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Spinner dolphin
See all species Spinner dolphins are instantly recognisable due to their incredible multi-rotational aerial spinning behaviour. Spinner dolphins create huge splashes when they land back in the water. Spinner dolphins are champion spinners and well-known as skilled acrobats of the dolphin-world (other dolphins may occasionally spin but only with a couple of revolutions). They’ve been…
Read MoreFishermen arrested after spinner dolphins die in nets off Sri Lanka
I’m particularly saddened and concerned at the recent news that a dozen dolphins have died after being trapped in a beach seine net in the inner harbour at Trincomalee, northeast Sri Lanka. The dolphins were identified as spinner dolphins by WDC colleague, conservation biologist, Ranil Nanayakkara. Spinners, possibly the most acrobatic of all dolphin species,…
Read More1000 dolphins may have been killed in Solomon Islands slaughter
Whilst most media attention is focused on the hunts in Taiji, Japan, the huge numbers of dolphins killed in the Solomon Islands continues with report now emerging that suggest that over 1000 may have been slaughtered in the past year by villagers on the island of Malaita. This horrific news comes shortly after 350 dolphins…
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