#gulfofcalifornia — Public Fediverse posts

🦈⚔️ Researchers in #Mexico's Gulf of California filmed #orcas hunting juvenile great white #sharks using a sophisticated strategy that exploits the sharks' tonic immobility response. The orcas coordinate attacks to flip sharks upside down, then harvest their energy-rich livers and share the prize among their pod, including calves.

👉 https://www.sciencealert.com/theres-one-predator-in-the-ocean-instilling-terror-in-great-white-sharks

#greatwhitesharks #gulfofcalifornia #marinebiology #predators #animalbehavior #oceanlife #hunting #science #wildlife #conservation #animals

Whales and dolphins at risk as report reveals ecological decline in Gulf of California https://news.mongabay.com/2025/04/whales-and-dolphins-at-risk-as-report-reveals-ecological-decline-in-gulf-of-california/

#marinelife #whales #dolphins #California #GulfOfCalifornia #environment

Hey Mexico...

Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

#Humor #Funny #Meme #GulfOfAmerica #GulfOfMexico #GulfOfCalifornia

#SpermWhale departure linked to decline in jumbo #squid population in #GulfofCalifornia
Study offers insight into relationship between apex marine predators and their environment, highlighting sperm #whales as key indicators of oceanic health. Conducted over 9-years, utilized extensive survey data and photo-identification techniques to track sperm #whale populations. Finding striking correlation between decline of #jumbosquid and disappearance of sperm whales from region
https://phys.org/news/2024-10-sperm-whale-departure-linked-decline.html

#Mexico expedition sights only 6 to 8 #vaquita #porpoises, the most endangered #marinemammal
Last year, experts on a sighting expedition estimated they saw from 10 to 13 of the tiny, shy, elusive porpoises during nearly two weeks of sailing in the #GulfOfCalifornia, also known as the #SeaOfCortez. More troubling, no baby vaquitas were seen this year by the conservation group #SeaShepherd https://phys.org/news/2024-06-mexico-sights-vaquita-porpoises-endangered.html

#Mexico expedition sights only 6 to 8 #vaquita #porpoises, the most endangered #marinemammal
Last year, experts on a sighting expedition estimated they saw from 10 to 13 of the tiny, shy, elusive porpoises during nearly two weeks of sailing in the #GulfOfCalifornia, also known as the #SeaOfCortez. More troubling, no baby vaquitas were seen this year by the conservation group #SeaShepherd https://phys.org/news/2024-06-mexico-sights-vaquita-porpoises-endangered.html

#Mexico expedition sights only 6 to 8 #vaquita #porpoises, the most endangered #marinemammal
Last year, experts on a sighting expedition estimated they saw from 10 to 13 of the tiny, shy, elusive porpoises during nearly two weeks of sailing in the #GulfOfCalifornia, also known as the #SeaOfCortez. More troubling, no baby vaquitas were seen this year by the conservation group #SeaShepherd https://phys.org/news/2024-06-mexico-sights-vaquita-porpoises-endangered.html

#Mexico expedition sights only 6 to 8 #vaquita #porpoises, the most endangered #marinemammal
Last year, experts on a sighting expedition estimated they saw from 10 to 13 of the tiny, shy, elusive porpoises during nearly two weeks of sailing in the #GulfOfCalifornia, also known as the #SeaOfCortez. More troubling, no baby vaquitas were seen this year by the conservation group #SeaShepherd https://phys.org/news/2024-06-mexico-sights-vaquita-porpoises-endangered.html

#Mexico expedition sights only 6 to 8 #vaquita #porpoises, the most endangered #marinemammal
Last year, experts on a sighting expedition estimated they saw from 10 to 13 of the tiny, shy, elusive porpoises during nearly two weeks of sailing in the #GulfOfCalifornia, also known as the #SeaOfCortez. More troubling, no baby vaquitas were seen this year by the conservation group #SeaShepherd https://phys.org/news/2024-06-mexico-sights-vaquita-porpoises-endangered.html

#EarthquakeReport for #OTD in 2017 M5.7 #Sismo #Terremoto #Earthquake in the #GulfOfCalifornia #MarDeCortés offshore of #Mexico

right-lateral strike-slip (moving side-by-side) earthquake
overlapping fracture zones & spreading ridges

learn more about the https://earthjay.com/?p=5210

The First Extinction Alert Issued In 70 Years For Rarest Marine Mammal On Earth | IFLScience
https://www.iflscience.com/the-first-extinction-alert-issued-in-70-years-for-rarest-marine-mammal-on-earth-72050

#Extinction
#Marine
#Mammal
#Vaquitas
#Cetacean
#GulfOfCalifornia
#Gillnets
#Fishing
#Totoaba
#BlackMarket
#ChineseMedicine
#LeonardoDiCapriosFoundation
#NavyTrainedDolphins
#Dolphins
#MexicanNavy
#ZeroToleranceArea
#ZTA
#ConcreteBlocks

Things haven’t looked good for the #vaquita for decades, but the last few years have brought the species to the #BrinkOfExtinction . #Endemic & #exclusive to the upper #GulfOfCalifornia - the pint-size #porpoise has become an unfortunate bycatch of fishing operations in the area, primarily the illegal catching of #totoaba . 
Listed as #Vulnerable on the International Union for Conservation of Nature
#IUCN #RedList of #ThreatenedSpecies
https://www.courthousenews.com/corruption-impunity-in-mexico-wiping-out-worlds-smallest-porpoise

#Nature #EcoCrisis #Wildlife

Some of Mexico’s most notorious wildlife traffickers are now in jail. Members of the “Totoaba Cartel” targetted the swim bladders of totoaba which can sell for up to US $80,000/kg, earning them the nickname “the cocaine of the sea.”

#GulfOfCalifornia #Totoaba #Cartel #Illegal #WildlifeTrafficker #WildlifeWednesday #Mexico #Marine #Endangered #Conservation #Vaquita

https://hakaimagazine.com/news/taking-down-mexicos-totoaba-cartel-helps-with-vaquita-conservation/

Sunset in Mexico last week, looking out at the Sea of Cortez.
#mexico #sunsets #gulfofcalifornia

Empezamos :blobcatcool: :blobartist: #gulfofcalifornia #aridzones #manglares #carbonoazul #BlueCarbon #mangroves