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#whales

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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

#Videos Show #Narwhals Using Their Tusks to Play With Their Food
Researchers observed surprising behaviors by the #whales in #Canada's #Arctic.
Narwhals chased arctic char but did not, strangely, try to catch and eat it. The whales even slowed down when necessary to keep the fish just off the tip of their tusks. When they did interact with the fish, they used gentle taps or nudges — a stark difference to when they were observed hunting fish.
nytimes.com/2025/03/12/science
archive.ph/tU1fS

The New York Times · Videos Show Narwhals Using Their Tusks to Play With Their FoodBy Kaleigh Rogers
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Kate :verigold:

[Möllhoff & Bean] Fin whale song recordings by onshore seismometers open new horizons for cetacean coastal monitoring nature.com/articles/s41598-025 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales

NatureFin whale song recordings by onshore seismometers open new horizons for cetacean coastal monitoring - Scientific ReportsFin whales, the second largest animal on Earth, produce one of the most intense vocalisations in the animal kingdom. Monitoring these songs using ocean-deployed hydrophones plays an important role in the study of fin whale distribution and social behaviour, though obtaining real-time data remains challenging. In this feasibility study we investigate if vocalising near-coastal fin whales can be widely detected and located with onshore seismometers. Inspecting data from pre-existing seismic installations we establish that fin whale song can be detected with onshore seismometers up to 5.5 km inland, across multiple marine environments, globally. Individual creatures can be located and tracked through the analysis of seismic wave properties. Furthermore, we show that citizen science seismometers, such as the affordable and widely deployed ‘Raspberry Shake’ devices, can reliably detect fin whale song. These instruments, often placed in coastal areas, provide real-time data, offering a cost-effective and accessible method for monitoring coastal fin whale activity. The revelation that human living spaces are ensonified by fin whale song offers the potential to enhance public engagement with the oceans and presents new opportunities for global monitoring. Fin whales are vulnerable to noise pollution, shipping strikes and entanglement in fishing gear. The use of terrestrial seismometers could improve early warning systems and contribute to richer datasets on near coastal whale vocalisations. This study demonstrates that, globally, seismic data holds significant untapped potential for near-coastal fin whale monitoring.
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Ryan Aw

We navigated through the Fish Islands, around the newly formed sea ice, towering icebergs, and stray penguins/seals resting on ice floes As the engines cut, we heard the distinct sound of humpback #whales breathing, turning around to see these beauties approach us #Antarctica

A humpback whale preparing to dive - showing off the distinctly small pectoral fins and significant hump that follows. The spots on its skin are barnacles, or the markings of barnacles that have fallen off. Sony A1 ii, Sony 300mm GM - 1/1250s, f/5.6, ISO 1000
Sony A1 ii, Sony 300mm GM - 1/1250s, f/5.6, ISO 1000
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JdeB

#SeaShepherd #TheMission #KrillFishing

"Inside Antarctica’s Hidden Krill Offload – Transhipment Exposed " [4:01 min]
by Sea Shepherd

youtube.com/watch?v=_zkY6Yn3AO

Quote by SS:
"Apr 16, 2025
What you're watching is more than just a single offload. It’s a glimpse into how the industry operates - far from oversight, in one of the most fragile and climate-critical ecosystems on the planet.
Krill aren’t just food for #whales and #penguins in #Antarctica. They help lock away carbon from the atmosphere, playing a vital role in regulating our #climate. But with nonstop industrial fishing that balance is being pushed to the brink.
This isn’t just unsustainable - it’s reckless, poorly regulated, and unfolding right now."

But we can stop this together! 👉 Take action with our Krill Toolkit now:
-> seashe.ph/savekrill <-
Read the full article to find out more: -> seashe.ph/TheGreatKrillHeist <-

#TakeCareForLife #TakeCareForEarth
#StopBurningThings #StopEcoside #StopThePlunder
#ClimateBreakDown #StopRapingNature

YouTubeInside Antarctica’s Hidden Krill Offload – Transhipment ExposedBy Sea Shepherd
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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

#Whale pee moves vital nutrients thousands of miles
'We often think of plants as the lungs of the planet. Animals are the circulatory system.’
Some new research found that great #whales—including right whales, gray whales, and humpbacks—transport roughly 4,000 tons of #nitrogen to low-nutrient coastal areas in the tropics and subtropics every single year. Described as the “great whale pee funnel.”
popsci.com/environment/whale-p

Popular Science · Whale pee moves vital nutrients thousands of miles'We often think of plants as the lungs of the planet. Animals are the circulatory system.’
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MediaFaro News Digest

The whaling season is cancelled for second consecutive year in Iceland.

Iceland's largest whaling company – Hvalur hf. – will not be hunting this season. This marks the second consecutive year that the company has opted out of whaling during the summer season.

The controversial practice of ‘whaling’, hunting and killing whales to extract and sell their meat is currently only permitted in Iceland, Norway and Japan.

mediafaro.org/article/20250413

A largely submerged whale. | Copyright Benny F. Nielsen/AP2010
Euronews · The whaling season is cancelled for second consecutive year in Iceland.By Malek Fouda
#Iceland#Whaling#Norway
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anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖

It was confirmed yesterday that Hvalur hf will not hunt fin whales this summer 💙

According to Kristján Loftsson, it’s because of the situation with the Japanese markets (no buyers) as well as the tariff race which is not improving the situation.

We celebrate these news and are happy to know that fin whales will not be hunted in Iceland for the second year in a row 🐋

~ Styngvi

#Styngvi #Iceland #SaveOurSeas #Whales 🐋

Delicate drawing of the eye of a whale in blue and purple tones Fin whales will swim freely around Iceland this summer by Styngvi art | activism
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