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The orcas are back rubbing at Fox Island!
Remember the video from last week where a female orca is rubbing? This time it’s a male and he’s gorgeous!
He swims under the dock exactly like the female did. The people who got to witness this is so extremely lucky.
I'm back 😵
Wow, it's been so long since I've logged into tumblr! Welcome to everyone who has followed me since!
I'm not sure who is still active within the pro-wild community, so if you can drop me the names of blogs that are, I'd be ever so appreciative! 😊🐋
A Bigg’s killer whale group surfacing together under a rainblow 🌈🌈 T100B, T124A1, T100B1, and T86A #blackfish #orca #killerwhale #salishsea #beautifulbritishcolumbia #whalewatching #wildwhales http://ift.tt/1STobww
Beautiful as usual!
Northern Indian Ocean Killer Whale ID Catalog
Exciting news––the brand new ID catalog for orcas in the northern Indian Ocean is now available to the public! Orcas that inhabit tropical regions in the Indian Ocean are just now being studied. Hopefully we will learn more about these enigmatic whales in the years to come.
Orcas from various regions were included in this catalog, including:
Sri Lanka (these orcas are already being documented by Orca Project Sri Lanka)
Eritrea
Seychelles
India
Oman
Abu Dhabi
Myanmar
Andaman Islands
Indonesia
Maldives
Click here the access the new ID catalog!
Photos by Marisol Jenkins of an orca riding in a boat’s wake off of Baja California, Mexico.
SeaWorld has recently announced that they plan to phase out one groups of cetaceans that they have, the less popular Commerson’s Dolphins which have been in the parks care for more than a decade. The Dolphins reside at SeaWorld Orlando’s sister park, Aquatica, a Water Park that focuses less on animals and more on rides. Currently SeaWorld is the only facility in North America to house these Marine Mammals.
This decision comes after the transport of two Commerson’s from Aquatica San Diego, a Water Park based off of the one in Orlando, also owned by SeaWorld. Previously two of the animals were kept at that location, but after the transport one of the animals passed away, thus leaving four animals at Aquatica Orlando. The company finally decided that acquiring more animals or breeding them would be too costly, and announced that after this group of animals died there would be no attempt to get more.
PC: SeaWorld
This was inevitable, but still good to see acknowledged.
This is how you get a real experience with complex wildlife, not by disrupting them and putting them into tanks as money-making pets.
There are so many animal and environmentally friendly ways of seeing these animals in the wild, whether it be land-based watching, kayaking, or taking a tour with a reputable whale watching company that uses the least invasive and most eco-friendly methods.
There’s not need for marine parks anymore. Please make the ethical decision.
A newborn calf in Norway. Photos via Ocean Sounds:
Today we have encountered a pod of orca with a newborn calf… The calf is totally newborn, approximately a few days old. You can see the colouration is still very brownish.
If you check the pictures you can see the scars on the calf’s dorsal fin…we were thinking about it what it could be. In my opinion the female (mother) had difficulties during the giving birth to this young baby and the scars possibly can come from another female, who tried to help the calf out from its mother…It is observed with cetaceans that during the giving birth other females are there to “help”.
On these pictures its visible the calf was swimming close to its mother and a big male. In killer whale pods parenting is done by both females and males, everybody are there to protect the young ones. We hope this young baby will have a long life!
Please ALWAYS keep distance and stay away if you see young calves / resting animals and do not stress them!
Wow! So interesting that this little one has scars similar to J-50 Scarlet's. These animals never cease to amaze.
BEACHGOERS were left horrified after the carcasses of over 150 turtles and a bottlenose dolphin were found on a beach today.
How awful!
Side note, the article says the dolphin is a bottlenose but it’s clearly not. I think it’s a finless porpoise, feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.
Absolutely horrible. What a loss for both species.
ANOTHER NEW CALF IN J-POD!
via NOAA Fisheries West Coast - Science & Management:
We’re excited to announce that NOAA Fisheries killer whale researchers documented a new calf during a research survey with J pod yesterday, January 18, 2016, in Puget Sound. Using photos taken by the researchers, the Center for Whale Research confirmed this is a new calf, designated J55. The calf was in close proximity to both J14 and J37, so we don’t know who the mother is just yet, and it may take a few encounters before we know. The calf seems to be just a few days old and in good condition. This good news comes with some sad news, however. On the same trip we observed J31, a 20 year-old female who has never successfully calved, pushing around a deceased neonate calf. It is estimated that at least 50% of calves do not reach their first birthday, so unfortunately this sad event is not unusual. We’re sharing a picture of new calf J55 with this post.
Meatless Monday Challenge
Agriculture is a huge part of global warming. I almost never discuss this topic, and a good point has been brought up, this has a huge effect on our oceans, so I probably should be talking about it! And I agree.
I’m not going to preach about vegetarianism, or say that you are an awful person if you are not a vegetarian/vegan. I don’t know your situation, so that would be completely unfair of me. As a vegetarian I am unfairly judged and poked fun of just about every day, I wouldn’t want to contribute to that by doing the same thing to non-vegetarians.
What I would like to do, though, is challenge everyone to skip meat for one day per week. What can one day do, you ask?
If everyone went vegetarian just for one day, the U.S. would save:
100 billion gallons of water, enough to supply all the homes in New England for almost 4 months;
1.5 billion pounds of crops otherwise fed to livestock, enough to feed the state of New Mexico for more than a year;
70 million gallons of gas – enough to fuel all the cars of Canada and Mexico combined with plenty to spare;
million acres of land, an area more than twice the size of Delaware;
tons of antibiotics.
If everyone went vegetarian just for one day, the U.S. would prevent:
Greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to 1.2 million tons of CO2, as much as produced by all of France;
3 million tons of soil erosion and $70 million in resulting economic damages;
4.5 million tons of animal excrement;
Almost 7 tons of ammonia emissions, a major air pollutant.
All facts above sourced [x]
Now to the challenge!
Starting on January 4, 2016 I challenge you to go meatless every Monday for one year. For every Monday you participate you can get up to 2 (two) prize entries (see rules for more details)
How to enter:
Each Monday take a photo of each meal
In the photo you MUST include a HAND WRITTEN card or scrap of paper with your username, the date, and what the meal consists of
Snacks may be included
Post your entry to tumblr
@0ceanspirit MUST be tagged in the entry post
Rules:
Must be following @0ceanspirit to win the prize
All entries must be submitted by 8:00am EST on the Tuesday of each week
You may only submit ONE entry per week, yes I WILL be keeping track!
Each week, starting January 3rd, you may reblog this post to gain a second entry IF you have also participated and submitted a photo entry (details above).
Vegetarians and vegans may participate, though there is a bit of an unfair advantage there. ;)
Entrants must be 18 years or older as I do need some personal information to process prizes.
Winner must be willing to provide me with email addresses and possibly residential addresses.
Prize information:
Winners will be drawn at random on Friday December, 30 2016
Prizes are to be determined at the moment, I am waiting on some information from the organization I wish to use before I can definitively say what the prize will actually be! I will update this post once I receive the information.
I will reblog this every Sunday, starting January 3rd, as a reminder! Please feel free to message me with any questions! :)
Awesome idea!
A factual based documentary exposing years of misinformation, deceits and political posturing surrounding the profitable captivity program.
Vancouver Aquarium: Uncovered is now online to watch for free!
I know many of you were hankering to know when this would happen, but now the time is here! Please spread the word if you can.
Stumpy X163
First Sighted: 1996 Estimated Birth year: 1995 Location: Tysfjord, Norway Sighted with Pods: NE15 / NR / NKW‐H / NKW‐V / NKW‐AZ
Why is she so important?: Stumpy is assumed to have been hit by a boat as a calf (under a year old) She has injuries to her dorsal, spinal deformity and injuries to her left side of her rib cage. It is possible she was born with some of these deformity’s.
Due to these disabilities, she is unable to dive or swim as fast as other killer whales, her growth is stunted as she is still (aged 20) the same size as a small calf. Also judging from the pitch of her blow - her lung capacity must be abnormally small. (Killer Whales with a Conscience 2013)
(Stumpy and a member of the NKW-AZ group) When she was first sighted in 1996 she was with her presumed mother. They were with the NE15 pod and neither were a previously sighted member of that pod.
(Stumpy in 1996) She was seven years old when she was re-sighted in 2002. Researchers were delighted to discover she had survived but were surprised to discover her mother had disappeared. She was then re-sighted over a period of three years with different pods (NKW-H/NKW-V) who were caring for her. A study published in 2004 (Stenerson & Similä) stated she had been sighted with a provisioned by no less than five groups.
(Stumpy being provisioned, a salmon was captured and bitten in half for her to eat) “ I observed her participating in the search of and catching of fish but she was seen often close to a big male, who may have been provisioning her or providing her with protection. “ - Heike Vester
(Stumpy in 2012) In 2012 she was sighted with the NKW‐AZ pod. She is now Seventeen years old and was confirmed a female as her dorsal had not sprouted.
If they’re even distantly related, helping Stumpy would mean protecting at least some of their own genes, even though it comes at quite a cost when fish are in short supply. This is why Stumpy is so important, they show the killer whales pro-social behavior. They are caring for her even though in most other animal society’s its survival of the fittest. Leave the weak to die as they are not able to sustain the species.
Physiological evidence supports this idea. In 2006, specialized ‘spindle’ cells previously thought unique to primates were found in Killer Whale brains. (Whale Brains). These cells are located in the area responsible for speech, social organisation and empathy, and are credited with allowing us to feel love.
“Maybe killer whales are even more similar to us than we suspected."
- Heike Vester
Featured in: Killer Whales Beneath the Surface, 2012 BBC
Photo by Greg Lecoeur: First day in Norway and I am on FIRE!!! Forget the cold water and weather, Forget the time, Forget everything, take a breath and just enjoy the moment of a lifetime when mum and baby come to you.
Names of over five hundred captive Orcas and other Dolphins, only five hundred of the 2,000 names I collected.. Two thousand animals suffering because of humans.. An orca can swim up to one hundred miles a day in the wild, in the average tank they would have to swim 1,208 laps each day to reach that equivalent. Not only are the tanks small but they’re over crowded with stressed, bored, scared, and depressed animals which only leads to violence and injuries to themselves and the people they work with. These animals are so much smarter than most people can even comprehend, they deserve better, say no to sea world and other marine parks promoting this slavery
Sad Story Emerges of Plett’s Stranded Orca
Scientists have had a rare opportunity to inspect a dead killer whale (orca) that washed up at Plettenberg Bay this week. And its stomach contents have painted a sad story of how she may have spent her last days.
Yoghurt pots, a shoe sole and food wrappers were some of the items that Plett Stranding Network co-ordinator, Dr Gwenith Penry, found in the animal’s stomach. She said the 5.7m whale had very little real food in her stomach.
She said the stomach was “a very interesting thing to look at. It gives you a good idea of what was happening to the animal before the other tests are done,” she told News24 on Thursday.
It was believed the whale had been ill and separated from her pod because she was not able to keep up. The plastic, sea grass and tube organisms in her stomach suggested she had been trying to feed in the shallow waters of the bay.
“We’re not sure whether it’s cause or effect, but she might have been trying to pick up anything she could. Or she swallowed something earlier on and it blocked her passages, so she felt full, but wasn’t digesting.”
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