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The Blainville’s beaked whale, aka dense-beaked whale, is thought to be the widest ranging of the mesoplodont whales (toothed whales). They dwell in tropical and warm waters in all the world’s oceans. These whales face the threats of overfishing; over harvesting; water pollution; microplastics pollution; noise pollution, that causes disorientation […]

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The clymene dolphin, aka short-snouted spinner dolphin, are the only known case of hybrid speciation in marine mammals, being descendants of the spinner dolphin and the striped dolphin. They can be found in the Atlantic Ocean off the coasts of Canada, United States, Mexico, Central America, South America, and Africa. […]

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The Fraser’s dolphin, aka Sarawak dolphin, can be found in deep tropical waters; between 30°S and 20°N, mostly in the Pacific Ocean. However, they can also be seen in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans too. These dolphins face the threats of overfishing; bycatch, getting caught in long lines and purse-seine […]

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The northern right whale dolphin is but 1 of 2 species of right whale dolphin. They not only lack a dorsal fin, but they also look a bit like a porpoise. These critters inhabit the cold and temperate waters of the North Pacific Ocean. They face the threats of overfishing, […]

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The Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin, aka Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphin, can be found along the coastlines of northern Australia, South China, India, the Red Sea, and along the eastern coast of Africa in warm temperate to tropical waters. Unfortunately, they face the threats of habitat destruction at the hands of residential […]

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The tucuxi dolphin (pronounced ‘too-koo-shee’), aka bufeo gris, bufeo negro, estuarine dolphin, grey dolphin, grey river dolphin, or Guianian river dolphin, can be found throughout the Amazon River and the Orinoco River systems. The marine subspecies can be found along the eastern coast of South America (from Brazil to Nicaragua), […]

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The harbor porpoise, aka common porpoise or puffing pig, can be found throughout the North Atlantic, Arctic Oceans, North Pacific, the Black Sea, and the Mediterranean. They prefer bays, estuaries, river mouths, and occasionally even venture upriver. these porpoises are partial to cold, shallow coastal waters. Even though they face […]

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