DCP is offering two special holiday gift offers at no extra cost to you!
Special #1: buy a print version adoption kit between today (Black Friday) and Friday, Dec. 4th, to receive 4 extra randomly selected dolphin trading cards!
Special #2: Buy an adoption e-kit between today (Black Friday) and the end of the year (Dec.
Happy Thanksgiving from DCP! This year, we are once again thankful for all of our supporters and today we add ChameleonJohn.com, a US-based online coupon company, to that list. We are grateful to be a part of ChameleonJohn’s current campaign to help non-profits. Thank you, ChameleonJohn.com!
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*The following blog post is an excerpt from the book Twenty-Two Fantastical Facts about Dolphins*
Psychologists have learned that holding an otherwise innocent object in your hand – like an umbrella – makes onlookers perceive you as more dangerous than if you were empty-handed. This same, subconscious fear of weapon-like objects is lodged in the minds of many of our primate cousins. Our closest relatives – chimpanzees – appeal to this weapon-fear bias by waving tree branches and logs in the air when trying to make themselves look larger and more intimidating. And by golly it works.
*The following blog post is an excerpt from the book Twenty-Two Fantastical Facts about Dolphins*
Almost all animals that live in the ocean are able to breathe water – extracting the life-giving oxygen that’s swishing around in seawater with their gills. Crustaceans, fish, clams, amphibians – they all have gills, and don’t need (and generally prefer to avoid) air. But marine mammals – which include dolphins, whales, seals, manatees, sea lions, otters and a handful of others – still need access to air in order to get their oxygen.
*The following blog post is an excerpt from the book Twenty-Two Fantastical Facts about Dolphins*
Being an air-breathing animal living in the ocean brings with it a number of challenges. Chief among them is trying not to drown. The paradox/problem of living in an aquatic environment but needing to be at the surface to breathe is something that manatees, sea turtles, whales, and dolphins have to cope with on a daily basis. But for dolphins, drowning in the traditional sense (which involves inhaling water into your lungs) is not really the problem.
*The following blog post is an excerpt from the book Twenty-Two Fantastical Facts about Dolphins*
Spinner dolphins are pretty bizarre as far as dolphins go. Their habit of leaping out of the water and spinning around at high velocity is just odd – not something other species of dolphins usually do. It’s made even more bizarre by the fact that nobody knows why they do it. It might be to shake off pesky suckerfish that are latched onto their sensitive skin. Or maybe it’s a form of communication, or a mating display.
*The following blog post is an excerpt from the book Twenty-Two Fantastical Facts about Dolphins*
Whales and dolphins evolved from furry mammals with hoof-like feet that roamed the Earth 50 million years ago. Called Pakicetus, these animals looked like a cross between a dog, a cat, and a tiny, angry hippopotamus.
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Curious about our recent research trip to the Roatan Institute for Marine Sciences (RIMS)?
Our 2015 field session at Anthony's Key Resort's Roatan Institute for Marine Science (RIMS) was a success! We were able to collect six hours of video with the MVA2 camera as well as another ~9 hours of video with 1-2 GoPro cameras. That is, for all sessions, one GoPro was mounted above the MVA 2 facing forward to provide a wider view and greater area for confirming dolphin IDs from body parts that might be slightly out of view on the MVA camera but in range on the GoPro.