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Selasa, 18 September 2012

Dusky Dolphins

 

The Biggest Animals Kingdom and in The World | Dusky Dolphins | The dolphin is unclear small to medium length in relation to other species of the family. The dark dolphins off the coast of Peru, where they are up to 210 cm (6 feet) in length and 100 kg of thrust (210 pounds) weight. The dolphin back is dark gray or black, and the dorsal fin is clearly bicolor corresponding margin of the back in color, but the rear edge is much lighter gray white. Dolphins have long dark gray spot on the front, a short beak and dark things. The skull of a dolphin has a dark beak longer and narrower than that of a dolphin or an hourglass dolphin Peale same age and size


The dolphin has a dark semi-discontinuous circumpolar region. Dolphins can be found off the coast of South America, southwestern Africa, South Australia and Tasmania, New Zealand and some oceanic islands. From South America, dark dolphins beach in the south of Peru to Cape Horn in the western and southern Patagonia at about 36 ° S in the east. Dolphins are dark in New Zealand waters. In Africa, the dark areas of dolphins in the Bay of Lobito, Angola, north of False Bay, South Africa in the south. Dolphins in Australian waters were taken in a dark cold waters off Kangaroo Iceland, Tasmania and eastern Bass Strait, although they are rare and observed in New Zealand, it may be transient.


Dolphins prefer dark and cold water upwelling of cold streams. Dark Dolphins over large distances (780 km), but are not well defined seasonal migrations. In Argentina, dark dolphins closely associated with Southern Right whales and sea lions from South America. They were found about dolphins, but apparently not communicate with them and feed Risso's dolphin. In New Zealand, to mix dark dolphins common dolphins. Dark dolphins were also observed with the dolphins in the Southern Right Whales and pilot whales from southwestern Africa. Dark dolphins live in fission-fusion of the Company with the size of most groups will decline during foraging and the size of the groups. During rest and travel in the Golfo San José from Peninsula Valdes, dolphins regularly alternating small and large groups, groups and socio-sexual encounter a variety of partners.


Studies of dolphins of Kaikoura, New Zealand, normally dolphins live in large groups, which are divided into smaller subgroups. These subgroups of adults coupling (contact groups) composed mothers with small groups (kindergarten) and non-breeding adults. Dark Dolphins a promiscuous mating in which men and women who mate with multiple partners. In contact groups males behind the females at high speed to pursue. Unlike the male dolphins dolphins dark males can monopolize females. The time can be as women dark dolphins first reproduce vary by region. New Zealand first reproduce the dolphins at about 7-8 years 6-7 years possibly with dolphins in Argentina.


As with all types of couples where women with multiple partners, men have testicles and dark Dolphins Dolphins sperm competitionDusky sometimes engage in sexual behavior for reasons other than reproduction, perhaps duties greeting or to increase social communication. Homosexual behavior between males was observed. Dolphins have sex for social reasons tend to be more relaxed. Females with young often in groups in shallow water nurseries to collect. The formation of groups of kindergarten shallow waters also allow the members, prey that hunt live in these waters. Adults and calves were observed to hunt and fish, and adults can learn how to hunt calves.


Nursery groups have a tendency to avoid contact groups. Adult males in these groups of women aggressive herd and hunting. Dolphin mother cares for calves that do not take themselves. The dark dolphin in most of its range only. Dolphins can Extending this fishery darkest victims of fishing small cetaceans in Peru and Chile. The dark dolphin is listed in Annex II of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS).
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Rabu, 18 Juli 2012

Dolphin

 

The Biggest Animals Kingdom and in The World | Dolphin | Dolphins, along with whales and porpoises, are descendants of terrestrial mammals, probably on the order artiodactyl. The ancestors of today's dolphins in the water about 50 million years ago in the Eocene. Modern dolphin skeletons have two small rod shaped pelvic thought to be vestigial hind legs. The dorsal fin, in those species that provides stability while swimming. Dolphins breathe through a blowhole on top of the head. The dolphin brain is large and very complex, and is different in structure to that of most terrestrial mammals. The only exception is the Boto river dolphin, which is constantly tiny hairs on stage. Dolphins reproductive organs on the underside of the body.


Mammary two slits on both sides of the slit female genital tract. The healing process is quick and also very deep wounds do not cause the dolphins to bleed to death. A study conducted at the U.S. National Marine Mammal Foundation has shown that dolphins, like humans, a natural form of type 2 diabetes, which can lead to a better understanding of the disease and new treatments for humans and dolphins for Development Most dolphins have acute eyesight, both in and out of the water, and can hear frequencies ten times or more above the upper limit of the human adult. Hearing is also used for echolocation, all dolphins. Dolphin teeth should act as antennas to receive the audio in and the exact position of an object.


The Dolphin Touch is well developed, densely packed free nerve endings in skin, especially around the snout, pectoral fins and genital area. Since dolphins spend most of their time below the surface, tasting the water could function as the smell, that the substances in water can indicate the presence of objects that are not in the mouth of the dolphin. Though most dolphins do not have hair, have hair follicles that can perform a sensory function. Compared to many other species, however, the behavior of dolphins has been studied extensively, both in captivity and in nature. Dolphins are social, living in pods of a dozen people. In places with high abundance of food, pods can join temporarily, forming a superpod, these groups may have more than 1000 dolphins.


Dolphins also reflect the culture, something long believed to be unique to humans (and possibly other species of primates). In May 2005, a discovery in Australia found Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) teaching their young to use the tools. Dolphins participate aggressions respect to each other. The older a male dolphin, the more likely that his body should be lined with bite scars. Male dolphins engage in such acts of aggression apparently for the same reasons as humans: disputes between companions and competition for women. Male dolphins are known to participate in infanticide. Dolphins are also known to kill dolphins for reasons not entirely understood, as porpoises generally is not the same diet as dolphins and are therefore not competitors for food.


Dolphin copulation happens belly to belly, even though many species engage in foreplay long, the real action is usually short, but it can be repeated several times in a short period of time. The gestation period depends on the type, for TUCUXI small dolphin, this period is about 11 to 12 months, while for the orca, the gestation period is about 17 months. The age of sexual maturity varies depending on the species and sex. Dolphins are known to have sexual intercourse for reasons other than reproduction sometimes also involved in homosexual behavior. Different species can participate in sexual behavior between copulation with other species of dolphins. Sexual contact may be violent, aggressive behavior with male dolphins sometimes against women and other males occasionally dolphins sexual towards other animals, including humans.


The dolphins occasionally jump out of the water and, sometimes, perform acrobatics (for example, the dolphin spinner). The possibilities include locating schools of fish, looking at above water signs like feeding birds, communicate with other dolphins, shedding of parasites or simply entertainment. The game is an important part of culture dolphin. Dolphins playing with seaweed and play-fighting with other dolphins. Dolphins enjoy riding waves and frequently surf the ocean waves and waves of boats, sometimes "jump" between the two waves of the bow of a catamaran in motion.


Generally, dolphins sleep with one hemisphere of the brain in slow wave sleep at a time, thus maintaining enough awareness to breathe and watch for potential predators and other threats. In captivity, the dolphins seem to go into a completely asleep, closed both eyes and there's mild response to external stimuli. Dolphins anesthesia initially show a reflex kick tail. Although a similar situation was observed with wild Sperm Whales, dolphins is not known whether in nature, it is located. The Indus River dolphin has a method different from the sleep of other species of dolphins.

More recently, the 1963 Flipper movie and subsequent TV series 1964 common dolphins in Western society. The series, created by Ivan Tors, portrayed a dolphin as a marine version of Lassie, the collie popular TV series in 1950. Flipper was a bottlenose dolphin who understood the commands and always behave heroically.  The 1973 film The Day of the Dolphin portrays kidnapped dolphins perform a naval military assassination using explosives. This was also examined in the same Simpsons Treehouse Horror episode, "Night of the Dolphin", where Lisa frees a dolphin in an aquarium shows and unconsciously start the plan of campaign to overthrow the people and live in their place.


Orcas are depicted in the film, although to a lesser extent than bottlenosed dolphins. In the 1993 film made a star of Free Willy the Orca playing Willy, Keiko. Although the dolphins are generally good people skills, a number of attacks occurred, mainly due to minor injuries. Attacks may occur both in nature and captivity. Orcas, the largest species of dolphin, were involved in fatal attacks on humans in captivity. Deadly attacks by other species are less common, but there is a performance recorded on the coast of Brazil in 1994, when a man died after being attacked by a dolphin named Tiao.  While attacks on dolphins are much less common than attacks by other sea creatures, including sharks, some scientists are concerned about the sloppy programs of human-dolphin. Dr. Andrew J. Read, a biologist at the Duke University Marine Laboratory who studies dolphin attacks, suggests that dolphins are predators large and wild, so people should be more cautious when dealing with them.
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