Sentence examples for cetaceans from inspiring English sources

Southern right whales can be seen calving in the southern winter (July-September) off Puerto Madryn, though the best place to see them is Puerto Pirámides on the Valdés peninsula, from which smallish boats allow visitors to get close to the huge cetaceans.

The recent revelation of extremely high levels of contaminants such as mercury, cadmium and PCBs in dolphin meat has led some Japanese officials, concerned for the health of the citizenry, to an examination of the policy of eating cetaceans".

Now an American film has turned a spotlight on Japan's coastal hunt for cetaceans.

The man who wasn't there Tales from the deep Glimpse into a poet's mind The emperor's old clothes Reprints Related items Whaling: Safe, for nowJun 25th 2008Many of Ms Kelsey's insights depend on her contacts with scientists researching the lives of cetaceans.

A session on cetaceans at the AAAS meeting discussed a proposal that whales and dolphins, too, should have rights.

A handful of other animals, notably great apes, elephants and certain cetaceans share the human ability to recognise oneself in a mirror.

I do not believe that scientific studies of whales (or any cetacean species) must be lethal in order to be effective for management and conservation of the species.

However, during most dives below 540 metres during the day, the whales broke into a sprint of up to 9 metres per second, which in deep water is the cetacean equivalent of a world record.During these sprints the tags also picked up sonar buzzes and clicks from the whales which are known to be associated with the capture of prey.

The hydrophone records from the deep waters where they spend most of their time revealed them to be much more common.The marine biologists now hope to use the system to collect more reliable data on cetacean numbers and movements, affording further clues to their behaviour.

Several trainers have been killed by their cetacean charges, including Dawn Brancheau (pictured), a SeaWorld veteran, who, as "Blackfish" documents, was dragged to her death by a whale at the Orlando park in 2010.

The layers the whales employ are a long way down, but scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, in Massachusetts, have found a shallower one that serves in a similar way (and also has the bonus of not interfering with cetacean communication).