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	Cetacean Species - Northern Bottlenose Whale
		Young bottlenose whales are dark, fl to brown in colour on the dorsal surface, and greyish white ventrally.
		The number of bottlenose whales stranded on the British coast seems to increase in the autumn, possibly due to a southward migration at this time of the year, and most sightings from UK waters occur at this time.
		Northern bottlenose whales are usually found in groups of 1 to 4 animals; it is rare to see larger groups, although several groups may be seen in the vicinity of one another.
	www.crru.org.uk /education/factfiles/bnwhale.htm (1053 words)

	Bottlenose whale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Northern Bottlenose Whale is endemic to the North Atlantic Ocean and occurs in cool and subarctic waters.
		On 20 January 2006, a Northern Bottlenose Whale was spotted in Central London in the River Thames [1].
		The Northern Bottlenose Whales are well-known in the Faroese, mainly because in September each year they faithfully approach the islands, especially the villages Hvalba and Sandvík on Suðuroy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Northern_Bottlenose_Whale (623 words)

	Bottlenose - the Prince of Whales
		The northern bottlenose whale population is distributed across the North Atlantic, with concentrations west and east of Iceland and west of the Faroes.
		The value of the bottlenose whale to the local communities and the regularity of its occurrence is reflected in the ancient "døglingabýti" - special custo-mary rules for distributing the meat of the bottlenose whale which differ from the rules for distribution of pilot whales.
		Bottlenose whales, as well as a number of other species, were caught offshore around the North Atlantic in commercial operations, mostly by Norwegian whalers, who also sold bottlenose meat to the UK as pet food until the market closed in the early 1970s.
	www.highnorth.no /Library/Hunts/Faroe_Islands/bo-th-pr.htm (1530 words)

	Bottlenose Dolphin \| Cetacean Fact Sheet \| American Cetacean Society
		The bottlenose dolphin (like the beluga) has more flexibility in its neck than other oceanic dolphins, because 5 of the 7 neck vertebrae are not fused together as in the other oceanic dolphins.
		The color of the bottlenose dolphin varies considerably, but generally this dolphin is light gray to slate gray on the upper part of the body shading to lighter sides and pale, pinkish gray on the belly.
		Bottlenose dolphins are vulnerable to pollution, habitat alteration, boat collisions, human feeding of and swimming with wild animals, and human disturbance (such as boating).
	www.acsonline.org /factpack/btlnose.htm (867 words)

	Canada's Species at Risk Act (SARA)
		Young bottlenose whales are dark brown to fl in colour; older whales are light to yellowish brown with whitish beaks and foreheads.
		Bottlenose whales have regularly made recorded dives of over 1,000 metres in the waters of the continental shelf and often remain at these depths for more than an hour in search of food.
		The northern bottlenose whale is a major beneficiary of the Gully MPA and its regulations which prohibit the disturbance, damage, destruction or removal of any living marine organism or habitat within the Gully.
	www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca /species-especes/species/species_northernBottlenoseWhale_e.asp (798 words)

	Irish Whale and Dolphin Group: Species Profiles (whales, dolphins and whalewatching in Ireland)
		Bottlenose whales probably feed near the sea bed, since benthos animals such as starfish and sea cucumbers have been found in some animals' stomachs, as well as stones, shells, clay and bits of wood.
		The migrations of northern bottlenose whales are little known, although it appears that they migrate northwards to sub-arctic regions in spring and southwards in the early autumn.
		Northern bottlenose whales are widely distributed in the North Atlantic, but seem to avoid shallow waters such as the continental shelf.
	www.iwdg.ie /species_profiles.asp?speciesID=2113 (809 words)

	Northern Bottlenose Whale
		The Northern Bottlenose Whale is only found in the northern North Atlantic, entering the North Sea regularly and sometimes straying as far south as the Azores or the Mediterranean.
		Northern Bottlenose Whales travel in units of between four and ten individuals, but more than one unit may be in sight at any one time.
		Killer Whales, Long-Finned Pilot Whales and Bottlenose Whales were taken for animal feed, and nearly 6,000 of the latter were taken between 1927-1973, mostly from the southern tip of Greenland.
	nordbotten.ifi.uib.no /VirtualMuseum/Prototypes/Bengt/whale5.htm (560 words)

	Whale stranded in River Thames dies - Boston.com
		The lost and distressed whale stranded in the River Thames died Saturday as rescue workers ferried it on a rusting salvage barge in an effort to release it in the open sea, an animal rights group said.
		The 20-foot-long Northern bottlenose whale had been lifted onto a barge by rescuers and was being taken downriver toward the North Sea when it suffered convulsions and died, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said.
		The whale struggled with the effects of being out of the water as it was ferried toward the Thames Estuary, officials said.
	www.boston.com /news/odd/articles/2006/01/21/rescuers_try_to_save_whale_in_thames (887 words)

	The Beaked Whale Resource - Northern Bottlenose Whale
		Whaling data suggested that the northern bottlenose whale was migratory and it does seem to be in many parts of its range.
		Northern bottlenose whales are endemic to the North Atlantic and are one of the most northerly occuring of the beaked whales, frequently entering Arctic waters.
		The northern bottlenose whale has been known to be quite active at the surface – lob-tailing, breaching and spy-hopping.
	www.beakedwhaleresource.com /bwnbottlenose.htm (475 words)

	CMS: Hyperoodon ampullatus, North Atlantic bottlenose whale
		The North Atlantic bottlenose whale is found in the subarctic North Atlantic from Davis Strait, Jan Mayen, west coast of Spitsbergen, and Bjornoya, south to Nova Scotia and the western side of the British Isles (Rice, 1998).
		Evidence of migratory movements of beaked whales in the north-east Atlantic was obtained from an examination of historical strandings data from the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, and from whaling records from the Faroes, Iceland and the Norwegian Sea.
		The northern bottlenose whale is said to have been twice overexploited by Norwegian hunting, in the periods 1880-1920 and 1938-1973.
	www.cms.int /reports/small_cetaceans/data/H_ampullatus/h_ampullatus.htm (2785 words)

	St.Andrews Biological Station Species at Risk Group (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Northern Bottlenose Whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus) inhabits submarine canyons along the Scotian Shelf.
		The Gully was designated a whale sanctuary in 1994 and is in the process of receiving full status as a Marine Protected Area.
		Through a Joint Project Agreement, researchers at Fisheries and Oceans Canada and Dalhousie University are seeking to describe the genetic relationship of bottlenose whales in the Gully in comparison to bottlenose whales found in northern Labrador.
	www.mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca /sta-nb/sar/bottlenose-e.html (121 words)

	The Gulf of Maine Times: Vol. 7 Num. 1 : New protections for Northern bottlenose whale
		Northern bottlenose whales are known as one of the friendliest species of whales, often coming up to boats that sail into their habitat.
		The whale, part of a family called beaked whales, is one of the deepest divers of all mammals, regularly plunging to depths below 1,000 meters [3,300 feet].
		Beaked whales elsewhere have perished because of loud underwater noises associated with undersea exploration and military exercises.
	www.gulfofmaine.org /times/spring2003/whales.htm (379 words)

	THE HUSAVIK WHALE CENTRE IN ICELAND
		The northern bottlenose whale, belonging to the toothed whales, is about 7 - 10 m in length.
		Northern bottlenose whales can remain submerged for more than an hour, but they usually surface within half an hour of diving.
		Northern bottlenose whales are registered in the Red List of Threatened Species, published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), under the catagory: Lower risk / conservation dependent.
	www.icewhale.is /?Id=555 (182 words)

	Whale in River Thames causes a wave - Boston.com
		A northern bottlenose whale, foreground, is watched by river police and animal welfare officials, as it swims by the peace pagoda on the River Thames near Battersea Bridge in London Friday Jan. 20, 2006.
		The northern bottle-nosed whale was spotted in central London in the afternoon -- the first sighting in the river since whale-watching records began in 1913 -- as it flailed around the murky waters of the Thames, stirring up patches of what looked like blood as seagulls hovered above and rescue boats stood on the ready.
		"A whale in the shallow water of the River Thames is like a human lost in the heat of the Sahara desert," said Laila Sadler, scientific officer at the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
	www.boston.com /news/odd/articles/2006/01/20/whale_swims_through_downtown_london (696 words)

	NORTHERN BOTTLENOSE WHALES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Northern Bottlenose Whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus, is a deep- diving, medium-sized teuthophage endemic in the North Atlantic Ocean.
		Northern Bottlenose Whales were hunted mainly by British and Norwegian whalers during the second half of the nineteenth century and by Norwegian and Canadian whalers during the twentieth century.
		The Bottlenose Whales in The Gully appear to be non-migratory, and this population of a few hundred whales might be vulnerable to the environmental degradation associated with nearby oil and gas production.
	whitelab.biology.dal.ca /sh/bnwstat.htm (254 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)

	WhaleTimes Fishin' for Facts~Bottlenose Whales
		A bottlenose whale's girth (measurement around the middle) can be 6 meters (19.6 feet).
		Bottlenose whales are deep divers and they like to hang out deep in the sea.
		It's recorded that bottlenose whales would not leave a hurt pod member - even at the risk of their own safety.
	www.whaletimes.org /btlnose.htm (307 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 Icelandic minke whale population is estimated to be 50,000 - 60,000 individuals.
	www.randburg.com /is/whales-around-iceland/index.asp (2187 words)

	Thames whale comes to Museum - Natural History Museum
		The whale remains will be kept behind the scenes at the Museum and will be used for valuable scientific research into understanding more about the magnificent animal and her species.
		The last live stranding of a northern bottlenose whale was in 2003 in South West England and the animal re-floated itself and survived.
		Northern bottlenose whales are deep-water feeders, found in the Northern Hemisphere as far as the Arctic Circle.
	www.nhm.ac.uk /about-us/news/2006/jan/news_7498.html (383 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Northern bottlenose whale, bottlehead
		Northern bottlenose whales are dark grey/brown, with a pale underside.
		Northern bottlenose whales live in the Arctic and North Atlantic ocean.
		Northern bottlenose whales live in groups of 4-10.
	www.bbc.co.uk /nature/wildfacts/factfiles/122.shtml (166 words)

	Northern bottlenose whale swims through downtown London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The whale was a Northern bottlenose, said Richard Sabian, a zoologist at the Natural History Museum in London, who went to the scene.
		Sabian said such whales rarely swim in the nearby English Channel and this was the first sighting of one in the River Thames since the museum began recording them in 1913.
		The Northern bottlenose whale is found in the North Atlantic and is known for readily approaching boats.
	www.canada.com /theprovince/news/story.html?id=0586cd8b-8007-41de-9c52-0fe87edc4073&k=20321 (324 words)

	Northern bottlenose whale social organization (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		By studying the social organization of a second, unrelated, deep-diving species, the northern bottlenose whale, we investigated the role that deep-diving may play in the evolution of cetacean sociality.
		Northern bottlenose whales in a deep water canyon, the Gully off Nova Scotia, form small groups (mean +/- SD = 3.04 +/- 1.86).
		Overall the social organization of northern bottlenose whales in the Gully appears to resemble that of some bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) living in shallow, enclosed bays.
	whitelab.biology.dal.ca /sh/bnwsoc.htm (218 words)

	Whale Found in Thames River Dies Aboard Rescue Barge
		A rare northern bottlenose whale sighted in the London's River Thames has died aboard a barge being used by rescuers to carry the injured marine mammal out to sea.
		Normally found swimming in pods in deep, offshore waters of the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans, this is the first northern bottlenose whale to be seen in the Thames since recordkeeping began in 1913.
		The whale was kept wet with soaked blankets while a barge was brought to the scene.
	www.ens-newswire.com /ens/jan2006/2006-01-22-01.asp (861 words)

	Surfbirds News: Northern Bottlenose Whale Loses Fight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Northern Bottlenose Whale that generated massive media coverage and captured British hearts has died.
		The 18ft (5m) northern bottle-nosed whale had been placed in a special barge after it became stranded near London's Battersea Bridge.
		Tugs shadowed the creature on the water in an effort to persuade the whale, one of two that had been spotted yesterday in the Thames estuary 58 kms east of the capital, while airborne TV crews filmed it from above.
	www.surfbirds.com /sbirdsnews/archives/2006/01/northern_bottle.html (289 words)

	FLUKE IN LONDON / Northern bottlenose whale ventures up the River Thames
		But when a northern bottlenose whale measuring around 17 feet and weighing as much as 7 tons was spotted Friday heading upstream near the London Eye Ferris Wheel, the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben, even the most jaded Londoners sensed they were in the presence of something unusual.
		All in all, it was a mystery, many on the riverbank and elsewhere agreed, particularly since whales of this kind usually inhabit the deep, cold waters of the northern Atlantic off Norway, rather than the murky, brackish shallows of the Thames.
		Generally, the northern bottlenose whale is held to be one of the deepest-diving whales, capable of plunging up to 3,000 feet to hunt squid, starfish and other prey by using its sonar capabilities.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/01/21/MNGNEGR1T41.DTL (505 words)

	USATODAY.com - Rescuers tried to save whale stranded in River Thames (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		LONDON (AP) — The lost and distressed whale stranded in the River Thames died Saturday as rescue workers ferried it on a rusting salvage barge in an effort to release it in the open sea, an animal rights group said.
		The Northern bottlenose whale — the first seen in the river since record keeping started in 1913 — flailed through the Thames on Friday, passing Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament as hundreds of curious onlookers jammed the shoreline.
		The whales are known as curious animals, readily approaching boats and normally traveling in groups, according to the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society's website.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2006-01-21-london-whale_x.htm (875 words)

	Northern bottlenose whale distribution and movements (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Whales showed a discrete distribution within the canyon, which was associated with water depth (500-1500m) and relatively steep topography.
		Individual whales within the canyon displaced 4-5 km over 24 hr, with negligible further increase in displacement over time scales up to 20 days (their approximate residency period).
		Movements of whales best fit a model of short-term residence within a discrete range of approximately 25-km2 area, although the range size of mature males was smaller than that of females and immature males.
	whitelab.biology.dal.ca /sh/distrib.htm (282 words)

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