Endangered Florida Mammals
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A Breaching Humpback Whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
Photo Credit: NOAA
Humpback
Whale Sounds:
Ocean Mammal Institute |
Florida's Endangered
Whales
The Humpback Whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
This magnificent Mammal, whose
playful antics in the seas,
has created a global audience
of admirers,
is Endangered in the
Atlantic, while maintaining
somewhat safer numbers in the Pacific.
As with many other Endangered Sea Species,
mortality in Whales most frequently results from ship
collisions, fishing entanglements,
hunting, noise
pollution,
and raw waste dumped into the oceans
by
Cruise ships,
and the
U.S. Navy Ships, making the world's oceans
more resemble
one big garbage dump.
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The Singing Humpback Whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
Photo credit: Dr. Herman@NOAA |
Over the years, thanks to
groups like Greenpeace
who keep their feet to the fire,
we know who
is doing
what to these and the other remarkable
giants of the Sea.
Humpbacks, it has been shown by recent
brain studies,
may be as smart or smarter than we are,
we just don't happen to speak their
language!
Sadly, the Humpback whale is still
being hunted by the Japanese
who claim it to be a purely scientific
killing.
A very special man has created a
unique place to encourage
the world to get behind
conservation in a sane manner.
Richard Leakey, son of Louis
and Mary, made the ultimate
sacrifice years ago after being
attacked and maimed by
poachers in Africa while trying to
protect African Elephants.
Outraged with Japan over Whale Hunting
Places to learn more:
American Cetacean
Society
Humpback Whale Facts
Climate.org
Climate Affects Whale Breeding
Earthtrust
Humpback Whales
Greenpeace
Humpbacks Have Human Brain Cells
Jean-Michel Cousteau
Saving
the Songs of the Sea
National Geographic
Humpback Whale Profile
What the Songs Really Mean
New Foundland and Labrador
General Information about Humpbacks
Ocean Mammal Institute
Listen
to Them Sing
PBS: Nature
Humpback
Whales
Science Daily
The
Humpback Speaks
More
Whale Sounds
Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society
General Whale Information
Whale Center of New England
Florida's Three Endangered Whales
And finally, the Mother of all
Whale News sites
Whale News
Walking with
the Alligators
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