#bottlenose dolphins

[sitting-on-me-bum]

The Chase

Two Bottlenose Dolphins ride the nose of a Humpback Whale. I captured this image three nautical miles off the coast of Byron Bay under permit. NSW, Australia.

Craig Parry, Australia

International Aerial Photographer of the Year Awards

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[orcinus-veterinarius]

hello! i'm just curious about something i saw in a post of yours from late last year, it's been on my mind for a while. in the post about Earth from Port of Nagoya passing away, you mentioned that Lynn was "paired" with some bottlenose dolphins. what exactly does that mean? were they placed together in a group or something similar? if so, does this happen very often in cetacean care or is it limited to situations like Lynn's where she was all alone?

Hi! This just means that Lynn is now being housed with bottlenose dolphins in order to provide her companionship after the passing of Earth, who was the only other orca at Nagoya. This is common practice for facilities that only have one orca, although thankfully, these situations have become increasingly rare. Lynn and Naya (of Moskvarium in Moscow, Russia) are now the only living captive orcas who live without others of their kind.

I do not have any more information about Lynn's situation aside from what has been released on social media. As far as I know, the bottlenose dolphins are only a temporary solution, and Nagoya's long-term goal is to reunite Lynn with other orcas.

[redrcs]

The day was perfect.

Bottlenose Dolphins in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand.

[informationatlas]

Scientists believe that the remarkable intelligence of beluga whales is demonstrated by their ability to learn and communicate using the complex language of whistles and clicks. This has been observed in a specific case where a beluga whale, living in captivity alongside a pod of bottlenose dolphins, has successfully acquired and adopted their unique language.

(via Beluga whale learns to 'talk' to pod of bottlenose dolphins )

[marinebioblr]

A close encounter with a very scarred individual! This is potentially a male, evidenced by the heavy rake marks down his body (it is often assumed more heavily scarred dolphins are male due to mating competitions), though it is possible these scars were caused by his environment at some point. Also of note are his parasites - if you look closely at the edges of his pectoral and caudal (tail) fin, you can see what almost looks like fringe. These are actually dangling parasites, likely Xenobalanus globicipitis, which is actually a kind of elongate barnacle!

Bonus: if you look closely, a black manta makes a low fly-by in the background

[sugargrim3]

Winter the dolphin

[aquaticplushies]

Surf the bottlenose dolphin made by TY Beanie Babies !!