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Dictionary - Cetacean: Oceanography Dictionary - Cetacean
  Definition and meaning of cetacean:   cetacean - a marine mammal of the Order Cetacea. The Cetacea includes whales, dol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cetacean Intelligence: Encyclopedia Ii - Cetacean Intelligence - Communication
Dolphins emit two very distinct kinds of acoustic signals, which we call whistles and clicks. Clicks - quick broadband burst pulses - ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cetacean Intelligence: Encyclopedia - Cetacean Intelligence
Cetacean intelligence denotes the cognitive capabilities of the cetacean order of mammals and especially the various species of dolphin. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cetacean Intelligence: Encyclopedia Ii - Cetacean Intelligence - Brain Characteristics
While there is no physiological characteristic that unequivocally indicates intelligence in animals, scientists naturally focus on brain ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cetacean Intelligence: Encyclopedia Ii - Cetacean Intelligence - Self-awareness
The ability to possess self-awareness shows highly-developed, abstract thinking. Self-awareness is the precursor to more advanced process...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cetacean Intelligence: Encyclopedia Ii - Cetacean Intelligence - Differences From Other Mammalian Brains
Although dolphins are themselves mammals, their brains are constructed and act differently than those of most mammals. Unlike most mammal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cetacean Intelligence: Encyclopedia Ii - Cetacean Intelligence - Comparative Cognition
The area of the comparative cognition (see animal cognition) of the dolphin is one of the primary avenue of the investigation of cetacean...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cetacean Intelligence: Encyclopedia Ii - Cetacean Intelligence - Behavior
See also animal behavior for a broader view. Researching the behavior of dolphins in the wild is a difficult task. However, several resea...   » Read the article

Article - Spiritual Awakening: Self Inquiry And The Multidimensional Self
Kiara Windrider gives a background to how humanity and its consciousness was created and how it devleoped to what is now.   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mammal: Encyclopedia - Mammal
The mammals are the class of vertebrate animals characterized by the presence of mammary glands, which in females produce milk for the no...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bottlenose Dolphin: Encyclopedia Ii - Bottlenose Dolphin - Bottlenose Dolphins And Humans
Some people kill Bottlenose Dolphins for food or because they compete for fish. Bottlenose Dolphins (and several other dolphin species) o...   » Read the article

Article - Oceanography Sitemap I - C
This is a sitemap for Oceanography - C . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese River Dolphin: Encyclopedia - Chinese River Dolphin
The Chinese River Dolphin (Lipotes vexillifer) is a freshwater dolphin found only in the Yangtze River in China. It is the only member of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hippocampus: Encyclopedia Ii - Hippocampus - Anatomy
Although there is a lack of consensus relating to terms describing the hippocampus and the adjacent cortex, the term hippocampal formatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 7th Heaven: Encyclopedia - 7th Heaven
7th Heaven is a U.S. television series about a Protestant minister's family living in the fictional town of Glenoak in California. It was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Unicorn: Encyclopedia - Unicorn
The unicorn is a legendary creature embodied like a horse, but slender and with a single — usually spiral — horn growing out of its f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese White Dolphin: Encyclopedia - Chinese White Dolphin
The Chinese White Dolphin (Chinese: 中華白海豚; Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōnghuá bái hǎitún) (Sousa chinensis chinensis) is a subspecies ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dall's Porpoise: Encyclopedia - Dall's Porpoise
Dall's Porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) is a species of porpoise that came to worldwide attention in the 1970s when it was disclosed for the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beluga Whale: Encyclopedia - Beluga Whale
The Beluga Whale or White Whale (Delphinapterus leucas) is an Arctic and sub-arctic species of cetacean. This marine mammal is commonly r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Basilosaurus: Encyclopedia - Basilosaurus
Basilosaurus was a genus of cetacean that lived from 40 to 37 million years ago in the Eocene. Its fossilized remains were first discover...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biodiversity Of New Zealand: Encyclopedia Ii - Biodiversity Of New Zealand - Elements Of New Zealand's Biodiversity
Biodiversity of New Zealand - Floral biodiversity. The history, climate and geology of New Zealand has created a great deal of diversit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hourglass Dolphin: Encyclopedia Ii - Hourglass Dolphin - Physical Description
The Hourglass Dolphin is coloured black and white and for this reason was colloquially known by whalers as the "sea skunk". On each flank...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dall's Porpoise: Encyclopedia Ii - Dall's Porpoise - Behaviour
Dall's Porpoises are hugely active creatures. They will often zig-zag around at great speed on or just below the surface of the water cre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese White Dolphin: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese White Dolphin - Threats
The sea of Hong Kong is becoming a very dangerous habitat for the Chinese White Dolphins. This is due to the increasing numbers of poachi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humpback Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Humpback Whale - Interactions With Humans
Humpback Whales have been known to sailors throughout recorded history. The sight of these gigantic creatures jumping out of the water is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Evangelion Mecha: Encyclopedia Ii - Evangelion Mecha - Production Type Evangelion Units
All production type Eva Units have two eyes, except Unit 02, and have distinct color schemes, but are otherwise identical to one another....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - False Killer Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - False Killer Whale - Physical Description
This dolphin has a slender body with a dorsal fin that may be more than a foot high. One of the species' distinguishing characteristics i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fraser's Dolphin: Encyclopedia Ii - Fraser's Dolphin - Physical Description
Fraser Dolphins' are about 1m long and 20kg weight at birth, growing to 2.75m and 200kg at adulthood. They have a stocky build, a small f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beluga Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Beluga Whale - Population And Human Interaction
The global population of Beluga today stands at about 100,000. Although this number is much greater than that of other cetaceans, it is m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pygmy Killer Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Pygmy Killer Whale - Physical Description
The Pygmy Killer is of average size amongst dolphins (a little larger and heavier than a grown man) and may easily be confused at sea wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Harbour Porpoise: Encyclopedia Ii - Harbour Porpoise - Physical Description
The Harbour Porpoise is a little smaller than the other porpoises. It is about 75 cm long at birth. Males grow up to 1.6 m and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ganges And Indus River Dolphin: Encyclopedia Ii - Ganges And Indus River Dolphin - Physical Description
The Ganges and Indus River Dolphins are essentially identical in appearance. They have the long, pointed snout characteristic of all rive...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 7th Heaven: Encyclopedia Ii - 7th Heaven - Premise
7th Heaven - Denomination. The central characters are Reverend [sic] Eric Camden, his wife Annie, and their seven children. "Reverend C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Narwhal: Encyclopedia Ii - Narwhal - Physical Description
The most conspicuous characteristic of male Narwhals is their extraordinarily long tusk, which is a tooth that projects from the left sid...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Melon-headed Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Melon-headed Whale - Physical Description
The Melon-headed Whale has a body shape rather like a torpedo - its head shaped like a rounded cone giving the animal its common name. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Unicorn: Encyclopedia Ii - Unicorn - Medieval Unicorns
Medieval knowledge of the fabulous beast stems from biblical and ancient sources, and the creature was variously represented as a kind of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pantropical Spotted Dolphin: Encyclopedia Ii - Pantropical Spotted Dolphin - Physical Description
The Pantropical Striped Dolphin varies significantly in size and colaration throughout its range. The most significant division is betwee...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mammal: Encyclopedia Ii - Mammal - Classification
Main article: Mammal classification George Gaylord Simpson's classic "Principles of Classification and a Classification of Mammals" (AMNH...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Narwhal: Encyclopedia Ii - Narwhal - Physical Description
The most conspicuous characteristic of male narwhals is their single extraordinarily long tusk, which is a tooth that projects from the l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pilot Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Pilot Whale - Physical Description
Pilot Whales are jet black or a very dark grey colour. The dorsal fin is set forward on the back and sweeps back. The body is elongated b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humpback Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Humpback Whale - Interactions With Humans
Humpback Whales have been known to sailors throughout recorded history. The sight of these gigantic creatures jumping out of the water is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pacific White-sided Dolphin: Encyclopedia Ii - Pacific White-sided Dolphin - Taxonomy
The Pacific White-sided Dolphin was named by Theodore Gill in 1865 who examined three skulls found washed up in California. It is the onl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Works Influenced By Alice In Wonderland: Encyclopedia Ii - Works Influenced By Alice In Wonderland - Popular Music
The Thompson Twins cut an instrumental called The Lewis Carol The power metal band Blind Guardian released a 2004 DVD titled Imagination...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peale's Dolphin: Encyclopedia Ii - Peale's Dolphin - Physical Description
Peale's Dolphin is of typical size in its family - about 1m in length at birth and 2.1m when fully mature. Its adult weight is about 115k...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Basilosaurus: Encyclopedia Ii - Basilosaurus - Biology
The most notable physical feature of Basilosaurus is the great deal of elongation it posessed. It accomplished this through an unparalled...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ken Grimwood: Encyclopedia Ii - Ken Grimwood - Breakthrough
Grimwood's impressive debut novel, Breakthrough (Ballantine, 1976), was heavily influenced by EC Comics, concluding its blend of science ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - International Whaling Commission: Encyclopedia Ii - International Whaling Commission - The Moratorium And The Revised Management Scheme
In 1982 the IWC voted with the necessary ¾ majority to implement a pause (known as the moratorium) on commercial whaling by adding the f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pantropical Spotted Dolphin: Encyclopedia Ii - Pantropical Spotted Dolphin - Taxonomy
The species was first identified by John Gray in 1846. Gray's initial analysis included the Atlantic Spotted Dolphin in this species. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pantropical Spotted Dolphin: Encyclopedia Ii - Pantropical Spotted Dolphin - Population And Distribution
The Pantropical Spotted Dolphin, as its very name proclaims, is found across all tropical and sub-tropical waters around the world - roug...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pilot Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Pilot Whale - Population And Distribution
Pilot Whales are amongst the most common and widely-distributed of the marine mammals in the cetacean order. The Long-finned species pref...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peale's Dolphin: Encyclopedia Ii - Peale's Dolphin - Population And Distribution
Peale's Dolphin is endemic to the coastal waters around southern South America. On the Pacific side they have been seen as far north as V...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humpback Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Humpback Whale - Physical Description
Humpback Whales can easily be identified by their stocky bodies with obvious humps and black upper parts. The head and lower jaw are cove...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humpback Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Humpback Whale - Humphrey
Probably the most famous humpback whale is "Humphrey," who was rescued twice by The Marine Mammal Center and other concerned groups. The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humpback Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Humpback Whale - Research
Although much was known about the size, shape, and composition of Humpback Whales due to whaling, the migratory patterns and social inter...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humpback Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Humpback Whale - In Fiction
In Moby-Dick, a novel where the chief whale protagonist is a Sperm Whale, Herman Melville describes the Humpback Whale as "the most games...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humpback Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Humpback Whale - Media
... See also:Humpback Whale, Humpback Whale - Physical description, Humpback Whale - Social structure and courtship, Humpback Whale -...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Narwhal: Encyclopedia Ii - Narwhal - Population And Distribution
The narwhal is found predominantly in the Atlantic and Russian areas of the Arctic. Individuals are commonly recorded in the northern par...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Narwhal: Encyclopedia Ii - Narwhal - Behavior And Diet
These are quick, active mammals which feed mainly on species of cod that reside under ice-enclosed seas. In some areas their diet seems t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humpback Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Humpback Whale - Taxonomy And Evolution
The Humpback is the sole member of the genus Megaptera, and is usually classified in its own subfamily Megapterinae within the family Bal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humpback Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Humpback Whale - Population And Distribution
The Humpback Whale is found in all the major oceans, in a wide band running from about 60° S to 65° N latitude. It is a migratory speci...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biodiversity Of New Zealand: Encyclopedia Ii - Biodiversity Of New Zealand - New Zealand's Biodiversity And Humans
The arrival of humans in New Zealand has presented a challenge for the native species that has caused the extinction of many species. Thi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biodiversity Of New Zealand: Encyclopedia Ii - Biodiversity Of New Zealand - Endemism
New Zealand has a high number of endemic species: 80% of all vascular plants 70% of all native terrestrial and freshwater birds All bats...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pacific White-sided Dolphin: Encyclopedia Ii - Pacific White-sided Dolphin - Population And Distribution
The range of the Pacific White-sided Dolphin runs right in a great arc across the cool to temperate waters of the north Pacific. Sighthin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humpback Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Humpback Whale - Social Structure And Courtship
The Humpback social structure is loose-knit. Usually, individuals live alone or in transient small groups that come together and break up...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humpback Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Humpback Whale - Feeding
The species feeds only in summer and lives off fat reserves during winter. It is an energetic feeder, taking krill and small schooling fi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biodiversity Of New Zealand: Encyclopedia Ii - Biodiversity Of New Zealand - Evolution Of New Zealand's Biodiversity
The break up of the supercontinent of Gondwana left the resulting continents and microcontinents with shared biological affinities. New Z...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hourglass Dolphin: Encyclopedia Ii - Hourglass Dolphin - Behaviour
Hourglass Dolphins tend to move in groups of about 5-10 in number. One International Whaling Commission study recorded a group of 60. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beluga Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Beluga Whale - Taxonomy And Evolution
The Beluga was first described by Peter Simon Pallas in 1776. It is a member of the Monodontidae taxonomic family alongside the Narwhal. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Basilosaurus: Encyclopedia Ii - Basilosaurus - Fossil Finds
During the early 1800's in Louisiana and Alabama, Basilosaurus cetoides fossils were so common (and large) that they were commonly used a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 7th Heaven: Encyclopedia Ii - 7th Heaven - Jessica Biel's Departure
Jessica Biel played eldest daughter Mary from the show's beginning. However, gradually dissatisfied with her "goody goody" image, Biel ev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beluga Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Beluga Whale - Physical Description
This gregarious whale can be up to 5m (16 ft) long, larger than all but the largest dolphins but smaller than most other toothed whales. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beluga Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Beluga Whale - Behaviour
Beluga are highly sociable creatures. They move in close-knit pods which commonly contain animals of the same gender and age. Groups of m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese White Dolphin: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese White Dolphin - Behaviour
Chinese White Dolphins swim to the water surface to breathe every twenty to thirty seconds and after that they will dive into deep water ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese White Dolphin: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese White Dolphin - Variation
The two subspecies differ in color and size of their dorsal fin. The subspecies found in Southeast Asia has pinkish white skin and a larg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 7th Heaven: Encyclopedia Ii - 7th Heaven - Themes
Each episode deals with a moral lesson or controversial theme that the family deals with either directly or indirectly. Some range from t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Unicorn: Encyclopedia Ii - Unicorn - Fiction
Modern fantasy fiction tends to perpetuate the medieval notion of a unicorn as a beast with magical qualities or powers. Unicorns notably...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mammal: Encyclopedia Ii - Mammal - Origins
Mammals belong among the amniotes, and in particular to a group called the synapsids, distinguished by the shape of their skulls, in part...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mammal: Encyclopedia Ii - Mammal - Characteristics
While most mammals give birth to live young, there are a few mammals (the monotremes) that lay eggs. Live birth also occurs in a variety ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Unicorn: Encyclopedia Ii - Unicorn - Unicorns In Prehistory
A prehistoric cave painting in Lascaux, France depicts an animal with two straight horns emerging from its forehead. The simple perspecti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Unicorn: Encyclopedia Ii - Unicorn - Unicorns In Antiquity
According to an interpretation of seals carved with an animal which resembles a bull (and which may in fact be a way of depicting bulls i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Unicorn: Encyclopedia Ii - Unicorn - Sources Of The Myth
Unicorn - Alleged skeletal evidence. A unicorn skeleton was supposedly found at Einhornhöhle ("Unicorn Cave") in Germany's Harz Mounta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Unicorn: Encyclopedia Ii - Unicorn - Heraldry
In heraldry, a unicorn is depicted as a horse with a goat's cloven hooves and beard, a lion's tail, and a slender, spiral horn on its for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pacific White-sided Dolphin: Encyclopedia Ii - Pacific White-sided Dolphin - Physical Description
The Pacific White-sided Dolphin has three tones of colour. The chin, throat and belly are creamy white. The beak, flippers back and dorsa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Evangelion Mecha: Encyclopedia Ii - Evangelion Mecha - Prototype Evangelion Units
Evangelion mecha - Evangelions pre-Unit 00. Several prototype Eva models were made, all of which were deemed failures. These can be see...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humpback Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Humpback Whale - In Fiction
In Moby-Dick, a novel where the chief whale protagonist is a Sperm Whale, Herman Melville describes the Humpback Whale as "the most games...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humpback Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Humpback Whale - Research
Although much was known about the size, shape, and composition of Humpback Whales due to whaling, the migratory patterns and social inter...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humpback Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Humpback Whale - Media
... See also:Humpback Whale, Humpback Whale - Physical description, Humpback Whale - Social structure and courtship, Humpback Whale -...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ken Grimwood: Encyclopedia Ii - Ken Grimwood - Replay
The 1988 World Fantasy Award went to Grimwood for his novel Replay (Arbor House, 1987), the compelling account of 43-year-old radio journ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Narwhal: Encyclopedia Ii - Narwhal - Population And Distribution
The Narwhal is found predominantly in the Atlantic and Russian areas of the Arctic. Individuals are commonly recorded in the northern par...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Narwhal: Encyclopedia Ii - Narwhal - Behavior And Diet
These are quick, active mammals which feed mainly on species of cod that reside under ice-enclosed seas. In some areas their diet seems t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humpback Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Humpback Whale - Taxonomy And Evolution
The Humpback is the sole member of the genus Megaptera, and is usually classified in its own subfamily Megapterinae within the family Bal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humpback Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Humpback Whale - Population And Distribution
The Humpback Whale is found in all the major oceans, in a wide band running from about 60° S to 65° N latitude. It is a migratory speci...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fraser's Dolphin: Encyclopedia Ii - Fraser's Dolphin - Taxonomy
The earliest known interaction between mankind and a Fraser's Dolphin came on a beach in Sarawak, Borneo in 1895. Mr. E. Hose found a sku...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - False Killer Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - False Killer Whale - Population And Distribution
Although not often seen at sea, the False Killer Whale appears to have a widespread, if rare, distribution in temperate and tropical ocea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ganges And Indus River Dolphin: Encyclopedia Ii - Ganges And Indus River Dolphin - Population And Distribution
The Ganges subspecies can be found in the Ganges River as well as the Brahmaputra, Meghna, Karnaphuli and Sangu river systems of India, B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humpback Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Humpback Whale - Physical Description
Humpback Whales can easily be identified by their stocky bodies with obvious humps and black upper parts. The head and lower jaw are cove...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humpback Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Humpback Whale - Feeding
The species feeds only in summer and lives off fat reserves during winter. It is an energetic feeder, taking krill and small schooling fi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humpback Whale: Encyclopedia Ii - Humpback Whale - Social Structure And Courtship
The Humpback social structure is loose-knit. Usually, individuals live alone or in transient small groups that come together and break up...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Evangelion Mecha: Encyclopedia Ii - Evangelion Mecha - Test Type Evangelion Units
There is only one Test Type Eva Unit. The Test Type unit is most similar to the Prototype units. Evangelion mecha - Evangelion Unit 01. ...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap Viii - C
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages VIII - C . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word....   » Read the article