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.
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.
Special this summer is FOSSILS. Go to the site and you can get a SNEAK PEAK. CRUSIN the FOSSIL COASTLINE will include the art of Alaskan Ray Troll and Dr. Kirk Johnson, paleontologist, will show you the results of a long search for fossils.
Reading about their show, I'm reminded of my geography class. Learn about volcanoes, land slides, glaciers, ice sheets, and other earth changes that effected the Oregon Coast.
"Be prepared to be amazed by the bizarre but breathtaking animals in Spineless. Pacific Octopus, moon jellies, zombie worms..."
EXCERPT: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a fishing group that challenged the creation of a large federally protected are in the Atlantic Ocean.
The group sued to try to get rid of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, which became the first national ocean monument in the Atlantic when President Barack Obama created it in 2016. The area consists of 5,000 square miles off New England, and it is home to fragile deep sea corals.
SEA FEVER
by John Masefield
I must down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by;
And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking,
And a grey mist on the sea's face, and a grew dawn breaking.
I must down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.
I must down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,
To the gull's way and the whale's way where the wind's like a whetted knife;
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over.
FWS GOV : ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT
EXCERPT: The purpose of the ESA is to protect and recover imperiled species and the ecosystems upon which they depend. It is administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Commerce Departments National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
There's a video to watch at this site.
PHYS ORG NEWS : GRAY WHALE POOULATION DECLINE
EXCERPT: NOAA Fisheries reported that surveys counted about 6,000 fewer migrating whales last winter, 21,000 as compared with 27,000 in 2016.
The agency declared an "unusual mortality event" in 2019 as dozens of gray whales washed up on Pacific Ocean beaches.
EXCERPT: The future for whales is threatened by countries' disregarding and working to lift the International Whaling Commission's moratorium on commercial whale hunting, as well as vessel strikes, fishing gear entanglements, ocean pollution including marine debris), habitat loss and human-created loud noise. Whales are some of Earth's largest animals, with the strongest and deepest voices. Some annually migrate from the tropics to the poles. Some sing elaborate songs, and many live in close, complex societies.
