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- Bottlenose dolphins can detect weak electric fields, which helps them to find prey buried in the sand and avoid predators. Furthermore, the ability to detect weak electric fields may enable dolphins to perceive the Earth's magnetic field through induction-based magnetoreception. https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/226/22/jeb245845/334721/Passive-electroreception-in-bottlenose-dolphins 7 comments science
- Bottlenose Dolphins Become Mammals With “Seventh Sense” https://greekreporter.com/2023/12/05/bottlenose-dolphins-mammals-seventh-sense/ 2 comments nature
- Bloody slaughter of 100 bottlenose dolphins on Faroe Islands sparks global outrage - World News - Mirror Online https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/bloody-slaughter-100-bottlenose-dolphins-27612616 105 comments worldnews
- About 100 bottlenose dolphins slaughtered in new Faroe Islands hunt https://canadanews.fr/2022/07/29/about-100-bottlenose-dolphins-slaughtered-in-new-faroe-islands-hunt/ 83 comments worldnews
- Researchers have discovered that bottlenose dolphins in the Red Sea rub against corals and sponges that have medicinal properties, possibly to ward off pathogens that cause skin diseases. https://www.science.org/content/article/these-dolphins-might-be-self-medicating 5 comments science
- Interactions between small-scale fisheries and marine mammals from the perspective of fishers in the Mexican tropical pacific coast: bottlenose dolphins are viewed negatively while spinner dolphins indicate an abundance of fish. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0308597X22000306 3 comments science
- Common bottlenose dolphins alter their volume throughout their signature whistles, perhaps as a way to communicate additional information besides just their identity. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037663572100245X?via%3Dihub 2 comments science
- Bottlenose dolphins are clever hunters. Some work alongside human fishers, coaxing fish ashore. Others use shells to catch their food. In the Florida Keys, some use “mud rings” – and now the behaviour has been documented in the Caribbean too. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2286247-dolphins-spotted-trapping-fish-in-mud-rings-in-the-caribbean/ 5 comments science
- Fear as 'strong likelihood' Fungie the bottlenose will not return to town of Dingle in Ireland https://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2020/1020/1172734-fungie-dingle-dolphin/ 8 comments europe
- Bottlenose Dolphins Spotted In Finnish Waters For The First Time In Nearly 70 Years http://www.zaysan.com/bottlenose-dolphins-spotted-in-finnish-waters-for-the-first-time-in-nearly-70-years/ 14 comments worldnews
- Bottlenose dolphins spotted in Finnish waters for the first time in nearly 70 years https://is.mediadelivery.fi/img/1920/78858e50ede34c96a59a926335d26ed6.jpg 125 comments europe
- Most dolphins are 'right-handed', say researchers — Bottlenose dolphins found to have an even stronger right-side bias than 90% of humans who are right-handed. The team said the right-side bias might help dolphins swallow food and pick up sensory information. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/27/most-dolphins-are-right-handed-say-researchers 6 comments science
- New Zealand bans swimming with bottlenose dolphins, saying dwindling numbers are caused by excessive interaction with tourists, as the animals choose socialising with people over necessary biological functions. They risk "being loved into extinction" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/new-zealand-bottlenose-dolphin-swimming-ban-endangered-species-boats-a9081571.html 370 comments worldnews
- New Zealand bans swimming with bottlenose dolphins after numbers plunge - Conservation research shows humans are ‘loving the dolphins too much’ in Bay of Islands region https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/28/new-zealand-bans-swimming-with-bottlenose-dolphins-after-numbers-plunge 32 comments worldnews
- Researchers Document First Known Case of Dolphin Mom Adopting Whale Calf: The melon-headed male whale actively competed for his adoptive mother’s attention, repeatedly shoving his bottlenose dolphin sister out of the way https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-document-first-known-instance-dolphin-mom-adopting-whale-calf-180972769/ 5 comments worldnews
- A bottlenose dolphin is believed to have adopted a baby melon-headed whale in the first known case of its kind. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/dolphin-adopts-whale-bottlenose-melon-headed-calf-french-polynesia-a9029276.html 24 comments worldnews
- Dolphin mom adopts whale calf—a first: "The orphaned calf even learned to act like a bottlenose dolphin, gaining acceptance into the community. Adoption is uncommon among wild mammals, with most occurring between related members of the same species." https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/07/bottlenose-dolphins-adoption-oceans-calves/?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=social::src=twitter::cmp=editorial::add=tw20190730animals-dolphinadoptswhalecalf::rid&sf216668544=1 149 comments worldnews
- Study finds that the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) showcases similar socialising traits to humans, socialising more with dolphins with similar interests, in this case, the tool they use to forage. https://www.sciencealert.com/dolphins-forge-friendships-over-their-shared-interests 7 comments science
- A 9-year study has uncovered some unusual behavior by common bottlenose dolphins living off the coast of Slovenia. Within one population of this species, the animals have divided into two groups that avoid contact by hunting at different times of day—a social strategy not known in marine mammals. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/12/dolphins-discovered-timesharing-sea-first-time 66 comments science
- Marine biologists have discovered that some of the Gulf’s common bottlenose dolphins are decapitating marine catfish. The behavior—which apparently allows them to avoid the catfish’s skull spines—seems to be exceptionally rare. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/07/dolphins-catfish-feeding-behavior-animals/ 19 comments science
- Russia's Military Just Bought Five Bottlenose Dolphins and It Won't Say Why http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-s-military-just-bought-five-bottlenose-dolphins-it-won-n560471 1246 comments nottheonion
- Sea animals are dying off in massive numbers along the Pacific Coastline from Baja, Mexico all the way to Alaska.A combination of man-made and natural causes are killing off bottlenose dolphins, sardines, sea birds, plankton, krill, salmon, sea lions, starfish, and brown pelicans in record numbers. http://www.inquisitr.com/2302738/massive-die-off-of-ocean-animals-turning-pacific-ocean-into-desert-go-see-them-now-before-theyre-extinct/ 553 comments worldnews
- 2 dolphin species band together to form unprecedented alliance - Atlantic bottlenose & spotted dolphins are cooperating in unique mixed-species groups that are mostly platonic, but sometimes cross-species sex is involved https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22730313-200-two-dolphin-species-band-together-to-form-unprecedented-alliance/ 3 comments worldnews
- Bottlenose Dolphins Form Highly Complex Networks of Friends http://www.sci-news.com/biology/science-bottlenose-dolphins-networks-friends-02772.html 6 comments science
- Researchers testing a real-life human-to-dolphin translator have reported the first successful use of their technology in the wild, with a bottlenose dolphin pointing out a piece of nearby seaweed to a scientist in the water. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/scientists-working-on-humantodolphin-translator-report-first-successful-interaction-9228552.html 140 comments worldnews
- Dolphins in 'bad shape' after BP oil spill - Bottlenose dolphins with missing teeth, lung disease, and abnormal hormone levels were found swimming in the Gulf of Mexico a year after the BP oil spill, US researchers say. http://phys.org/news/2014-02-dolphins-bad-bp-oil.html 128 comments science
- Happening right now! Sea Shepherd live stream of the annual Taiji massacre of Bottlenose dolphins in Japan. http://livestream.seashepherd.org/ 29 comments worldnews
- A colossal pod of 250 plus Bottlenose dolphins including babies, juveniles and one baby albino dolphin is being held captive overnight in the cove right now. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2541349/dolphins-including-rare-albino-worth-millions-await-fate-rounded-cove-japanese-fishermen-decide-live-die.html 362 comments worldnews
- Deepwater Horizon NRDA study shows possible oil impact on dolphins: Bottlenose dolphins in Louisiana's Barataria Bay have lung damage and adrenal hormone abnormalities not previously seen in other dolphin populations, according to a new peer-reviewed study http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-12/nh-dhn121913.php 3 comments science
- False killer whales can form partnerships with Bottlenose dolphins to defend from predation. ‘It is hard to say if this is mutualistic or parasitic, that is whether the two species co-operate or whether one just exploits the detection ability of the other. Sociality may also play a role’ http://www.sci-news.com/biology/science-false-killer-whales-bottlenose-dolphins-01437.html 215 comments science
- 'Whales' and dolphins may work together - "False killer whales and bottlenose dolphins in New Zealand form long-term partnerships that might help them fend off predators or find food" http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013/10/09/3863750.htm 4 comments science
- What's killing the Bottlenose Dolphins? 333 reported deaths along the US east coast since August 26th http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/08/130827-dolphin-deaths-virus-outbreak-ocean-animals-science/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_tw20130828news-dolphdeath&utm_campaign=content 41 comments science
- Spetz, the torpedo-finding bottlenose dolphin http://www.navy.mil/view_image.asp?id=5702 4 comments navy
- Adoption at Sea: Sperm Whales Take in Outcast Bottlenose Dolphin http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/01/26/adoption-at-sea-sperm-whales-take-in-outcast-bottlenose-dolphin/ 4 comments science
- Dolphin 'sponging' spans centuries - Bottlenose dolphins that use sponges to protect their noses while foraging are using a technique that began in the 19th century http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/19909635 3 comments science
- There's been a rise of Bottlenose dolphin-on-porpoise violence in the waters of San Francisco Bay. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/09/17/mndk1l3jvq.dtl&ao=all 14 comments science
- Bottlenose dolphins mud-ring feeding...A pod of bottlenose dolphins off the coast of Florida have developed a remarkable hunting strategy in order to catch fish. Another awesome thing about this technique is that only one female in the pod can create this ring. http://www.mothertrip.com/bottlenose-dolphins-mud-ring-feeding/ 29 comments science
- Scientists have observed bottlenose dolphins preparing cuttlefish for consumption. The six-step procedure gets rid of the invertebrate's unappetising ink and hard-to-swallow cuttlebone. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16494-bottlenose-dolphin-shows-off-her-butchering-skills.html?repost 3 comments science
- Wait, bottlenose dolphins do what? http://www.livescience.com/bestimg/index.php?url=gay_bottlenose_dolphin_03.jpg&cat=gayanimals 8 comments reddit.com