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Topic: Long finned pilot whales

	ACS - American Cetacean Society
		The pilot whale, like the killer whale, is a member of the dolphin family, and is second only to the killer whale in size.
		In general, pilot whales are found in both the northern and southern hemispheres, in tropical and temperate waters throughout the world.
		Pilot whales are very social, and are most often found in groups of 20 to 90.
	www.acsonline.org /factpack/PilotWhale.htm (1028 words)

	Pilot Whale - Cape Cod Stranding Network
		The long-finned pilot whale is a medium-sized whale, with an elongated body, a bulbous forehead and a short, almost imperceptible beak.
		Individual variation in the colouration of pilot whales is known to occur; adults generally have light markings on the throat and belly and sometimes behind the dorsal fin and eye, typically a long anchor-shaped ventral patch, dorsal saddle and eye blaze are noted.
		Long-finned pilot whales occur in some temperate and sub-polar oceans, and are usually found in deep, offshore waters, although they may be seen in coastal waters in parts of the North Atlantic Ocean.
	www.capecodstranding.net /site/c.ciJJLVPDKpG/b.958093/k.301E/Pilot_Whale.htm (1095 words)

	Pilot Whale -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A Pilot Whale is one of two ((biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed) species of (An order of Eutheria) cetacean in the ((biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species) genus Globicephala.
		Pilot Whales feed predominantly on (Widely distributed fast-moving ten-armed cephalopod mollusk having a long tapered body with triangular tail fins) squid.
		Pilot Whales are amongst the most common and widely-distributed of the (Click link for more info and facts about marine mammal) marine mammals in the cetacean ((biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families) order.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pi/pilot_whale.htm (906 words)

	WWF - Whale watching in the Arctic - The Long-finned Pilot Whale
		Pilot whales are extremely sociable and are generally found in 'pods' of 20 to 100 animals.
		The diet of pilot whales in the North Atlantic is varied: nine genera of cephalopods (predatory marine molluscs, including the squid, octopus, and nautilus), thirteen species of fish and three species of crustaceans.
		Pilot whales have suffered through by-catch in the mackerel fishery off the north-eastern United States, and off south-west England, and in trawl and gill nets elsewhere in the North Atlantic and Mediterranean.
	www.ngo.grida.no /wwfap/whalewatching/whales_pilot.shtml (572 words)

	WWF - Whale watching in the Arctic - The Long-finned Pilot Whale
		Pilot whales are extremely sociable and are generally found in 'pods' of 20 to 100 animals.
		The diet of pilot whales in the North Atlantic is varied: nine genera of cephalopods (predatory marine molluscs, including the squid, octopus, and nautilus), thirteen species of fish and three species of crustaceans.
		Pilot whales have suffered through by-catch in the mackerel fishery off the north-eastern United States, and off south-west England, and in trawl and gill nets elsewhere in the North Atlantic and Mediterranean.
	ngo.grida.no /wwfap/whalewatching/whales_pilot.shtml (572 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Long-finned pilot whale
		Long-finned pilot whales are fl with a pale anchor-shaped pattern on the throat and belly, and long flippers (15-30 per cent of the body length).
		Pilot whales are limited to the cooler parts of the globe.
		Pilot whales belong to a group of cetaceans known as the 'flfish', which are actually dolphins.
	www.bbc.co.uk /nature/wildfacts/factfiles/94.shtml (282 words)

	STW - Pilot Whales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Features of pilot whales are a bulbous forehead (possibly exaggerated in adult males) and a short, almost imperceptible beak, a prominent, falcate dorsal fin with a long base located in front half of back.
		Male pilot whales and the bottlenose dolphins tend to remain on the outer edge of the group.
		The short-finned pilot whale is cosmopolitan in tropical and warm temperate waters.
	savethewhales.org /pilot.html (1230 words)

	Save the Whales
		Features of pilot whales are a bulbous forehead (possibly exaggerated in adult males) and a short, almost imperceptible beak, a prominent, falcate dorsal fin with a long base located in front half of back.
		Male pilot whales and the bottlenose dolphins tend to remain on the outer edge of the group.
		The short-finned pilot whale is cosmopolitan in tropical and warm temperate waters.
	www.savethewhales.org /pilot.html (1237 words)

	CMS: Globicephala melas, Long-finned pilot whale
		Pilot whales were also observed in close association with fin, sperm and minke whales, and common, bottlenose, hourglass and possibly dusky dolphins (Goodall and Macnie, 1998).
		The inshore-offshore movements of pilot whales in the western North Atlantic have been correlated with movements of their preferred prey, squid; similar observations on relative abundance of pilot whales and squid are reported from the Faroe Islands (Reyes, 1991 and ref. therein; Bernard and Reilly, 1999 and refs.
		Furthermore, pilot whales are also known to be taken incidentally in trawl and gillnet fisheries in the western North Atlantic, and in swordfish driftnets in the Mediterranean (Jefferson et al.
	www.cms.int /reports/small_cetaceans/data/G_melas/g_melas.htm (3729 words)

	ipedia.com: Whaling Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The type of whale sought was at that time abundant in the North Atlantic and particularly in the Bay of Biscay: the right whale—named because it was the "right" whale to hunt.
		By the late 16th century, right whales were almost exterminated in the eastern North Atlantic and Basque, Norwegian and Icelandic whalers were traveling as far afield as the Gulf of St Lawrence and to the edges of the Greenland ice-pack.
		Whaling is regulated by the International Whaling Commission, set up in 1946 by the United Nations International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling.
	www.ipedia.com /whaling.html (5948 words)

	long finned pilot whale
		Long finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas) is a rare species in the Mediterranean Sea, relatively common only in the Alboran Sea and in the Strait of Gibraltar.
		In 1995 we encountered for the first time a free-ranging pod of long finned pilot whales off the south-western coast of the island of Ventotene in the Archipelago Pontino (Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy).
		During the early morning hours the long finned whales were feeding with fast swimming behaviour and long and deep divings (> 4 minutes) recognizable by the strong bending of the caudal part.
	www.delphismdc.org /en/projects/gm.htm (497 words)

	Pilot Whale biology and behavior Information
		Pilot Whales can be recognized by their larger size (than White-sided Dolphins), more robust body, bigger dorsal fins with a wider base (especially in males), and by their all-fl coloration.
		Possible explanations for strandings include: (1)The whales may be sick or infested with parasites, (2) their "internal compass" may be malfunctioning due to pollutants or naturally occurring ionic minerals in the water.
		Whales (as well as birds, lobsters, and even humans) possess small amounts of a metal called "magnetite" in their brains and magnetite is affected by magnetic fields.
	www.7seaswhalewatch.com /pilot_whales.htm (493 words)

	PBS - The Voyage of the Odyssey - Track the Voyage - MEDITERRANEAN SEA
		Pilot whales are large dolphins that are widely distributed throughout the world's seas and oceans.
		As a general rule, short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) have a tropical and sub-tropical distribution, while the long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas) is found in temperate regions.
		Pilot whales are also well known for their unexplained propensity to strand in large numbers.
	www.pbs.org /odyssey/odyssey/20041007_log_transcript.html (1320 words)

	Cetacea - Short-Finned Pilot Whale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Short-Finned Pilot Whale is a fairly stocky whale, with low, rounded dorsal fin that is set one-third of the way along the body (in the young, the dorsal is more triangular).
		Although an extremely social species, Short-Finned Pilot Whales are not normally acrobatic, preferring to move slowly and 'log' at the surface.
		Short-Finned Pilot Whales were most often taken as practice by American whaling crews in the 1800s - 196 in 1881, and 843 between 1850-55, although the total number is probably in the thousands.
	www.cetacea.org /new/species/sfpilot.php (584 words)

	Dozens of Whales Die in Mass Beaching \| LiveScience
		Two groups of long finned pilot whales beached themselves near Marion Bay on the southern island state of Tasmania, according to Liz Wren, a spokeswoman for the state's parks and wildlife service.
		Long finned pilot whales are medium-sized whales, reaching up to about 20 feet in length, with a bulbous forehead rounding to a short beak.
		Wren said the whales are known to beach themselves in large numbers, though scientists have yet to pinpoint why.
	www.livescience.com /animals/ap_051025_whale_stranding.html (323 words)

	Whale watching, Whales around Iceland
		For the most part, whales are now protected, and the last few years more and more people have sailed the open seas to look at them in their native element.
		Humpback whales nearly always raise their fluke before diving, revealing the distinctive fl and white pattern, which distinguishes individuals and is used for identification.
		The fin whale, a baleen whale, is closely related to the blue whale.
	www.randburg.com /is/whales-around-iceland/index.asp (2187 words)

	Nearly 60 beached whales die in Australia
		Two groups of long finned pilot whales beached themselves near Marion Bay on the southern island state of Tasmania, said Liz Wren, a spokeswoman for the state's parks and wildlife service.
		Long finned pilot whales are known to beach themselves in large numbers, though scientists have yet to pinpoint why.
		A group of 70 long finned pilot whales beached themselves in the same location in 1998, Wren said.
	www.suntimes.com /output/news/cst-nws-whale26.html (155 words)

	Lesson Plans - Pilot Whales' Social Behavior (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Pilot whales are extremely social animals, living in pods that sometimes contain hundreds of individuals.
		Explain that short-finned pilot whales, which live in tropical waters, are very similar in behavior to the long-finned species.
		Ask students to pretend that they are scientists who have the opportunity to use Crittercam on pilot whales, either in the tropical waters of Hawaii or in the temperate waters of New England.
	www.nationalgeographic.com /xpeditions/lessons/08/g68/ccseaswhale.html (1212 words)

	Cetacea - Long-Finned Pilot Whale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Pothead Whale; Caaing Whale; Longfin Pilot Whale; Atlantic Pilot Whale.
		The Long-Finned Pilot Whale is a fairly stocky whale, with low, rounded dorsal fin that is set one-third of the way along the body (in the young, the dorsal is more triangular).
		The Long-Finned Pilot Whale is normally found in groups of either tens or hundreds, and often with other small cetaceans or Minke Whales.
	www.cetacea.org /new/species/lfpilot.php (649 words)

	ABC News: Nearly 60 Whales Die in Mass Stranding (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Two groups of long finned pilot whales beached themselves near Marion Bay on the southern island state of Tasmania, according to Liz Wren, a spokeswoman for the state's parks and wildlife service.
		Long finned pilot whales are medium-sized whales, reaching up to about 20 feet in length, with a bulbous forehead rounding to a short beak.
		Wren said the whales are known to beach themselves in large numbers, though scientists have yet to pinpoint why.
	abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=1247458 (221 words)

	Long Finned Pilot Whale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		As the name suggests, this type of pilot whale has very long slender pectoral fins, positioned near the head and with a marked “elbow”.
		Very closely related is the short-finned pilot whale which has shorter fins but it is very difficult to tell the two apart especially since their ranges overlap.
		Long-finned pilot whales inhabit cold temperate to sub-polar waters in both the Northern and Southern Hemisphere, except in the North Pacific.
	www.whaledolphintrust.co.uk /whales_dolphins/long-finned-pilot-whale.asp (429 words)

	Whales Die In Mass Beaching In Australia
		The mass beaching of whales has long mystified scientists, with theories about the phenomena ranging from diseases that upset the mammals' internal navigation system to herd behaviour in which large numbers of whales blindly follow a leader into trouble.
		He suggested that the whales and dolphins had been involved in a 'frenetic feeding frenzy' that took them too close to shore or had been driven to the beach by killer whales or other predators.
		While mainly a deep ocean species, pilot whales will enter coastal and shallow waters in search of food and are regularly involved in beaching incidents, sometimes involving hundreds of them.
	www.rense.com /general45/beaching.htm (283 words)

	Pilot Whales: Long-finned Globicephala melas. Short-finned Globicephala macrorhynchus. Ohope Beach
		Pilot whales are on occasions seen from the shore; these are the whales that sometime mass strand (Matata October 1990).
		They grow to 6.5 metres long and are mainly fl or dark grey, have a rounded head.
		The fin is nearer the front of the body and is curved backwards.
	www.ohopebeach.info /nature-marine-mammals-pilotwhales.htm (112 words)

	New Scientist Breaking News - Cold waters leave whales washed up (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Whale strandings are no longer quite such a mystery - on the beaches of south-east Australia at least.
		Common dolphins, sperm whales and long-finned pilot whales are three of the species that most commonly beach themselves.
		Although this does not explain precisely what causes the whales to strand, knowing about these regular peaks in beachings should help whale rescue groups prepare by stepping up community training in how to deal with a stranded whale, or even by patrolling beaches during maximum danger periods.
	www.newscientist.com /news/news.jsp?id=ns99996155 (447 words)

	Company of Whales
		Before long we sighted a Minke Whale rolling at the surface, a Pomarine Skua flew overhead and, to our surprise, we had two excellent encounters with Long-finned Pilot Whales, their blows silhouetted by the emerging sun.
		Spectacular surface lunges are sometimes observed but at the moment, the whales appear to be feeding deeper, with brief periods spent at the surface, during which individuals regularly circle the same area before diving.
		Fin Whales are generally indifferent to the ship and, therefore, may pop up anywhere.
	www.companyofwhales.co.uk /html/news/news2003.htm (10520 words)

	Orca Network - News Network, November 2004
		By Tuesday, 96 long-finned pilot whales and bottle-nosed dolphins had died after the first beaching on Sunday at King Island, midway between the Australian mainland and the southern island state of Tasmania.
		Another mass beaching of whales and dolphins on King Island in Bass Strait on Sunday resulted in the deaths 73 long-finned pilot whales and 25 bottlenose dolphins.
		The scientists who listened in on the resident and transient whales paid attention to the killer whales' vocalizations before, during and after hunting, which often could be heard on the hydrophone because the whales munched and crunched with great gusto.
	www.orcanetwork.org /news/newsnov04.html (8409 words)

	Diving and night-time behaviour of long-finned pilot whales in the Ligurian Sea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Pilot whales were tagged for short periods (average 5 hours per individual) in deep (>2000 m) waters of the Ligurian Sea, off the northwest coast of Italy.
		During the day all five whales spent their time in the top 16 m of the water column, and visible surface activities consisted primarily of rest and social behaviours.
		Our results confirm the supposition that long-finned pilot whales can dive deep, particularly within 2 h after sunset, which is the time that vertically migrating prey become more readily available as they move closer to the surface.
	www.cascadiaresearch.org /Robin/l-fpilotdive.htm (218 words)

	Whales and Dolphins in the Strait of Gibraltar
		Whales and Dolphins in the Strait of Gibraltar
		From April to June sperm whales migrate through the Strait and in July/August orcas come to this area.
		From time to time we are fortunate enough to see a fin whale (the second largest whale).
	www.firmm.org /en/wale-delfine.html (151 words)

	Scientists Baffled As Whales Die In The Hundreds
		At Sea Elephant Bay on King Island, in the north-west of Tasmania, 55 long-finned pilot whales and 25 bottle-nosed dolphins died when they became stranded over the weekend.
		On Maria Island, on the east coast of Tasmania, more than half the 53 long-finned pilot whales involved in a mass stranding on Monday had died.
		In New Zealand, rescuers were battling to save the survivors among a pod of 73 pilot whales that beached on the coast.
	www.rense.com /general60/sci.htm (272 words)

	Recent publications from researchers in Hal Whitehead's Lab.
		Heterogeneity and the mark-recapture assessment of the Scotian Shelf population of northern bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus).
		Diving and night-time behaviour of long-finned pilot whales in the Ligurian Sea.
		Observations of Sowerby's beaked whales (Mesoplodon bidens) in The Gully, Nova Scotia.
	whitelab.biology.dal.ca /labpub.htm (2436 words)

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