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Understanding cetacean stranding and response

Mar 08, 2021

by Claudia Afeltra

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behaviour, causes, conservation, data, dolphin, knowledge, mass strandings, porpoise, protection, science, stranding, study, whale

What are strandings? A stranded marine mammal is one that has beached itself on land and cannot return to the water without help, and may also need medical assistance. Cetaceans are fully aquatic animals and, though they breathe air, they cannot survive for long on land. If a whale or

An orca’s battle with ghost fishing

Oct 01, 2018

by Harriet Goodchild

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ghost fishing, ghost nets, orca, rescue, stranding

Orcas or killer whales are one of the most famous species of dolphins in the world. They are highly intelligent and social marine mammals that live in family-related groups. Every year along the Portuguese coast, different orca pods are spotted, that usually come for the tuna that pas

A sad day for a porpoise

Sep 24, 2018

by Harriet Goodchild

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cetacean, Harbour porpoise, stranding

I was recently lucky enough to see a Harbour porpoise up close. Unfortunately, this was a long dead, heavily decomposed corpse… but a porpoise nonetheless. The UK Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme (CSIP) investigate all reported cases of stranded cetaceans. An individual can

Northern bottlenose whale found on South Wales beach.

Sep 13, 2016

by Claudia Afeltra

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Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme, northern bottlenose whale, stranding, wales

After spending the weekend training interested members of the public about the varied species of whales, dolphins and porpoise to be found around the UK coast, staff at the marine charity Sea Watch Foundation were flabbergasted to see photographs of a dead, stranded Northern bottlenos

Beluga Whales in the UK, seriously!

Jun 06, 2014

by Claudia Afeltra

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beluga whale, scotland, stranding

We sometimes get rare and unusual cetacean visitors to our shores, but often we only find out about them because of strandings. Stranded individuals often come to shallow waters because they have something wrong with them, so it’s difficult to say whether or not they’ve made the journ

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Understanding cetacean stranding and response

An orca’s battle with ghost fishing

A sad day for a porpoise

Northern bottlenose whale found on South Wales beach.

Beluga Whales in the UK, seriously!

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