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"Iceland to submit bill that could ban whaling in its waters"
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"Iceland to submit bill that could ban whaling in its waters"
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🐋👽 What can whales teach us about alien communication?
TODAY on #SETILive, Isabel Gerrard and Dr. Fred Sharpe join Simon Steel to explore humpback whale communication, overlooked signals, and what they can teach us about searching for intelligence beyond Earth.
⏰ 3:30 pm PDT
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🐋👽 What can whales teach us about alien communication?
TODAY on #SETILive, Isabel Gerrard and Dr. Fred Sharpe join Simon Steel to explore humpback whale communication, overlooked signals, and what they can teach us about searching for intelligence beyond Earth.
⏰ 3:30 pm PDT
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🐋👽 What can whales teach us about alien communication?
TODAY on #SETILive, Isabel Gerrard and Dr. Fred Sharpe join Simon Steel to explore humpback whale communication, overlooked signals, and what they can teach us about searching for intelligence beyond Earth.
⏰ 3:30 pm PDT
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🐋👽 What can whales teach us about alien communication?
TODAY on #SETILive, Isabel Gerrard and Dr. Fred Sharpe join Simon Steel to explore humpback whale communication, overlooked signals, and what they can teach us about searching for intelligence beyond Earth.
⏰ 3:30 pm PDT
🔗 https://youtube.com/live/D9RQAgmtdeQ -
🐋👽 What can whales teach us about alien communication?
TODAY on #SETILive, Isabel Gerrard and Dr. Fred Sharpe join Simon Steel to explore humpback whale communication, overlooked signals, and what they can teach us about searching for intelligence beyond Earth.
⏰ 3:30 pm PDT
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"Are Barnacles on Whales Normal or Problematic? Or Both? ...
Unlike true parasites, barnacles don’t suck blood or tissue. They are filter feeders, grabbing food particles from the surrounding ocean as the whale swims. However, they can cause tissue damage in some cases, especially when barnacle clusters grow too large or detach."
Source: https://animals.howstuffworks.com/marine-life/barnacles-on-whales.htm
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oceanographicmagazine.com: Iceland to submit bill banning whaling, leaving Norway and Japan as last holdouts.
Iceland's government will submit the bill in February 2027, but campaigners warn the country's last whaling licence, held until 2029, is likely to run its course regardless
#iceland #whales
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Bowhead whales wander the Arctic, improvising for 200 years. Unlike their smaller-mouthed kin, their calls don't repeat - but reflect whatever is going through their whale mind in that moment.
Featuring bass flute and reverb.
https://jazzaria.bandcamp.com/album/jazz-whale
#flute #music #jazz #reverb #improvisation #bassflute #whales #ccmusic #musodon #experimentalmusic
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Iceland to consider whaling ban, potentially leaving Norway and Japan isolated
Copenhagen, DenmarkReuters Iceland’s government will submit a bill in February on whaling that could ban it, a move…
#Iceland #IS #Europe #Europa #EU #iceland #island #japan #norway #whales #whaling #WhalingBan
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Iceland may pass a bill that bans whaling, a move that would leave Norway and Japan as the only two countries left in the industry. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/13/world/politics/iceland-whaling-ban-norway-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #iceland #norway #japan #whaling #whales
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Iceland may pass a bill that bans whaling, a move that would leave Norway and Japan as the only two countries left in the industry. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/13/world/politics/iceland-whaling-ban-norway-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #iceland #norway #japan #whaling #whales
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Iceland may pass a bill that bans whaling, a move that would leave Norway and Japan as the only two countries left in the industry. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/13/world/politics/iceland-whaling-ban-norway-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #iceland #norway #japan #whaling #whales
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Iceland may pass a bill that bans whaling, a move that would leave Norway and Japan as the only two countries left in the industry. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/13/world/politics/iceland-whaling-ban-norway-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #iceland #norway #japan #whaling #whales
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Iceland may pass a bill that bans whaling, a move that would leave Norway and Japan as the only two countries left in the industry. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/13/world/politics/iceland-whaling-ban-norway-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #iceland #norway #japan #whaling #whales
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One of the last three whaling countries takes steps toward a ban
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One of the last three whaling countries takes steps toward a ban
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One of the last three whaling countries takes steps toward a ban
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One of the last three whaling countries takes steps toward a ban
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🦊🐋 #Indohyus was a #fox-sized, semi-aquatic mammal that lived in and around the coast of an island #India 49 to 45 million years ago.
#Fossil evidence, including a #skull accidentally broken in the lab in 2007, showed whale-like inner-ear #bones that placed it as the closest non-whale relative of all modern #whales. It gave rise to #Pakicetus and a chain of increasingly aquatic ancestors leading to today’s toothed and #baleen whales.
👉 https://www.discoverwildlife.com/prehistoric-life/indohyus
#evolution #paleontology #cetaceans #eocene #marine #biology #animals #wildlife #mammals #hippos #bluewhales #dogs #pigs
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Whales at risk, hungry pelicans: Marine heat wave hits California https://phys.org/news/2026-07-whales-hungry-pelicans-marine-california.html 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Pinnipeds #SeaLions #Dolphins #ElNiño
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Endangered right whales are unlikely to get new protections
SCARBOROUGH, Maine (A…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #Animals #BethCasoni #Climate #Climateandenvironment #climatechange #Connecticut #CTStateWire #DomesticNews #donaldtrump #Endangeredspecies #Generalnews #JaredGolden #Lobsters #Maine #Massachusetts #MEStateWire #MikeLawler #NewHampshire #NewYork #NHStateWire #politics #RhodeIsland #Science #U.S.news #Whales
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The Crunch: Whale migration, house prices on the move, and a lot of missing cash
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#OneNation #Australianpolitics #Whales #TheGuardian #JoshNicholas #NickEvershed
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🐋🦐 #Water buoyancy freed #whales from #gravity’s limits, and the cold #ocean pushed them to grow bigger to stay warm.
Researchers showed the key was krill: a single mouthful gives blue whales 200 times the #energy they use to lunge, a payoff only possible at giant sizes.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/why-blue-whales-largest-animal/
#bluewhales #evolution #science #biology #mammals #climate #iceage #migration #stanford #louisiana
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🌊🦑 Sperm #whales consume massive amounts of colossal #squid, but we have rarely seen these giant #animals alive in the deep #ocean.
Researchers are now using environmental #DNA to identify species by filtering genetic material directly from seawater samples. The process helps track known animals and search for unknown organisms.
#biology #carbon #cephalopods #deepsea #discovery #ecosystem #rov #science #technology #tech #underwater #vehicles #water #stem #womeninstem #tksst #video
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US looks to roll back shipping rules designed to protect vanishing right whale
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) —…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #Animals #AssociatedPress #CA #Canada #Climate #Climateandenvironment #DonaldTrump #Endangeredspecies #Generalnews #industryregulation #JaneDavenport #maine #Massachusetts #MEStateWire #NationalOceanicandAtmosphericAdministration #newhampshire #NHStateWire #oceans #RhodeIsland #Science #SendtoAppleNews #U.S.news #Virginia #Whales
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🐋🌊 New #research into #Alaska's #BristolBay beluga whales reveals a surprising social strategy. Instead of a few dominant males, these long-lived #whales take a "plenty of #fish in the sea" approach, frequently switching partners to maintain genetic #health.
This flexible mating system helps their small, isolated population avoid inbreeding.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/beluga-whales-sex-lives/
#marinebiology #biology #wildlife #conservation #science #nature #ecology #ocean
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There Are Giant #Mammals Alive Today That Were Adults During the American #CivilWar
The #bowheadwhale, a giant, #Arctic-dwelling species bigger than a bus, evidence suggesting they live over 200yr. There are currently bowhead whales swimming around #Alaska that were alive when #MobyDick was written in 1851.
Other large #whales also enjoy relatively long lives; #bluewhales, can reach up to 90 years of age. Nevertheless, none can rival the extreme longevity of the #bowhead.
https://www.iflscience.com/the-longest-living-mammals-are-giants-that-live-up-to-200-years-in-the-icy-arctic-80853 -
Blue whales are going quiet and scientists say it’s a warning sign.
Ocean heat waves and noise pollution are silencing the ocean’s largest singers. Does saving the ocean start with hearing it?
Be the voice for the voiceless, share this post.
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Blue whales are going quiet and scientists say it’s a warning sign.
Ocean heat waves and noise pollution are silencing the ocean’s largest singers. Does saving the ocean start with hearing it?
Be the voice for the voiceless, share this post.
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We were warned! From September 2024. And now the #whales are falling silent!!! And #krill are dependent on whales as much as whales are dependent on krill!
#KrillHarvesting threatens #whale recovery
Soaring human demand for krill in the Southern Ocean poses a challenge to the recovery of whale species once hunted nearly to extinction. Stanford researchers identify the growing food conflict and offer solutions.
September 10th, 2024
"Human harvesting of krill in the Southern Ocean could threaten the recovery of whale species that were nearly wiped out by industrial whaling in the 20th century, according to a Sept. 10 study in Nature Communications.
"The tiny, shrimp-like crustaceans known as krill are the essential food source for baleen whales such as blues and #humpbacks. To feed, these giant marine mammals take in great gulps of ocean water, filtering krill through bristly mouth structures. Booming demand for krill as #FishMeal and #omega3 fatty acid nutritional #supplements, however, could leave whales without enough victuals to sustain even their diminished numbers.
" 'Our calculations suggest an alarming possibility that we might harvest krill to the point where we do real damage to recovering whale populations,' said lead study author Matthew Savoca, a research scientist in the lab of Jeremy Goldbogen, associate professor of oceans in the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability.
"The results highlight a need for scientists, regulators, and industry to carefully assess the impacts of krill harvesting in the Southern Ocean at current levels before expanding. 'With this study, we want to draw attention to how there likely isn’t enough krill to support fully recovered whale populations, and now on top of that, we’re harvesting krill and plan to harvest more krill in the near future,' said Goldbogen, the study’s senior author
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Counting on krill"The new research grew out of a prior Stanford study documenting how baleen whales gobble up significantly more krill than scientists had previously estimated. A paradoxical finding of that study was that, as whale populations plummeted by roughly 90% in the Southern Ocean during whaling’s grim heyday, so, too, did krill populations.
"The researchers worked out that #BaleenWhales effectively fertilize the ocean through their prodigious droppings, providing nutrients for the #phytoplankton that krill eat. The upshot: The krill population must have been much larger, perhaps five times greater, than it is currently to have sustained the pre-whaling whale populations in the early 20th century.
" 'Krill is the foundation of the entire Southern Ocean ecosystem. They’re really the only thing that large whales eat down there,' Savoca said.
"In the nearly 40 years since a global whaling moratorium went into place in 1986, some Southern Ocean species – particularly humpbacks – have made an impressive comeback. Yet this recovery has taken place against increasing competition with humans for the whales’ critical food source; over the past 30 years, the krill catch has quadrupled to around 400,000 tons annually and is set to expand further.
"Savoca and colleagues calculated how much krill is left in the Southern Ocean for baleen whales, seabirds, and other predators to eat after industrial krill harvesting at current rates, compared to the estimated amount of krill available before industrial whaling began. 'The basic math makes it pretty clear that the current krill biomass cannot support both an expanding krill fishery and the recovery of whale populations to pre-whaling size,' said Savoca."
Read more:
#SaveTheWhales #KrillSupplements #Overfishing #FoodChain #FoodIsLife #WaterIsLife #Whales #Extinction #BlueWhales
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More victims of #ClimateChange and #WarmingOceans. Also, #KrillHarvesting has got to STOP!
Scientists Alarmed as #Whales Suddenly Going Silent
"When you really break it down, it’s like trying to sing while you're starving."
Aug 1, 10:27 AM EDT by Victor Tangermann
"Researchers are alarmed after noticing a significant drop in the number of vocalizations from #BlueWhales.
"As National Geographic reports, scientists used specialized underwater hydrophones, meaning the aquatic version of microphones, to record and trace the sounds of marine life, allowing them to analyze the impact human activity is having on various species.
"However, as detailed in a study published in the journal PLOS One, devastating heat waves have triggered worrying changes over the past decade, allowing #ToxicAlgae to bloom and undermine food sources for whales.
" 'It caused the most widespread poisoning of marine mammals ever documented,' coauthor and Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute biological oceanographer John Ryan told NatGeo. 'These were hard times for whales.'
"As a result, blue whale vocalizations dropped by almost 40 percent, according to the study, with populations of #krill and #anchovy collapsing.
" 'When you really break it down, it’s like trying to sing while you're starving,' Ryan explained. 'They were spending all their time just trying to find food.' "
Read more:
https://futurism.com/scientists-alarmed-whales-silent#OceansAreLife #Overfishing #FoodIsLife #Extinction #MarineLife #MarineHeatWaves #HeatBlob #GlobalWarming
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One wrong move could be fatal: the divers risking their lives to save whales from ‘ghost nets’ https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jul/11/ghost-nets-colombian-divers-old-fishing-gear-commercial-fishing-equipment 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #GhostNets #Bycatch
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#Dolphins may use their #teeth to #hear #underwater
The teeth of dolphins and other #toothed #whales are connected to a uniquely thick bundle of #nervefibres, which might play a role in #sounddetection
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2461513-dolphins-may-use-their-teeth-to-hear-underwater/
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Listen to whale calls recorded on land-based seismometers!: https://seismicsoundscapes.myportfolio.com/lower-st-lawrence-seaway
The study was just published in Seismica @weareseismica: http://doi.org/10.26443/seismica.v3i2.1153
by lead author Eva Goblot, an #EarthSystemScience graduate from #McGillUniversity#Montreal #Quebec #ISMER #UCAR #GSC #Whales #BlueWhales #FinWhales #Seismology
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Harassing whales and marine dwellers with UAVs in their annual migration
Human–animal interaction via flying robots"As whales migrate up Australia’s east coast in the coming months, drones are hot on their tails. But experts are warning that low-flying drones seeking a viral shot can disrupt the whales’ migration patterns and may even place their mating season at risk."
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/11/drones-whale-migration-australia-impact-warnings
#cetaceans #whales #marine #mammals #dolphins #drone #disturbance #UAVs #regulation #wildlife #harassment #plastic #entanglement #boats #BoatStrike #noise #pollution #HAI #Australia -
Hope for Blue #Whales : Underwater Audio Suggests Population Recovery.
New underwater audio data indicates that #bluewhale populations may stabilise after centuries of whaling. This is a promising sign that these magnificent creatures are on the mend.
The recovery of this incredible species is fantastic news, and the whales seem to be singing about their improved prospects. #BlueWhales #WildlifeRecovery #OceanConservation
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/blue-whales-songs-population-southern-ocean/
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#BlueWhales: first discovery near #Seychelles in decades https://theconversation.com/blue-whales-first-discovery-near-seychelles-in-decades-what-our-study-found-224558 paper: https://discovery.fiu.edu/display/pub284893
"the archipelago was an opportunistic whaling ground for #Soviet #whaling fleets en route to and from the #Antarctic. In the northern #IndianOcean, #whalers illegally killed more than 1,200 blue #whales, including 500 near the Seychelles, between 1963 and '66... After surveying about 5,500 km, we had a total of 5 sightings of up to 10 blue whales. This was a phenomenal finding."
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These #Whales Still Use Their #VocalCords.
Unusual experiments on organs recovered from three carcasses suggest how #baleen whales call out at #sea. #Toothedwhales, like #spermwhales and #dolphins, use their larynges like a cork to seal their airways; they evolved a way to produce sounds in their nasal cavities instead. But #scientists suspected that filter-feeding #baleenwhales, including the musical #humpbacks and huge #bluewhales, still use their voice boxes. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/21/science/whale-song-voice-box.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XE0.Ohuo.tSXoT0veB5Lc&smid=url-share -
Blue whales have returned to the Seychelles: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-67496339
Open-access paper by Kathleen Stafford et al.: https://www.int-res.com/articles/esr2023/52/n052p203.pdf
#whales #BlueWhales #conservation #environment #MarineBiology #biodiversity
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Ocean giants return to safe tropical haven
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-67496339"#BlueWhales are making their home in a part of the #IndianOcean where they were wiped out decades ago. #Researchers in the #Seychelles captured footage of the #whales in 2020 and 2021... a year of audio recording revealed the #animals spend months in the region... they could be breeding there. The researchers described the #discovery as a #conservation win after the #Soviet #whaling fleet decimated the population in the 1960s."
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After watching #WhatTheHealth and #Cowspiracy, I made some time to check out a few other similar movies.
I first saw #Seaspiracy, and the message was very clear to me...
If you don't eat, but like and admire the intelligence of:
-#Whales 🐳
-#Dolphins 🐬
-#Sharks 🦈
and
-#Octopuses 🐙 (side note, #TeamOctopuses! 🐙🦑),Then you shouldn't be eating #fish of any kind, and you should very well adopt a #vegan / #PlantBasedDiet. 🐟🌱🐠
Directed by Ali Tabrizi and available on Netflix, it has the same style as the previous films directed by Kip Andersen, so that could be seen as either a +ve or a -ve, depending on your bias. I thoroughly enjoyed it, finding the whale hunt and the subsequent whaler interview particularly powerful.
It is rated well on #imdb and is rated 'fresh' on #RottenTomatoes.
The second film I saw was #ForksOverKnives. This I found to be a much better film overall in presenting the history, science and research in benefit to a whole foods plant based diet. Sadly, I feel like the way it was filmed will put some people off (some -ve reviews talk about it being slow/boring (c.f. What The Health being over the top)). I personally didn't feel that. In fact, I am currently watching the Forks Over Knives Extended Interviews film, because I want to know more! It is the kind of film I wish someone recommended to me when it came out! It's the scientist in me talking. 🧑🔬
#Vegans #GoVegan #VeganForTheAnimals #AliTabrizi #AnimalRights #VeganForTheMovies #wfpb
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After reading Academic philosopher Rupert Read's film review on Avatar: The Way of Water, I look forward to seeing the movie.:
"there is much that is weak in the film, but let that not obscure something inside it that’s so strong. The real point is to make our stand; to try to attain the wisdom of whales, and the intelligence of indigeneity and of our own wisdom traditions. The Way of Water includes repeated teaching on breathing techniques and meditation, teachings that, as I watched, I found myself breathing along with. Is there any other mass-audience movie that has attempted anything like this?
"As our own planet continues to die, listen deeply for the word that is about to be spoken. Maybe you can help speak it."
#Avatar #TheWayOfWater #Pandora #FilmReview #whales #ExtinctionRebellion #ClimateEmergency
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After reading Academic philosopher Rupert Read's film review on Avatar: The Way of Water, I look forward to seeing the movie.:
"there is much that is weak in the film, but let that not obscure something inside it that’s so strong. The real point is to make our stand; to try to attain the wisdom of whales, and the intelligence of indigeneity and of our own wisdom traditions. The Way of Water includes repeated teaching on breathing techniques and meditation, teachings that, as I watched, I found myself breathing along with. Is there any other mass-audience movie that has attempted anything like this?
"As our own planet continues to die, listen deeply for the word that is about to be spoken. Maybe you can help speak it."
#Avatar #TheWayOfWater #Pandora #FilmReview #whales #ExtinctionRebellion #ClimateEmergency