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Dolphin mom adopts whale calf—a first
National Grographic ^
| July 30, 2019
| Erica Tennehouse
Posted on 08/01/2019 7:11:16 AM PDT by C19fan
Bottlenose dolphins are doting mothers, nursing, protecting, and playing with their youngsters for up to six years.
Now, new research has revealed the first known case of a wild bottlenose mom adopting a calf of another species.
In 2014, researchers spotted a bottlenose mother caring for an unusual-looking male calf, along with what was presumed to be her biological calf, in coastal waters off French Polynesia.
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalgeographic.com ...
TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: dolphins; melonheadedwhale; whales
Cute....Thankfully the adopted whale only grows to around 10 feet so mommy Dolphin is not in for a shock when junior grows up.
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posted on
08/01/2019 7:11:16 AM PDT
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C19fan
To: C19fan
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posted on
08/01/2019 7:16:16 AM PDT
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Jeff Chandler
(This Space For Rant)
To: Jeff Chandler
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posted on
08/01/2019 7:18:15 AM PDT
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Jeff Chandler
(This Space For Rant)
To: C19fan
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posted on
08/01/2019 7:19:16 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: C19fan
It would be fun to be a dolphin for a week. Especially in French Polynesia.
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posted on
08/01/2019 7:33:11 AM PDT
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Track9
To: C19fan
researchers spotted a bottlenose mother caring for an unusual-looking male calf...
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I think she got knocked up by the whale.
I wonder if he gets visitation.
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posted on
08/01/2019 7:40:42 AM PDT
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z3n
To: C19fan
Makes you wonder how it Will fare as an adult if the dolphins reject it when it matures (or if it leaves in search of a bride) if it hasn’t been raised among its own and hasn’t learned melon-head social behavior.
To: C19fan
Did the Japanese Kill it for “research” purposes yet?
To: Paal Gulli
Melon-headed whales live in pods so the adopted one would have been in trouble if the dolphin pod rejected it.
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posted on
08/01/2019 7:47:37 AM PDT
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C19fan
To: Track9
Yeah, doing aquatic research in French Polynesia....that’s tragic isn’t it?
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posted on
08/01/2019 7:50:13 AM PDT
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V_TWIN
To: V_TWIN
You got to keep up with the globull warming hysteria else you wont get your grant money for another year in the sun.
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08/01/2019 7:55:39 AM PDT
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Track9
To: C19fan
Saw a video on You Tube of a deformed dolphin that was adopted by a pod of Sperm whales. Mammals thankfully are possessed of social and nurturing instincts that have help we mammals to adapt and survive.
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posted on
08/01/2019 8:04:14 AM PDT
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jmacusa
("If wisdom is not the Lord, what is wisdom?''.)
To: C19fan
I’ve stopped clicking on NatGeo due to their constant AGW/climate change nonsense.
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posted on
08/01/2019 8:22:08 AM PDT
by
JimRed
( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
To: C19fan
I was going to ask where she was going to get enough milk
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posted on
08/01/2019 8:57:49 AM PDT
by
piasa
(Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
To: C19fan
LOL Ain't that the truth. Everyone in my family has poker-straight hair, except for me. My father used to say I wasn't his, I belonged to the milkman. 😆
To: C19fan
How do they know its a first? It could have happened many times out in the open ocean.
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08/01/2019 10:20:20 AM PDT
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raybbr
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