MORE ON THIS: False killer whales, while a globally distributed species, have a special tie to Maui and the four-island region. Recent research has found that a very small group of this odontocete, or toothed whale species, calls Hawaiian waters home,...
Read More FACT OF THE WEEK: Humpback whales have hair! MORE ON THIS: You probably know that whales and dolphins are marine mammals. Marine mammals, like terrestrial or land mammals, must have a certain set of characteristics to be called mammals - these...
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FACT OF THE WEEK: Bottlenose dolphins may address each other by name!MORE ON THIS: Recent research has suggested that bottlenose dolphins have individually unique signature whistles that are equivalent to human names. During the first few months of life, a...
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Marine mammals have a reflective layer behind the retina of their eye called tapetum lucidum, which is Latin for "bright tapestry". It is this same reflective layer that causes the eyes of cats to glow at night. This layer enhances...
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FACT OF THE WEEK: The underside of a whale’s tail, called the flukes, is not the only characteristic that can be used to photo-identify baleen whales.MORE ON THIS: You may already know that humpback whales have individually unique tail flukes,...
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