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Whale carcass scavenging by sharks
Global Ecology and Conservation, 2019 Sharks are well known to scavenge whale carcasses, but observations are rare. Here we (1) describe new observations of whale carcass scavenging behaviour by white (Carcharodon carcharias) and tiger (Galeocerdo cuvier) sharks, and (2) review the ...
James P. Tucker +4 more
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"The White Whale" of Andreas Empeirikos as a poetic response to Herman Melville's Moby Dick
Neograeca Bohemica, 2023 The article discusses Andreas Empeirikos' poem titled "The White Whale" and examines it as a poetic response to Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick. In this poem, Empeirikos portrays an "epiphany of the past recaptured", which is experienced by Ishmael ...
Athina Psaropoulou
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 Killer whale (Orcinus orca) populations specialize in both prey and prey acquisition tactics around the world and may be a primary evolutionary driver of the habits of small cetaceans.
Erin Ashe +3 more
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Comparative analysis on distribution of common cetacean and fish species in the Barents Sea
Известия ТИНРО, 2021 Comparative analysis of cetacean and fish species distribution in the Barents Sea is conducted on the data of joint Russian-Norwegian ecosystem surveys in August-October of 2005–2014.
R. N. Klepikovskiy +2 more
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Visual narratives and the depiction of whaling in north European rock art: the case of the White Sea
Les Nouvelles de l’Archéologie, 2022 The rock art petroglyps of the White Sea represent possibly the earliest depictions of whaling in the world and allow us to understand the 6,000-years-old relationship between whales and human communities.
Dr Liliana Janik
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True’s beaked whale (Mesoplodon mirus) in Macaronesia [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 The True’s beaked whale (Mesoplodon mirus, True 1913) is a poorly known member of the Ziphiidae family. Its distribution in the northern hemisphere is thought to be restricted to the temperate or warm temperate waters of the North Atlantic, while a few ...
Natacha Aguilar de Soto +22 more
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Description of respiratory rhythm for white whales (Delphinapterus leucas) in captivity
Известия ТИНРО, 2016 Parameters of external respiration are considered for white whales Delphinapterus leucas living in captivity on the observations in 2009-2012. Low respiration rate (on average 2.2 ± 0.3 breath per minute) and short apnea phase (no more than 1.7 minutes ...
Pavel S. Gushcherov
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A white humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the Atlantic Ocean, Svalbard, Norway, August 2012 [PDF]
Polar Research, 2013 A white humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) was observed on several occasions off Svalbard, Norway, during August 2012. The animal was completely white, except for a few small dark patches on the ventral side of its fluke.
Christian Lydersen +5 more
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