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Tião was a solitary male bottlenose dolphin that was first spotted in the town of São Sebastião in Brazil around 1994 and frequently allowed humans to interact with him, having a particular preference to interacting with female humans. The dolphin later killed a swimmer and injured many others, which later earned him the nickname killer ...
The orca repeatedly lunged out of the water, attempting to reach her trainer. The incident was caught on video by an audience member. Critics of marine parks have blamed lack of companionship for Shouka's aggression, as she did at one time have a companion bottlenose dolphin named Merlin who was subsequently moved to another area of the park.
This is a list of the deadliest animals to humans worldwide, measured by the number of humans killed per year. Different lists have varying criteria and definitions, so lists from different sources disagree and can be contentious. This article contains a compilation of lists from several reliable sources.
A spate of dolphin attacks on swimmers in Japan’s Fukui Prefecture is being blamed on one bottlenose dolphin, who researchers believe may be particularly lonely, having been separated from a pod.
The first ever 3D prints of images contained in dolphin echolocation sounds have been produced—including one of a human being seen from a dolphin's point of view.
The UK whale and dolphin conservation charity Orca recorded 55,604 whales and dolphins in oceans worldwide in 2023 as part of a marine survey covering 330,000 kilometres with the support of ...
The Navy gets some of its dolphins from the Gulf of Mexico. Military dolphins were used by the U.S. Navy during the First and Second Gulf Wars, [11] and their use dates back to the Vietnam War. [12] About 75 dolphins were in the program circa 2007, [13] and around 70 dolphins and 30 sea lions were reported to be in the program in 2019. [12]
Another example of an alleged case of animal suicide is the case of the dolphin which most often portrayed Flipper on the 1960s television show Flipper. According to trainer Ric O'Barry in the film The Cove, Kathy, the dolphin, suffocated herself before him. The veracity or accuracy of this case has not been established in rigorous, scientific ...