQXXDR84na3WqpmGVUj01hNTmdcFLYM"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://eco101.wordpress.com" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">naught101 (not verified)</a> on 21 May 2009 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/33411/feed#comment-2436307">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2436308" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1245074718"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the snubfin and the irrawaddy dolphin the same thing? ...</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2436308&1=default&2=en&3=" token="bJtmRrx6RKWmM8mIOwOIhy4wRxA9EXKOTqoRVxV0nxM"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.kodes.com" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Hiphop (not verified)</a> on 15 Jun 2009 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/33411/feed#comment-2436308">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2436309" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1245074849"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>thank you very good ...</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2436309&1=default&2=en&3=" token="9XyWvwizguBGHLktdafq8MqRXyP58IzkqEBzhO-J4ko"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.gekkog.com" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Rap (not verified)</a> on 15 Jun 2009 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/33411/feed#comment-2436309">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2436310" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1267541653"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>i like the new dolphins and i think you should let them swim in the open so the other children can see them i think the children will like them</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2436310&1=default&2=en&3=" token="WQ4F4pjR5HFLGmsnyd4EGBY64SKZ9OCsKPQA4F1tBRw"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">hannah sitarski (not verified)</span> on 02 Mar 2010 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/33411/feed#comment-2436310">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/zooillogix/2009/04/14/newly-discovered-dolphin-spits%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:27:53 +0000 bleimanb 135348 at https://scienceblogs.com "World's Ugliest" Dolphins Filmed for the First Time https://scienceblogs.com/zooillogix/2008/08/05/worlds-ugliest-dolphins-filmed <span>"World's Ugliest" Dolphins Filmed for the First Time</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Australian snubfin dolphins. They don't look so ugly to us, but then again, Andrew and I are hideous to behold ourselves. </p> <object width="400" height="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zakPeyXCUNk&hl=en&fs=1" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zakPeyXCUNk&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/author/bleimanb" lang="" about="/author/bleimanb" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">bleimanb</a></span> <span>Tue, 08/05/2008 - 09:46</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/dolphin" hreflang="en">dolphin</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/snubfin" hreflang="en">snubfin</a></div> </div> </div> <section> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2434563" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1217948375"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Bah, those are cute beasties! Here I was expecting something to curl my (dwindling supply of) hair. So they've got a bit of a snub nose -- still charming as heck.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2434563&1=default&2=en&3=" token="T7hE9TARO8cbEHkjKQXTTd-vrgkRS_u16-Dwsz20xYg"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">G Barnett (not verified)</span> on 05 Aug 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/33411/feed#comment-2434563">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2434564" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1217954536"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Even if they were ugly (which they aren't! They're cute!), it's extremely rude of people to call them that.<br /> Hmph!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2434564&1=default&2=en&3=" token="Tj-5w_UZT1drd4CtSV2c2d-ZRUlK7RXi17s5a9ibNgA"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Hypatia (not verified)</span> on 05 Aug 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/33411/feed#comment-2434564">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2434565" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1217954969"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Wow cool! My vote for World's Ugliest Dolphin goes to Don Shula though.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2434565&1=default&2=en&3=" token="LoBR5EWNbvTjvtL29tdMnvXjRgrwhLZueSg6QKHh-0E"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://homiebear.blogspot.com/" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Homie Bear (not verified)</a> on 05 Aug 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/33411/feed#comment-2434565">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2434566" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1217955472"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>They kinda look like beluga whales (in the face, at least). Nothing ugly about that!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2434566&1=default&2=en&3=" token="wgjwml43rt5Fi6AwlVBrxqYy7obPbptNWW7JaxJEaFA"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">teej (not verified)</span> on 05 Aug 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/33411/feed#comment-2434566">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2434567" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1218313474"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>From what I saw in that video, my vote is for the boto river dolphin--that's the Amazonian pink one. And even so, it's really the particular one in the particular shot. Maybe it's just one ugly dolphin named Orville or something who's unattractive.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2434567&1=default&2=en&3=" token="fpD5dfMZ3FWbvnPslIorX3BGrMXq0JgMiPX-Txx-Usc"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">booge (not verified)</span> on 09 Aug 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/33411/feed#comment-2434567">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/zooillogix/2008/08/05/worlds-ugliest-dolphins-filmed%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:46:36 +0000 bleimanb 135198 at https://scienceblogs.com