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	Melon-headed Whale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Melon-headed Whale (Peponocephala electra) is a cetacean of the oceanic dolphin family (Delphinidae).
		It is closely related to the Pygmy Killer Whale and the Pilot Whales, and collectively these dolphin species are known by the common name flfish.
		The Melon-headed Whale is widespread throughout the world's tropical waters, although not often seen by humans on account of its preference for deep water.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Melon-headed_Whale (485 words)

	Melon (whale) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The melon is a oily, fatty lump of tissue found at the centre of the forehead of most dolphins and toothed whales.
		The function of the melon is not completely understood, but scientists believe it provides a means of focusing sounds used in echolocation.
		The Sperm Whale has specialized sufficiently that the oil within the organ is chemically distinct from that found in other toothed whales.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Melon_(whale) (201 words)

	Encyclopedia: Melon (whale)
		Whales are the largest species of exclusively aquatic placental mammals, members of the order Cetacea, which also includes dolphins and porpoises.
		Whales do not possess hind limbs, small bones inside the body are the only remains of the pelvis.
		Whale advocates and environmentalists say they fully understand that sonar has to be used without restraint in times of war.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Melon-%28whale%29 (558 words)

	Melon-headed Whale - Peponocephala electra
		The melon-headed whale, also known as the electra dolphin, little killer whale, melonhead whale and many-toothed flfish, is a large dolphin with an elongated body.
		Melon-headed whales are found in tropical and subtropical waters that are deep and in the open ocean.
		The melon-headed whale is in a genus by itself, although prior to 1960 it was in the Lagenorhynchus genus with the dusky dolphin and the Atlantic white-sided dolphin.
	www.angelfire.com /mo2/animals1/cetacean/melonhead.html (593 words)

	BELUGA WHALE
		The beluga whale is a small, toothed whale that is white as an adult.
		Beluga whales are very social animals and congregate in pods (social groups) of 2-25 whales, with an average pod size of 10 whales (consisting of both males and females or mothers and calves).
		Beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) are toothed whales (Suborder Odontoceti).
	www.enchantedlearning.com /subjects/whales/species/Beluga.shtml (907 words)

	TMMSN Melon-Headed Whale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Melon-headed whales are sometimes found in medium size groups of about 40 animals, but are usually found in large pods of 150 to 1500 individuals.
		Melon-headed whales are found in the northern and southern hemispheres, usually across deep waters in the tropics and subtropics.
		The abundance of melon-headed whales is not sufficiently known, although mass strandings and sightings suggest that it is not rare.
	www.tmmsn.org /mmgulf/peponocephala_electra.html (286 words)

	Melonheads
		We commonly use the words whale, dolphin and porpoise to describe marine mammals, that all belong to a single group known as “Cetaceans”.
		In theory, whales are the largest of the cetaceans, dolphins middle-sized and porpoises the smallest, but this is only in theory - some whales are smaller than the largest dolphins, and some dolphins are smaller than the largest porpoises.
		Under the taxonomical classification there are thus six species of “whale” - the killer whale, short-finned and long-finned pilot whales, false killer whale, pigmy killer whale and melon-headed whale that, because of their physical characteristics and behaviour, could theoretically be called dolphins”;.
	www.ms-starship.com /sciencenew/melonheads.htm (820 words)

	Pygmy Killer Whale - Feresa attenuata
		The pygmy killer whale, also known as the slender flfish or the slender pilot whale, closely resembles both the false killer and the melon-headed whales.
		The cause of death: a sharp blow to the cranium by the head of the pygmy killer whale.
		The pygmy killer whale is a species of dolphin and is in the same subfamily as the melon-headed whale, false killer whale, killer whale, long-finned pilot whale and short-finned pilot whale.
	www.angelfire.com /mo2/animals1/cetacean/pygmykiller.html (548 words)

	Save money on Whales Posters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		A humpback whale slapping its tail on the waters surface.
		A gray whale surfaces to be touched by tourists.
		A finback whale swims in the Gulf of California.
	www.babieswelcome.com /poster/2160_6_whales.htm (123 words)

	CMS: Peponocephala electra, Melon-headed whale
		A distinct dark eye patch, broadening as it extends from the eye to the melon, is often present.
		At sea, the melon-headed whale is difficult to distinguish from the pigmy killer whale (Feresa attenuata), but P.
		Whales are taken by hand harpoons or, increasingly, by togglehead harpoon shafts shot from modified, rubber-powered spear guns.
	www.cms.int /reports/small_cetaceans/data/P_electra/p_electra.htm (1203 words)

	whalewritings
		Whales come to Hawaii have their baby, so the baby can be born in warm water.
		Whales lobtail to play but sometimes when whales lobtail they are warning the other whales that there is something dangerous in the water.
		A whale likes to lobtail, that means that they lift their heads under water and slap their tails again and again on the waters surface.
	www.k12.hi.us /~tkennedy/t3/whalewritingskennedy.htm (1320 words)

	Melon-headed whale species is easy to love
		Melon-headed whales are avid bow wave riders, sometimes pushing away other species to get a prime spot near the boat.
		When melon-headed whales flee from a ship, such as a purse seiner where they sometimes get caught, they swim close together in a "chorus line" and zoom off.
		Since melon-headed whales form herds of up to 1,500 individuals, and break the water at a shallow angle, their forward movement creates a lot of spray.
	www.susanscott.net /OceanWatch2003/aug29-03.html (479 words)

	SharkFriends Melon-Headed Whale Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The Melon-Headed Whale was initally thought to be a Lagenorhynchus dolphin until two North Pacific specimens were examined in the 1960s.
		At sea, melon-headed whales are often difficult to distinguish from pygmy killer whales.
		HABITAT: Melon-Headed Whales are found in the northern and southern hemispheres and tend to prefer subtropical and tropical waters, particularly those that are deep and in the open ocean.
	www.sharkfriends.com /mheadwhale.html (387 words)

	Factsheets - Southern Bottlenose Whale
		The Southern Bottlenose Whale was described by William Flower in 1882 from a beach-worn skull found on Lewis Isle in the Dampier Archipelago of north-western Australia.
		They may be difficult to distinguish at sea from Arnoux's Beaked Whales, although the beak in the latter species is much longer and the melon less pronounced than that of the Southern Bottlenose Whale.
		Southern Bottlenose Whales are found in the cold temperate waters of the Southern Hemisphere, from the Antarctic throughout the Southern Ocean to about 30°S. It seems they are most common between 58° and 62°S in the Atlantic and eastern Indian Ocean.
	www.amonline.net.au /factsheets/southern_bottlenose_whale.htm (999 words)

	Seaflow: Whale’s body found near Hanalei Bay
		The whale's body was packed in ice and shipped to a marine mammal center in California where a necropsy will be performed to determine the cause of death, said Bill Robinson, regional administrator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fisheries service.
		But later Sunday afternoon, a young whale that apparently had become separated from the pod was seen in the bay near the mouth of the Hanalei River.
		The whales were not able to eat in the bay, so "the sooner they were gotten out of the bay and into their natural habitat, the better off the animals are," he said.
	www.seaflow.org /article.php?id=189 (691 words)

	Melon-headed Whale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		It is a member of the dolphin family, and is closely related to the Pygmy Killer Whale and the Pilot Whales.
		They are widespread throughout the world's tropical waters, although not often seen by humans on account of their preference for deep water.
		It his 1998 survey of all cetacean species Dale Rice points out that pepo is actually Latin for pumpkin not melon as the namers had intended.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/melon_headed_whale (496 words)

	Melon-headed whales aren't named after fruit
		Melon-headed whales may hang together in large groups, but individuals are not large, at least by whale standards.
		As they speed forward, melon-headed whales often open and close their jaws with audible clapping sounds and whip surface waters into a froth.
		Melon-headed whales have 20 to 25 small, slender teeth, used to catch their main meals of squid and small fish.
	www.susanscott.net /OceanWatch1998/jun01-98.html (447 words)

	Melon-headed Whale (Peponocephala electra) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The Melon-headed Whale (Peponocephala electra) is one of a number of species of ocean dwelling marine mammals also known as Blackfish.
		The distribution of the Melon-headed Whale is tropical to warm temperate waters in both hemispheres.
		Pods of Melon-headed Whales may reach well over 1500 though smaller groups of 100 or more are the usual pod size.
	www.marinethemes.com /melonheaded.html (228 words)

	On an unidentified beaked whale found stranded in Kagoshima
		A 6.5 m beaked whale was found stranded in Kagoshima-ken (prefecture) on the 26 th of July, 2002.
		The melon is long and narrower than the bulge made by the skull.
		Unidentified beaked whales possibly Longman's beaked whale were sighted by various researchers in various regions of the Indopacific (Pitman, et al., 1999; Pitman, 2002).
	svrsh1.kahaku.go.jp /sendai/indexE.html (1158 words)

	KonaWhaleWatch.com - Hawaii’s cetaceans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The melon-headed whale is slim, with long sharply pointed flippers, a tall dorsal fin in the center of its back, and a head that is rather like the shape of a watermelon.
		They have a reputation for being fierce after two attacked their handlers in fright, when they were caught for aquariums in the Philippines and Hawaii.
		It is very rare for a whale to swim up to a boat and bow-ride, but there is more chance of them doing this in areas where they haven't been scared before by fishing boats.
	www.konawhalewatch.com /main_file.php/general/27/15 (363 words)

	Marine Mammals \| Hawaii Whale Research Foundation
		The North Pacific humpback whale is the focus of HWRF's research, yet the Hawaiian islands are home to many other marine mammal species.
		Large whales include sperm whales and (rarely) fin whales, small whales include false killer whale (pseudorca), pilot whale, various beaked whales and occasionally the pygmy killer whale, pygmy sperm whale and dwarf sperm whale.
		Melon-headed whales also seen occasionally, and there has been at least one unconfirmed sighting of a blue whale (may have been a fin), and occasional sightings of orcas.
	www.hwrf.org /marine_mammals.html (397 words)

	Pictures of the melon-headed whale\|Peponocephala electra facts
		Description and Fascinating FactsThe Melon-headed whale, Peponocephala electra, is close in size to the Pygmy killer whale and the 2 species bear a strong resemblance from a distance.
		Melon-headed Whale Melon-headed Whale : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Delphinidae : Peponocephala : electra Binomial name Peponocephala electra (Gray, 1846) The Melon-headed Whale (Peponocephala electra) is a cetacean of the oceanic dolphin family (Delphinidae).
		ReproductionThe calving season of the Melon-headed whale is thought to occur in early spring in the lower latitudes of both hemispheres.
	www.thewebsiteofeverything.com /animals/mammals/Cetacea/Delphinidae/Peponocephala/Peponocephala-electra.html (464 words)

	Saving Whales
		The Melon-Headed Whale has been seen in all major oceans, and it seems to have a continuous distribution in tropical and subtropical offshore waters.
		Classification: The Melon-Headed Whale was initally thought to be a Lagenorhynchus dolphin until two North Pacific specimens were examined in the 1960s.
		Habitat: Melon-Headed Whales tend to prefer subtropical and tropical waters, particularly those that are deep and in the open ocean.
	www.savingwhales.org /info.php?show=42 (377 words)

	ACS beluga whale Cetacean Fact Sheet - American Cetacean Society
		The beluga, a medium-size toothed whale, is white, a color adaptation to its environment - it lives primarily in the Arctic.
		The beluga's neck is narrower than the necks of other whales, and it also differs from most whales — whose neck vertebrae are fused — in that its 7 neck vertebrae are free, which allows it to nod and turn its head.
		Their natural enemies are orcas (killer whales), and in some areas, polar bears.
	www.acsonline.org /factpack/BelugaWhale.htm (911 words)

	Cetacea - Melon-headed Whale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The lips are white, and a dark grey 'anchor' shape (reminiscent of Pilot Whales) is present on the undersides.
		Melon-Headed Whales tend to prefer subtropical and tropical waters, particularly those that are deep and in the open ocean.
		A few Melon-Headed Whales have been taken by Japanese fishermen in the past decades, and many are killed from entrapments in fishing gear.
	www.cetacea.org /new/species/melon.php (402 words)

	Honolulu Star-Bulletin Local News
		The 6-foot-long whale has gained about 40 pounds and is still growing on a diet of about 6-1/2 pounds of fish and squid and two quarts of formula a day.
		The next step is to continue to wean the whale off the formula and perhaps introduce a dolphin friend in a couple of weeks.
		Not much is known about melon-headed whales, so it may be difficult to figure out when it may be mature enough to survive on its own and how to reintroduce it to the whale world.
	starbulletin.com /98/05/25/news/story4.html (680 words)

	Whale dies after pod returns to sea - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The 3-foot baby whale, still carrying wrinkles consistent with being folded up in its mother's womb, was on ice yesterday, on its way to California for a complete medical survey, including a standard necropsy plus CAT scans and detailed tissue tests.
		He said he could see no individual whales that appeared injured, but felt that the pod as a whole was exhibiting signs of being stressed.
		However, this pod of deep-water whales was in unusually shallow water and females' nursing behavior was disrupted.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2004/Jul/07/ln/ln08a.html (1046 words)

	Melon headed whale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Melon headed whales are small and slender with a rounded forehead which extends to a rather pointed rostrum.
		The dorsal fin is large, sickle-shaped and about halfway between the head and the tail.
		At sea they can be confused with false killer whales, pygmy whales and dolphins.
	www.upstarts.net.au /site/non_commercial/whales/_species/melonheadedwhale.html (134 words)

	Species Profiles — OBIS-SEAMAP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The body of the melon-headed whale is generally charcoal gray to fl, with white lips and a white urogenital patch.
		In the Indian Ocean, melon-headed whales are found near the coast of Africa; in the Arabian Sea; on the coast of India and Sri Lanka; and in the Bay of Bengal.
		Melon-headed whales are highly social, and are known to occur in pods of 100-500 (with a known maximum of 2,000 individuals).
	seamap.env.duke.edu /species/tsn/180459 (792 words)

	Minkes, Orcas (Killer Whales), and Melon-Headed Whales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Minke whales, Orca (Killer) whales, and Melon-headed whales are some of the cetacea seen in Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia, but not nearly so often as Humpbacks.
		Migrating minke whales are regularly sighted in the Hervey Bay area, and come from the same cetacean family as humpbacks.
		Despite its size and common name "Killer Whale", the Orca is, in fact, the largest dolphin, and is more closely related to smaller dolphins than to the 'great' whales.
	dkd.net /whales/hbminke.html (387 words)

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