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Talking beluga whale named Noc is revealed Beluga whale kept at US research foundation learned how to make human sounds that fooled divers, according to study guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 23 October 2012 09.00 BST Listen to Noc the Beluga whale warbling in a human voice, several octaves lower than typical whale calls Link to this videoA...
ROBOTS REPLACE DOLPHINS AS MILITARY WEAPONS. Huffington Post. The US Navy is reportedly planning to replace its last military dolphins with robots. In an exclusive interview with BBC Future<http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20121108-final-dive-for-us-navy-dolphins>, the navy said it would replace its highly trained pod of sea mammals with cheaper electronic alternatives. The Navy has used dolphins in missions to help...
Gandhi said:- “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated”. PM Julia Gillard told the Pakistani PM :- ” I explained to him that Australians are distressed to see these acts of cruelty and I want the matter investigated.” Oh really Julia ? How...
In yet another sign that Australia no longer has a democracy, Ms Gillard is in India selling uranium to the Indian government for ” peaceful purposes” in spite of the fact that the overwhelming majority of Australians are totally opposed to mining uranium in this country. Nor has the issue that India has not signed...
Dugongs are dying in Gladstone Harbour according to reports we’re receiving from a number of sources. Animals are being hauled out of the water, dead or dying and the authorities are busy covering up the huge mortality which is directly connected to the dredging. The dredging is impacting Rodds Bay Harbour, a dugong sanctuary. What...
Dugongs in Barrier Reef in decline * From: AAP * September 04, 2012 12:47PM A survey of dugongs in the Great Barrier Reef shows a significant decline, a marine biologist says. Source: AAP A SURVEY of dugongs in the Great Barrier Reef shows a significant decline, a leading marine biologist says. “In the southern Great...
Following on the excellent documentary on Four Corners, many Australians and people from overseas will be asking what they can do to ensure the long term survival of Koalas. In 1994, Australians for Animals (AFA) presented an historic scientific submission to the US government supporting the listing of the Koala as a Threatened Species under...
Our backyard verandah is now the local cafe and breakfast bar to six Butcher Birds and now one Spangled Drongo ! Wow, what an amazing bird. It’s completely beautiful, being a combination of shiny dark blue and black feathers with red eyes. Drongo flies like an angel and is so clever. Sitting on a flax...
A mass stranding event at Upstart Bay resulting in about 80 adult greens coming ashore dead and dying. All the turtles were healthy prior to beaching with good fat levels so clearly not starving. Pathology and histology shows nothing. Combined with ongoing turtle deaths in and around Gladstone, the trend is a major concern. Dead...