Young? ; Behaviour Never Seen Before in Welsh Waters Baffles Scientists
Western Mail › September 15, 2011
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SCIENTISTS in West Wales have been left puzzled by aggressive behaviour displayed by female dolphins thought to be chastising her calf.
The team taking part in the Cetacean Survey Training Course in New Quay, Cardigan Bay, watched the newborn bottlenose dolphin calf being repeatedly tossed into the air by its mother.See the full content of this document
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Young? ; Behaviour Never Seen Before in Welsh Waters Baffles Scientists
The actions, never before recorded by the team, may have simply been some unusually rough play or possibly a means of disciplining or teaching a newborn, say the scientists.
Sea Watch research director Peter Evans said the demonstration m...See the full content of this document
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