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Some Irrawaddy dolphins kept in captivity have been trained to do spyhopping on command. The Irrawaddy dolphin is a slow swimmer, but swimming speeds of 20–25 kilometres per hour (12–16 mph) were reported when dolphins were being chased in a boat. [11]
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 Irrawaddy River (Burmese: ဧရာဝတီမြစ်, pronounced [ʔèjàwədì mjɪʔ], official romanisation: Ayeyarwady [5] [note 1]) is the principal river of Myanmar, running through the centre of the country. Myanmar’s most important commercial waterway, it is about 1,350 miles (2,170 km) long.
A dead dolphin was found with multiple gunshot wounds on a beach in Louisiana, with investigators now offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information.. The young bottlenose dolphin was ...
Rewards are being offered in two recent deadly incidents involving dolphins — one that was “harassed to death” on a Texas beach and a second in Florida that
Irrawaddy dolphin. Based on a survey in 2001, fewer than 70 Irrawaddy dolphins (Orcaella brevirostris) remain in the upper region of the Malampaya Sound in the Philippines and only 69 individuals in the Mekong River. [13] They have been severely impacted by lift nets and crab gear, thus critically endangered.
When a dolphin was spotted near the swimming area at a beach in the town of Mihama on Aug. 21, it was coaxed out to sea by a beach staff member on water skis. “Last year, there were many ...
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