The noise from machines and ship engines affects many sea creatures. There are effective techniques to dampen the sound.
It happened on a sunny morning in March 2000. A total of 17 whales, including 6 Cuvier’s beaked whales – a deep-sea dwelling species extremely rarely seen off the coast – were driven off several beaches in the Bahamas. Helpers were immediately on hand to bring the animals back into the sea with their combined strength. But the whales kept trying to swim to the beach. A few other conspecifics circled disorientated in the…
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