Whales
| Use attributes for filter ! | |
| Lifespan | Killer whale |
|---|---|
| Blue whale | |
| Mass | Killer whale |
| Gestation period | Killer whale |
| Length | Killer whale |
| Blue whale | |
| Listen artist | www.youtube.com |
| Albums | Pelagios |
| Record labels | NoCopyrightSounds |
| Skos genre | Alternative/Indie |
| Songs | SongsDead To MeDead To Me (Remix Album) · 2019 We AreNCS: The Best of 2016 · 2016 Where Was IWhere Was I · 2015 View 25+ more |
| List | Dead To MeDead To Me (Remix Album) · 2019 |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 950034 |
About Whales
Whales are a widely distributed and diverse group of fully aquatic placental marine mammals. They are an informal grouping within the infraorder Cetacea, usually excluding dolphins and porpoises. Whales, dolphins and porpoises belong to the order Cetartiodactyla, which consists of even-toed ungulates.
Blue whales: Ocean giants return to 'safe' tropical haven
...By Victoria Gill and Kate StephensScience team, BBC NewsBlue Whales - the largest known animals on Earth - are making their home in a part of the Indian Ocean where they were wiped out by whaling decades ago...
The Shetland orca spotters who helped David Attenborough
... Dozens of local people used WhatsApp and social media groups to alert the crew when the killer Whales appeared, helping them capture the elusive mammals on film...
Dolphins 'shout' to get heard over noise pollution
... As a result, cetaceans - Whales, dolphins, porpoises - have developed a complex range of sounds to " talk" to each other...
Faroe Islands to limit dolphin hunt after outcry
... Known as the grind (or Grindadrap in Faroese), the hunting of sea mammals - primarily Whales - is a tradition that has been practised for hundreds of years on the remote islands, a Danish autonomous territory in the North Atlantic...
Penguin power and the 'dream job' in Antarctica
... As well as penguins, there are leopard seals and Whales...
'Amazing' blue whale numbers on South Georgia
...To see that so many blues is back in the waters around South Georgia enormously encourgaing scientists say they have a remarkable collection of blue Whales in the coastal waters around the British sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia...
Coral dredging: 'It's going to cause irreversible damage'
... Hundreds of tourists are disembarking from a fleet of small tenders from two enormous ships anchored just off George Town harbour, that loom like giant white Whales...
Brexit: Will the Falkland Islands wildlife suffer?
... Sei Whales are believed to be an endangered species The Falkland Islands did not get a vote in the 2016 EU referendum...
The Shetland orca spotters who helped David Attenborough
By Katy ScottBBC Scotland news website
Shetland wildlife enthusiasts pulled together to help Sir David Attenborough spot orcas for his latest documentary.
Dozens of local people used WhatsApp and Social Media groups to alert The Crew when The Killer Whales appeared, helping them capture the elusive mammals On Film .
will investigate how British and Irish woodland, grassland, freshwater and ocean habitats support local wildlife.
The series took three years to Film . The First episode airs on Sunday.
Shetland-based ecologist and wildlife photographer Richard Shucksmith, 49, helped The Film crew get to know The Local landscape.
Orcas visit the islands in spring to hunt for seals.
As a member of several wildlife spotting Social Media group chats for dolphins, orcas, and Rare Birds , Richard would rally The Film crew whenever killer Whales were spotted in the area by the community.
" Everybody tends to pull together, " He Said . " If you want to see orcas, you need The Help of Everyone Else .
" There's fishermen involved, all walks of life are involved in the WhatsApp and Social Media groups.
" You can't predict when [the orcas] will turn up. But because we have a good network of people, when they're sighted, it gets put out to everyone.
" So you stand a good chance of seeing them. If it wasn't for the community, it would be a lot harder. "
Richard told Bbc Scotland that The Orca pods were well known to the wildlife enthusiasts on the islands.
He Said : " A lot of The Killer Whales we see around Shetland, we know the pods, we've known them for years, we know what members there are.
" We even know all The Family 's ages and when calves were born.
" So a lot of good information gets collected from a citizen science point of view too. "
He Said some shouts attract up to 150 locals racing to see the impressive killer Whales , occasionally blocking roads on the islands.
" Some families come and bring their kids, and you can see the orcas metres from the shoreline, " He Said .
He and his colleague Nick McCaffrey were contracted to carry out drone work on the new series, alongside The Film crew.
They worked with The Documentary crew Every Day for five-week periods over three years to get the footage of the Whales - including some up-close encounters.
" After filming the orcas all day on a boat, we decided to stay with them through The Night , " said Richard.
" It was amazing because it got too dark to Film and we just turned the engine off and sat there.
" The orcas spent about an hour and a half just drifting next to The Boat .
" It was nuts, a very cool experience. "
Sir David Attenborough said that wildlife in the British Isles can be just as " dramatic and spectacular" as anything elsewhere.
He has said that he regrets spending so much time working on overseas Natural History programmes rather than focusing on the wildlife on his doorstep.
The new series, broadcasting on Bbc One on Sunday, will examine species and habitats closer to home.
Nearly half of British wildlife species have declined since 1970.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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