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Most photographs of Burmeister's porpoises are taken of dead specimens and show the animal to be coloured black. This phenomenon gave rise to the earlier common name, black porpoise. However live individuals are typically a dark grey color. [3] They turn black in just a few minutes after death.
The ABC Television Network has provided a live streaming service of world news, known as "ABC News Live," for eighteen hours per day, since 2018. This is available via ABC's official platform on Hulu, as well as the network's official YouTube channel. [1] In 2014, the CBS Television Network launched a live streaming news service, entitled "CBSN ...
The monodontids, oceanic dolphins (Delphinidae) and porpoises (Phocoenidae) together comprise the Delphinoidea superfamily. Genetic evidence suggests the porpoises are more closely related to the white whales, and these two families constitute a separate clade which diverged from the Delphinidae within the past 11 million years.
As an informal and colloquial grouping, they correspond to large members of the infraorder Cetacea, i.e. all cetaceans apart from dolphins and porpoises. Dolphins and porpoises may be considered whales from a formal, cladistic perspective. Whales, dolphins and porpoises belong to the order Cetartiodactyla, which consists of even-toed ungulates.
A Dall's porpoise caught in a fishing net. Generally, cetacean bycatch is increasing. Most of the world's cetacean bycatch occurs in gillnet fisheries. [3] The mean annual bycatch in the U.S. alone from 1990 to 1999 was 6,215 marine mammals, with dolphins and porpoises being the primary cetaceans caught in gillnets. [3]
Alex Kirilloff has announced his retirement after four seasons with the Minnesota Twins. The 26-year-old batted .248 with 27 home runs and 116 RBI in 249 games in 2024.
The tight end position gives fantasy managers endless headaches. Here are some of the best TEs to start and the best to sit in Week 11.
The Mayan calendar’s 819-day cycle has confounded scholars for decades, but new research shows how it matches up to planetary cycles over a 45-year span