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False Killer WhaleArchive of news articles on external web sites. For mongabay-specific articles, please see http://www.mongabay.com/xml-list.htmlDigitalJournal.comThe False Killer Whale (Pseudorca Crassidens) is in fact not a whale, but a large dolphin subspecies that can reach six metres and weigh up to 700 kilograms Australia. New boats for Western Australian marine parks - Jul 23, 2009 BYM News (press release)The third vessel, named 'Pseudorca III' after the false killer whale, will be used for a range of wildlife management operations State-wide including West Australian Wildlife Officials Try to Save Stranded Whales - Mar 23, 2009 BloombergThe false killer whale is so called because from a distance it appears like its close relative, the killer whale, according to the SeaWorld Web site. Conservation Groups Sue to Protect False Killer Whales in Hawai'i: - Mar 17, 2009 Center for Biological Diversity (press release)A December 2008 Government Accountability Office study found that “the false killer whale is the only marine mammal for which incidental take by commercial Intelligent mammals - Mar 7, 2009 Sunday Observer...known as blackfish are the Melon headed whale, Pygmy killer whale, Long finned pilot whale, Short finned pilot whale and the False killer whale. Lost whale seeks way out - Mar 18, 2009 The Standard...personnel and other experts arrived. On August 19, 2002, a juvenile False Killer Whale was found stranded at Sai Wan in Sai Kung but died the following day. Whales and dolphins remain unprotected from fishers - Feb 11, 2009 Honolulu Weekly,Nothing has been done for the false killer whale due to a lack of funding, NMFS told the GAO. “According to the most recently available information, Our bountiful, endangered coast - Feb 10, 2009 Olive Press,The Atlantic Ocean off the coast of CadÃz also has large populations of False killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens). “This demonstrates the rich biodiversity Feds flounder on Flipper - Jan 30, 2009 Grist Magazine,Even the federal government, in the form of the National Marine Fisheries Service, acknowledges that the false killer whale is seriously threatened by КаÑ?атки – как выдержанное вино - Feb 4, 2009 Ура-Информ,на ГавайÑ?Ñ… в 1985 году от Ñ?оюза дельфина-бутылконоÑ?а (bottlenose dolphin) и чёрной каÑ?атки (false killer whale) и названной «вольфином» («wolphin»). What lies beneath - Nov 9, 2008 Sydney Morning Herald,And then there was the time he was used as a human shield by a big fish trying to escape from a false killer whale. "Basically, I had to push the fish back The Waters of the Gulf of Mannar - Sep 1, 2008 The Island (subscription),Bottle-nosed Dolphin , False Killer Whale, Whale Shark, and birds - Spot billed pelican, Oriental darter, Lesser flamingo, White ibis and Painted stork. Making a splash - Aug 6, 2008 Northern Rivers Echo,Other seasonal species that we may see are the Bryde’s whale, Antarctic minke, false killer whale and a fairly regular appearance by a returning couple of The Alliance Offers Tips to Choose Dolphin Interactive Programs - Jul 21, 2008 Zoo and Aquarium Visitor News,Getting in touch with a dolphin, beluga whale, false killer whale or sea lion in special interactive programs at marine parks is an exciting alternative for On DVD: Wholphin No. 6, "Perils of the New Land" - Jul 29, 2008 IFCBy Michael Atkinson Chances are you've never seen a wholphin (a rare hybrid of dolphin and false killer whale), or a Wholphin, the short film DVD magazine Channel challenge completed - Jul 22, 2008 Honolulu Advertiser,The first group saw a false killer whale along the way that was around 20 feet long; the second group saw a 10- to 12-foot tiger shark. Dolphin-false killer whale hybrids fertile - Mar 27, 2008 United Press InternationalKekaimalu was born in 1985 to a bottlenose dolphin that was impregnated by a false killer whale that was housed in the same tank at the park. Dolphin and whale mate to create a 'wolphin' - Mar 26, 2008 Telegraph.co.uk,Kekaimalu the 'wolphin' - pictured here - was the result of the union of a bottlenose dolphin and a false killer whale, which is actually a member of the Whale bones turn up at Matagorda Island - Feb 20, 2008 Houston Chronicle,False killer whale — Two strandings of this rare, 5-6-foot whale have been documented in Texas, both on the upper coast. • Pygmy killer whale — Considered Hawaii's false killer whales genetically distinct, say scientists - Aug 6, 2007 Honolulu Advertiser,Another of Baird's ongoing projects is a false killer whale identification database based on photographs of the scars and notches in the marine mammal's Wholphin? Wolphin? Dolphins with four fins... phins? Nov 8, 2006 ...whose name means "from the peaceful ocean," was born 19 years ago after a surprise coupling between a 14-foot, 2,000-pound male false killer whale and a 6- foot ... - Blather (satire), DVD Review: Wholphin No. 1 (DVD Magazine) Mar 12, 2006 According to the accompanying booklet, a wholphin is "a cross between a false killer whale and a bottlenose dolphin." And yes, they are real, and no, it doesn ... Blogcritics.org, Whole lotta Wholphin Mar 7, 2006 Something like the mysterious, sexy offspring of a 4,000-pound false killer whale and a 400-pound bottlenose dolphin — a Wholphin, if you will, which turns ... San Francisco Bay Guardian, [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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