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Irrawaddy dolphins are more susceptible to human conflict than most other dolphins that live farther out in the ocean. Drowning in gillnets is the main threat to them throughout their range. Between 1995 and 2001, 38 deaths were reported and 74% died as a result of entanglement in gillnets with large mesh sizes. [ 34 ]
The Irrawaddy dolphin shares similar physical characteristics with the beluga whale, but its genetic makeup ties the Irrawaddy dolphin and the killer whale as close relatives of one another. [13] Irrawaddy dolphins have a slate blue to a slate gray color and their bodies can grow up to 180-275 centimeters in length. [14]
The film follows former-dolphin-trainer-turned-activist Ric O'Barry's quest to document the dolphin hunting operations in Taiji, Wakayama, Japan.In the 1960s, O'Barry helped capture and train the five wild dolphins who shared the role of "Flipper" in the hit television series of the same name.
The Irrawaddy, a Burmese news publication based in Chiang Mai, Thailand; Irrawaddy dolphin, a dolphin which is found in the Irrawaddy River "Waters of Irrawaddy", the first song in Beyond Rangoon, composed by Hans Zimmer; Irrawaddy Green Towers, a mobile phone tower company which works for the military joint venture Mytel
The proposed Sundarbans Cetacean Diversity Protected Area, [10] includes the coastal waters off Sundarbans that host critical habitats for endangered cetaceans; [11] resident groups of Bryde's whales, a newly rediscovered critical population of Irrawaddy dolphins, [12] Spinner dolphins, Ganges river dolphins, [13] and Chinese white dolphins.
In a video captured by a whale watching expedition off San Diego, a killer whale teaches its baby how to hunt by headbutting a dolphin. (Erica Sackrison / Gone Whale Watching) (Erica Sackrison)
AccuWeather shared a video clip on Thursday, December 12th, and you've got to see it to believe it! The video starts with the dolphin tossing a football to a man standing on a dock.
The false killer whale has been known to interact non-aggressively with some dolphins: the common bottlenose dolphin, the Pacific white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens), the rough-toothed dolphin (Steno bredanensis), the pilot whales, the melon-headed whale, the pantropical spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata), the pygmy killer whale ...