JET BLACK and BIOLUMINESCENT "FOOTBALL-LIKE" FISH WASHES ASHORE IN NEWPORT BEACH

SMITHSONIAN : DEEP SEA FOOTBALL LIKE FISH WASHES ASHORE INTACT  see the photos of this black fish.

Only the FEMALES have bioluminescent aspect to lure fish into their mouths. It's highly unusual for this fish to show up ashore because it usually lives 3000 feet down.

EXCERPT: ...  rare deep-sea fish with teeth resembling tiny shards of glass, a football-shaped body, and a long bioluminescent stalk on the top of its head washed ashore in California this week.  The sea creature was later identified as a female Pacific football fish ....

MALE BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS HOLD GRUDGES

DAILY MAIL : MALE BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS HOLD GRUDGES  Lots of pop ups so I hope you have a pop up blocker.

EXCERPT: The study also found that dolphins co-operate with others that have not helped them directly, but have helped dolphins they know - suggesting the animals remember who is and isn't likely to assist them.

Dolphins are able to identify each other's calls because they develop signature whistles which stay the same throughout their life.

DOLPHIN SKIN DISEASE TIED INTO CLIMATE CHANGE

PHYS ORG : DOLPHIN SKIN DISEASE - 70 % OF BODY - GLOBAL WARMING 

EXCERPT :  ... it is the first time since the disease first appeared in 2005 that scientists have been able to link a cause to the condition that affects coastal dolphin communities worldwide.  Due to the decreased water salinity brought upon by climate change, the dolphins develop patchy and raised skin lesions across their bodies - sometimes covering upwards of 7% of their skin.

.... This study comes on the heels of significant outbreaks in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and Texas and Australia in recent years.  In all of these locations, a sudden and drastic decrease in salinity in the waters was the common factor.  Coastal dolphins are accustomed to seasonal changes in salinity levels in their marine habitat, but they do not live in freshwater.  The increasing severity and frequency of storm events like hurricanes and cyclones, particularly if they are preceded by drought conditions, are dumping unusual volumes of rain that turn coastal waters to freshwater.