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Beluga whale coronavirus SW1 (Whale-CoV SW1) is a mammalian Gammacoronavirus, an RNA virus, discovered through genome sequencing in the liver of a single deceased beluga whale and first described in 2008. This was the first description of the complete genome of a coronavirus found in a marine mammal. [1]
The beluga whale (/ b ... As with any animal population, a number of pathogens cause death and disease in belugas, including viruses, bacteria, protozoans and fungi, ...
The cetacean family Monodontidae comprises two living whale species, the narwhal and the beluga whale and at least four extinct species, known from the fossil record. Beluga and Narwhal are native to coastal regions and pack ice around the Arctic Ocean.
A beluga whale named Hvaldimir, first spotted in Norway with a harness that sparked rumors he may be a Russian spy, was found dead. ... disease, predation from killer whales and other types of ...
beluga or white whale, Delphinapterus leucas courtship (The long text on the flickr page is an unattributed copy of a 2011 version of the article "Beluga whale" of the English-language Wikipedia.) Date: 25 September 2011, 15:16: Source: beluga or white whale, Delphinapterus leucas courtship: Author: Brian Gratwicke from DC, USA
Hvaldimir, Norway's beloved beluga whale, has been found dead, according to conservationists. Hvaldimir, famed for his many interactions with locals, was considered a young whale at about 15 years ...
Russia has always refused to confirm or deny that the beluga whale was trained by its military. But Dr Shpak, who worked in Russia researching marine mammals from the 1990s until she returned to ...
Beluga_White_Whale_program_eng.ogv (Ogg multiplexed audio/video file, Theora/Vorbis, length 16 min 20 s, 400 × 220 pixels, 589 kbps overall, file size: 68.74 MB) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons .