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Some people are betting at mixing than others, and research shows that dolphins are just the same. Research into bottlenose dolphin behaviour in Cardigan Bay has confirmed that they too have individuals who are social brokers par excellence!

May 2008 The Bolivian river dolphin, known locally as the as bufeo, has been acknowledged by the scientific community as a new endemic species for Bolivia. and is now considered an important indicator regarding the quality of the freshwater ecosystemsin i

May 2008 The Bolivian river dolphin, known locally as the as bufeo, has been acknowledged by the scientific community as a new endemic species for Bolivia. and is now considered an important indicator regarding the quality of the freshwater ecosystemsin i

Under ISCOPE II the IWDG initiated a programme of offshore surveys using platforms of opportunity (vessels used as a survey platform but not chartered for this purpose). Ship surveys under ISCOPE II commenced in September 2006 and will continue until April 2009. Data from these surveys will be entered into the IWDG cetacean sightings database

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Australia may abandon plans to take Japan to the international court over whaling after New Zealand gave up plans to use legal action to stop the annual cull, the Australian newspaper reported.

In a brutal incident, a rare Gangetic Dolphin was beaten to death by villagers in the outskirts of Lucknow. The dolphin had strayed into the shallow waters of a canal and become an easy prey for the ignorant villagers.