Dolphins

Four dolphins have washed ashore in just four days, along with other marine mammals. But the "unusual mortality event" began much earlier, says NOAA Fisheries.

More attention has been placed on the hunting of cetaceans off the Faroe Islands in recent years after 1,423 dolphins were killed in just one hunt in 2021.

An off-duty sheriff's deputy found the dolphin swimming in circles off the coast of Hudson, Florida, without its mother and unable to breathe.

"I have never seen so many dolphins riding one wave together like that," Jessica Blacklow told Newsweek.

"When he crosses the finish line, we cheer and his trainer rewards him with herring," a Naval Information Officer revealed.

The deaths come just two months after an orca named Kiska died at the same facility.

The dolphin calf was still swimming and feeding with its mother despite the injury.

The military operations underway during the Russia-Ukraine war seems to be disrupting dolphins sonars, causing them to wash up dead.

"I spent several days and many hours with tough weather conditions wanting to witness this," photographer Vanessa Prigollini told Newsweek.

Tour operator Lloyd Edwards told Newsweek that he thought he had seen it all, before spotting the albino dolphin swimming off South Africa.

"Dolphins and porpoises washed ashore during our investigation exhibited fresh war-related injuries on their bodies," said researcher Ewa Węgrzyn.

Surfers launched a rescue attempt after almost 40 dolphins, several of whom were dead, were beached within just two days along Japan's coastline.

"This has happened many times before here when ice invades us from the north," Wayne Ledwell of Whale Release and Strandings told Newsweek.

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Experts explain that these endangered dolphins are usually non-aggressive, and will only attack if they feel under threat.

"They came very close and actually swam under our kayaks," Tristian Herbert, who took videos of the footage, told Newsweek.

Stella Berry, 16, had jumped into the water to swim with a pod of dolphins when she was attacked by the apex predator.

Last year, the hunting in the Japanese village resulted in the death or capture of over 550 whales and dolphins.

A photo of the bronze whaler shark mid-air was captured by a passenger aboard a safari tour boat.

Blue whales usually migrate south for the winter months, mating and giving birth in the warmer waters off Mexico and Central America.

"The specimens in this subspecies are one of the smallest common bottlenose dolphins found," marine researcher Ana Costa said.

The young orca was returned to the sea after stranding but rescuers fear she will not survive without her mother

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Australian fisherman Trapman Bermagui, who filmed the encounter, said he could hear the attack from over 300 feet away.

Dolphins have been previously seen seemingly attempting to save humans and other animals from predators like sharks.

A USDA report alleged the aquarium underfed dolphins so they would perform better in shows.

Harbor porpoises usually live in the saltwater of the ocean and being in freshwater rivers for too long can be bad for their skin.

The orca washed up in the Netherlands with inflamed organs, teeth that were falling out, and a near-empty intestine.

Ukrainian biologist Ivan Rusev originally believed there were at least 5,000 dead dolphins due to the war but now estimates the toll to be much larger.

The dolphin, known as Beebong, was the last of his kind left in South Korea, and he was released in waters off of Jeju Island.