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Roaring to Go: Engagement With Positive Reinforcement Training as a Valid and Reliable Indicator of Positive Welfare in Zoo Big Cats

Zoo Biology, EarlyView.
A figure summarising the information conveyed by the abstract in graphical form ABSTRACT Engagement with positive reinforcement training is a non‐invasive, easily recorded, and valid indicator of welfare in captive bottlenose dolphins. However, despite the ubiquitousness of training programs in zoo‐housed mammals in accredited zoos, this metric has yet
Kalliopi Angelakopoulos, Aurelie Jolivald   +1 more
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Novel prey item identified for estuarine bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops erebennus) in the Southeastern United States

Scientific Reports
The community of Tamanend’s bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops erebennus) inhabiting the St. Johns River (SJR) in Jacksonville, Florida, is affected by a suite of challenges including dredging, vessel traffic, fishing gear entanglements, pollution, and ...
Andrea L. Swinehart, Ana K. Nader Valencia, Kristin L. Cook, Nadia J. Lentz, Quincy A. Gibson   +4 more
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Vocal universals and geographic variations in the acoustic repertoire of the common bottlenose dolphin

Scientific Reports, 2021
Acoustical geographic variation is common in widely distributed species and it is already described for several taxa, at various scales. In cetaceans, intraspecific variation in acoustic repertoires has been linked to ecological factors, geographical ...
A. R. Luís, L. J. May-Collado, N. Rako-Gospić, T. Gridley, E. Papale, A. Azevedo, M. A. Silva, G. Buscaino, D. Herzing, M. E. dos Santos   +9 more
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Future Challenges and Opportunities for the Viability of Animal Populations in Zoos and Aquariums

Zoo Biology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Maintaining sustainable animal populations is fundamental to zoo and aquarium missions in education, visitor engagement, entertainment, scientific advancement, public health and wellbeing, advocacy, and conservation impact. Yet, sustaining viable populations remains a persistent challenge.
Lisa J. Faust, John E. Andrews, Alex Ball, Rebecca Biddle, Rachel A. Bladow, Asako Y. Chaille, Marie Corlay, Veronica Cowl, Caitlin Curry, Candice Dorsey, J. Andrew DeWoody, Adam Eyres, Gina M. Ferrie, Elmar Fienieg, Ashley D. Franklin, Emily K. Latch, Andrea Putnam, Kristine Schad Eebes, Leah J. Williams   +18 more
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Evidence for distinct coastal and offshore communities of bottlenose dolphins in the north east Atlantic.

PLoS ONE, 2015
Bottlenose dolphin stock structure in the northeast Atlantic remains poorly understood. However, fine scale photo-id data have shown that populations can comprise multiple overlapping social communities.
Machiel G Oudejans, Fleur Visser, Anneli Englund, Emer Rogan, Simon N Ingram   +4 more
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Modeling Skin Mark Temporal Variations to Estimate the Sex of Delphinids with Low Sexual Dimorphism: Implications for Management and Conservation

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
This work aimed to apply the principles of skin mark analysis to a cetacean species to build a sex‐discrimination model exclusively based on photographic material. Relevant differences between sexes emerged in markings, with males presenting more social, aggression‐related, and fishing‐related marks overall, and a stronger tendency of mark accumulation
Alice Turchi, Giulia Pedrazzi, Alex Mattiussi, Maria S. Labriola, Daniele Petrone, Sofia Rinalduzzi, Giancarlo Giacomini, Daniela Silvia Pace   +7 more
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Genetic characterisation and social structure of the East Scotland population of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) [PDF]

, 2010
The Eastern Scottish population of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) is the northernmost population of this species. The resident core of this population consists of 120 to 150 different individuals.
Islas, Valentina
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Acoustic behaviour of Risso's dolphins, Grampus griseus, in the Canary Islands, Spain [PDF]

, 2013
The Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus) is a poorly studied species, particularly with respect to its acoustic behaviour. The little we know about Risso's dolphin acoustics shows that they are an interesting case study given that they combine acoustic ...
Neves, Silvana
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Sensory Biology of the Franciscana (Pontoporia blainvillei, Pontoporiidae, Cetartiodactyla): Ontogenetic Modifications of Vibrissae and Vibrissal Crypts

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
The transition of cetaceans from a terrestrial to an aquatic environment involved a crucial sensory adaptation to environments with limited visibility. Vibrissae, important mechanoreceptors, undergo an ontogenetic transformation in odontocetes. This research describes the histomorphology of vibrissae and crypts at different developmental stages ...
Cecilia Mariana Krmpotic, Cleopatra Mara Loza, Alejo Carlos Scarano, Pedro Fernando Andrés‐Laube, Francisco Acuña, Juan Pablo Loureiro, Carolina Natalia Zanuzzi, Nicolás Nahuel Castro, María Teresa Pombo, Lorenzo von Fersen, Claudio Gustavo Barbeito   +10 more
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Interspecies Retinal Diversity and Optic Nerve Anatomy in Odontocetes

Animals, 2023
Throughout evolution, odontocete vision has had to readapt to the aquatic environment, which has had far-reaching effects on ocular anatomy and neurology.
Michiel W. E. De Boeck, Bruno Cozzi, Jean-Marie Graïc   +2 more
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