Emily Blogs

Hi! I'm Emi and I love marine mammals! Follow me on instagram @zalophusemib

[zalophusemib]

Oof I gave up on trying to use tumblr because I couldn't find any active accounts to follow that interested me lol

Since I can't figure out how to deactivate I'm gonna plug my Instagram again and bounce 🤪- https://www.instagram.com/zalophusemib/

[noaasanctuaries]

How many balls of fluff can you count?

These fluffs are actually Laysan duck chicks, endemic to Hawaiʻi and found in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Once on the brink of extinction (with only 11 individuals left), these ducks are considered one of the most critically endangered waterfowl. Now, thanks to conservation efforts, there is a recovering population on their native Laysan Island and a relocated population living on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Photo: Naomi Worchester/Hawaiʻi DLNR. Image description: A brown adult Laysan duck with white feathers around the eyes leading a row of fluffy brown chicks through a field.)

[zalophusemib]

lol here's me making up for not posting in ages

1. Trainer working with the oldest boy, photo by Chengsj11

2. Both boys doing bows together, photo by 少了颗兔牙-

3. Solid ID photo of the youngest girl's belly! Photo by 悦悦今天要开心

4. The oldest girl, rumored to be pregnant (I don't buy it), and probably not actually named Dora (a trainer on instagram has called both females Dora, it's probably a stage name). Photo by 蝶梦翩翩D

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Encounter #40 (Sequence 1) - Sept 5, 2020

NOTE: As far as I know, this encounter hasn’t officially announced as being released by the Center for Whale Research (via email that they send out when they’ve posted an encounter). Because of this, some pictures might be added at a later date if they ever send out an email and I have ID some of the whales to the best of my ability as some of the pictures had no captions, but IDable photos. I’ve done IDs to the best of my ability and if you notice a mistake, feel free to point it out and I’ll fix it asap. 

L86 Surprise! (way back), L91 Muncher (front whale), and possibly L116 Finn traveling behind.

K37 Rainshadow, K26 Lobo, and K42 Kelp

K26 Lobo

K22 Sekiu and K33 Tika

K21 Cappuccino

J38 Cookie, J22 Oreo, J37 Hy’Shqa, and J49 T’ilem I’nges

Photo Credit to the Center for Whale Research Encounter #40 (Sequence 1) - Sept 5, 2020

[zalophusemib]

Interesting seeing upturned flukes very similar to Shoukas!

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[zalophusemib]

I was looking around for any updates on Suma Aqualife Aquarium's upcoming reconstruction, and some of the public comments I saw ranged from poorly informed emotional responses to "Orcinus orca means demon from hell, why would you want to show people a demon?!?!" No lie, lol. From my point of view the new plans for the aquarium sound pretty incredible, so I compiled some facts.

→ The aquarium is going to establish the "Kobe Conservation Breeding Center", specifically for the purpose of promoting scientific research, improving husbandry, and advancing artificial insemination techniques for killer whales!

→ They're committed to cooperation with aquariums across to world to establish captive populations of animals, including although definitely not limited to orcas! This is so important for genetic diversity, scientific/zoological understanding of animals, and conservation, and also stands in line with modern practices to reduce impact of zoological collections on wild populations.

→ Lastly, they'll be creating Orca Lab, an educational area that introduces the public to research done with orcas in the Sea of Okhotsk using the latest in technology to create an engaging experience.

When the new aquarium opens in March 2024, it'll be one of only three orca exhibitors in Japan! It's owned by the company Granvista, which also owns Kamogawa Sea World- they haven't yet decided how many orcas they'll have at opening, but they'll all likely come from Kamogawa.

The third aquarium, in Port of Nagoya, has been monitoring their two youngest orcas for signs of sexual maturity in collaboration with Mie University since 2018, to create a breeding plan and pursue artificial insemination. Kamogawa has also been practicing artificial insemination since 2016 (and might I add, have been performing ultrasounds on their adult orcas throughout 2020! The trainers have looked so happy afterwards, all smiles... innocent speculation 😉)

Japan is becoming a pioneer and forging a way forward for the captive population of orcas!

[zalophusemib]

I finally thought of some content I could post to this blog! I want to do an investigative look into the species kept in zoos both currently and historically, with a focus on highlighting rare collections.

There’s something to the tune of 62,400 vertebrate species alone so clearly I’ll have to find little niches to work with lol but it should be interesting!!

[the-cetacean]

Free Willy

[zalophusemib]

I want to take advantage of tumblr’s status as more of a blogging format since the social media sites I’m used to (instagram mainly lol) aren’t really conducive to that, but I don’t know what to blog about! 

I’ve started a few times to write up a blog about different hot topics in the zoological world, like exhibit sizes, rehabs/releases, and collection of wild animals, but it always felt like “well, this is what I thought and this is what I’ve learned, so this is what I think now”, and I wasn’t sure that would be engaging content. 😂 Basically just an opinion piece and nothing of real value since I’m not involved in the field, just an enthusiast. 

I do like sharing my “brainstorming” sessions sometimes though so it could be interesting and maybe someone else will find it interesting and share their viewpoints with me as well one day. 

I could also do zoo reviews which I think could be fun! I’ve been to a lot of zoos that most people have never even heard of before so I feel like that could have real value!

I wasn’t feeling it at first but I’m actually growing to like this format, even without anyone active to follow lol.

[bunjywunjy]

why do tasmanian tigers jaws open so wide?

it’s not just them, some predatory marsupials just have a looser jaw hinge than other mammals, allowing a huge range of motion for their lower jaw!

[feeblekazoo]

I’m just google image searching carnivorous marsupials yawning now, and it’s an exciting time.

[girlwiththeorcatattoo]

Laurice Dee

UPDATE ON HVALDIMIR - THE HARNESSED BELUGA WHALE - IN THE NORWEGIAN WATERS Hvaldimir has been injured. A very long cut on his back. Wonde

Hvaldimir, aka the Russian Spy Whale, has been seen with a long injury to his back.

[zalophusemib]

Is he underweight? He looks thinner than I’d expect a beluga would be but I don’t really have the right to speculate, I’m the farthest thing from an expert lol, only curious

I’m listening to the ZooLogic podcast about him now as I type this

[zalophusemib]

10 posts! I feel like I hit the first milestone earlier today lol 

[zalophusemib]

Shanghai's littlest pod member is not so little anymore and I can't get over it! 🥺

Picture 1 undated, picture 2 by 祝红琴_ on September 14th 2020

[zalophusemib]

Either there isn’t much of a SeaWorld/marine park community on tumblr or I’m just really bad at finding them?! I’m used to instagram and twitter, it’s so much easier to find people to follow there lol. 

Here’s a tag spam I guess so if you see this, let’s be moots? If anyone is out there?

[boozerman]

ABZÛ — Scenery (2/?)

[orcinus-ocean]

The Elephant in The Room - Animal Welfare Documentary

Wonderful, Short Documentary that shows what it takes to properly care for Elephants raised in Zoological, Hands-on Care, Exposing the Impact of Animal...

Animal rights is anti-conservation.

[zalophusemib]

5 posts! Woo!