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Discovering Whales - Whales on the Net
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Whales and dolphins are a group of mammals called cetaceans that spend their entire lives in water. Today there are around 77 different species of cetaceans, inhabiting our oceans from the cold Antarctic Continent in the south to the Arctic Sea around the North Pole. There are two very different groups of cetaceans: Baleen whales and Toothed whales. Whales and dolphins are among the most intelligent and mysterious creatures on our earth. A list of all cetacean species. CLICK for Whale Campaign.
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Frequently Asked Questions - Whales on the Net (Whale FAQ)
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FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions). Here are some of the answers we have given to questions posted to us. If you have a question which is not included here feel free to ask it. Please make sure you give a legitimate email address for your answer. Just CLICK on our Mailbox - -. Are there any freshwater whales in the world and if so where? Have any species of whale become extinct? How many whales live in the oceans today? How fast can whales swim? How can Sperm whales hang motionless in water? Is it true th...
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Whales on the Net - Action Alerts
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Nature just happens to have provided a cheap source of certain fats in her great sea monsters and so the mighty whales have been butchered. . . a harvest without a sowing." - W. J. Dakin 1934. Livestock and their byproducts account for at least 32,000 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year. Faroe Islands Pilot Whale Slaughter. LFAS LATEST - Lanny Sinkin. BEWARE, The Beached Canaries. Listen To LFAS Viewpoints. The Public Cause - LFAS. The Ocean Mammal Institute. Active Sonar Threatens Whales.
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Cetacean Strandings - Whales on the Net
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A Field Guide for Strandings (J.R. Geraci and V.J. Lounsbury in the hardcover format - is back! A comprehensive manual for understanding and dealing with a stranded seal, manatee, dolphin, whale, or sea otter, this book contains information for the interested beach dweller or student and for the scientist or marine resource manager. Seismic Damages Fish Hearing. Scientists Worry Seismic Harms Whales. Giving Whales the 'Bends'. Marine Mammal Rescue Centre. Northeast Region - CLICK for larger view. Founded...
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Reports, Stories & Views on the Whale - Whales on the Net
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Reports, Stories and Views. Here are many views on the subject of whaling and ours is but one. From whole countries to one individual each finds a reason or excuse to kill or conserve our ocean's whales. Some are more outspoken than others and some just don't care. Dolphin Mental Abilities and The Captivity Issue. A probing analysis into dolphin research by Kenneth W. LeVasseur. Commercial Whaling: A Corrupt Industry. IFAW Technical Briefing - February, 1994. Japan Falsified Whale Hunting Data in 1960's.
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Whaling History - Whales on the Net
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F this amazing animal, the largest ever to exist on the planet, cannot be saved from the ruthless exploitation of a handful of men, what chance of survival have other species? Whale Population Estimates, Current - IWC. Whale Population Estimates, 1994 - Audubon. Southern Hemisphere Baleen Whale Stock (Biomass). Whale Kills Under Permit. Early Australian Newspaper Clippings. On whales and whaling). Peter J. Bryant, University of California, Irvine. A Brief History of Whaling. New Bedford Whaling Museum.
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Kids Care about Whales - Whales on the Net
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We have received lots of wonderful letters from kids all over the world and this is very encouraging. It drives us to make this site the best it can be. One question that is often asked in correspondence is "How can I help the whales? Firstly, you can CLICK HERE. To see what others are doing! After that, become an Activist! Then less seriously, check out what's below. An Oral Tradition of. Adapted by Jane Downing. Our adventures concern the environment and the animals and plants that live on this planet.
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Published Articles on the Whale - Whales on the Net
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By William John Dakin D.Sc., F.Z.S. Whalemen Adventurers is a history of whaling in the South Seas, Australia and New Zealand from 1789 to the 1930's. With later developments summarised in the Forward. By Cindy Dionne, U.S.A. By Alberto Romeo, Italy. To promote the defense of marine mammals we are glad to offer "Whales in Danger" this story and the underwater photographs taken by us while saving a Sperm Whale in the Mediterranean Sea. The whale was trapped in a Professional Marlin Fishers net. - ...The f...
