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Whales and dolphins influence new wind turbine design
" Sea creatures have evolved over millions of years to maximise efficiency of movement through water; humans have been trying to perfect streamlined designs for barely a century. So shouldn't we be taking more... Animal-esque wind turbines, a design keystone
Nature has created some of the most efficient designs. Evolution has developed the shape and line of these animals and with detailed study we can lift some of their remarkable engineering."Biologists and engineers... Vanishing Act- Is it too late for the Irrawaddy Dolphin?
"Sun Mao leans forward in the boat, shades his eyes with his hand, and squints across the wide expanse of the Mekong River where it twists through the town of Kratie. He is looking for one of the world's rarest mammals - the Mekong Irrawaddy dolphin. Older people in this... July 4th boater Steer clear of NJ dolphin family
Authorities protecting a dolphin family in a New Jersey river are stepping up enforcement over the July Fourth holiday. State police and federal officials monitoring the dolphins said there were no immediate... Hopes fade for dolphin trapped in Glasgow river
The dolphin which swam up the River Clyde in the UK headed back out to sea last night, but vets are saying that it likely wont' survive the next few days. "Marine experts are losing hope of saving a wounded dolphin... Batang to have dolphin breeding center
"Batang, Central Java (ANTARA News) - The Batang district administration in Central Java will soon cooperate with Cisarua Safari Park to build a dolphin breeding center and a swimming pool in the Sigandu tourist resort, a local tourism official said.The chief of the Batang...The Mirage Welcomes Tiger Cubs to Siegfried & Roy's Secret Garden & Dolphin H...
The Mirage today welcomed its newest addition to Siegfried & Roy's Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat - six-week-old white, white-striped and golden tiger cubs. The public will get its first chance to see these rare...Scientist says dolphin deaths look like a mass suicide
"Scientist says dolphin deaths look like a mass suicide Steven Morris The Guardian, Thursday June 12 2008 Article history The dolphins that died after becoming...Mystery of dolphin mass stranding
People are still struggling to find out why a crew of dolphins was washed ashore and killed in Cornwall, UK. They were trapped in a river creek and died, but the cause is unknown."Initial post-mortem examinations of some of the 26 dolphins found dead in Cornwall have so far... Man Survives Mauling by 16-Foot Shark in Australia
An Australian swimmer who was mauled by a16-foot shark and survived said Sunday he saw a shadow in the waterseconds before the attack and thought it was a dolphin."The shark, believed to be a great white, seized... Dolphin killed during stunt at SeaWorld park
A dolphin died at a SeaWorld sister park after colliding with another dolphin during a guest interaction program." About 32 visitors were in the lagoon Saturday afternoon when the dolphins swam into the deeper... Mid-Air Dolphin Collision Ends in Death
This is a truly strange accident: two dolphins collided in mid-air, during an aerial stunt at Orlando's SeaWorld, killing one of the dolphins.This is the first time such an incident has occurred at SeaWorld and... Dolphin rescues stranded NZ whales
This is a whale of a story! and it's all over the news. Observers were amazed to see that a dolphin could communicate with a whale! Most humans have lost contact with nature –the wonder, the 'every-day' miracles of... Dolphin saves whales
This is such a great story. A marine mammal expert in New Zealand calls it an "interspecies refloating technique" but I call it amazing. "RAY LILLEY The Associated Press March 12, 2008... Attack of the killer dolphins
"New evidence has been compiled by marine scientists that prove the normally placid dolphin is capable of brutal attacks both on innocent fellow marine mammals and, more disturbingly, on its own kind. Film taken of...
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