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Children of the Sea (Japanese: 海獣の子供, Hepburn: Kaijū no Kodomo, lit. "marine mammal children") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Daisuke Igarashi. It was serialized in Shōgakukan 's seinen manga magazine Monthly Ikki from December 2005 to September 2011.
Marine Corps Yumi (まりんこゆみ, Marinko Yumi) is a manga about life in the United States Marine Corps, written by former Marine Anastasia Moreno and illustrated by Takeshi Nogami . It is published in Japan by Kodansha , [ 2 ] and as a webcomic by Sai-zen-sen [ ja ] in Japanese and English.
King Kong was the inspiration for the name. When Gebora the "Marine Mammal" became the kaiju "Marine Kong", publicity materials stated "King Kong comes from the setting of a jungle, Marine Kong comes from the setting of the sea". [2] The Kaiju influence and the monster being Dinosaurian in appearance came from the Kaiju films from Toho.
Karen Pryor (née Wylie; May 14, 1932 – January 4, 2025) was an American author who specialized in behavioral psychology and marine mammal biology. She was the founder and proponent of clicker training. [1] She was formerly a Marine Mammal Commissioner to the U.S. government. [2] [3]
A summary of his research life, especially as related to social strategies, is presented by Grady (2003). [4] Much of his work has been collaborative, and he has published with students and colleagues on issues of multi-species interactions among pinnipeds and cetaceans, marine mammals and marine birds, and noise pollution and mitigative effects.
The United States Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) defines an Unusual Mortality Event (UME) as "a stranding event that is unexpected, involves a significant die-off of any marine mammal population, and demands immediate response." [1] Additionally, the law sets out seven criteria that may make a mortality event "unusual." These are:
A researcher fires a biopsy dart at an orca.The dart will remove a small piece of the whale's skin and bounce harmlessly off the animal. Cetology (from Greek κῆτος, kētos, "whale"; and -λογία, -logia) or whalelore (also known as whaleology) is the branch of marine mammal science that studies the approximately eighty species of whales, dolphins, and porpoises in the scientific ...
Presently, the northern elephant seal is protected under the federal Marine Mammal Protection Act and has a fully protected status under California law (California Fish and Game Code [FGC] § 4700). While the population is rising in the state of California, some colonies farther south are experiencing declining populations, likely due to rising ...