Dolphins provide data for research programme
Eight bottlenose dolphins caught mid-flight in Maltese waters. Photo: Adriana Vella
As participants in the Rolex Middle Sea Race battled it out with rough weather, dolphins and whales kept the crews company day and night.
When the crews sighted cetaceans, they took logs and pictures, which will now be used by Bicref, the biological conservation research foundation, as part of the Maltese Cetacean Research Project, which has been going on for 12 years.
Bicref strives to promote the importance of conservation of the seas and the need for effective action to reduce the impact of climate change. Toward this challenge, Bicref has joined the international effort called 350, which is the lower value of CO2 emissions that has to be targeted.
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R. Azzopardi
Oct 30th 2009, 09:55
@Jesmond Micallef
You're right! What's more? If you want to enjoy the wonderful world that lies beneath the waves, just...... DIVE!!!!
Jesmond Micallef
Oct 29th 2009, 18:10
COOL...............What a lovely picture !! And the Maltese islands have such beautifull animals around them !!!
Marine biologists who said Malta needs a zoo !!! ............Think about it !!!
Beautifull sea, beautifull marine life !!!
Franco Farrugia
Oct 29th 2009, 10:30
@ Mr Tabone - Do forgive me for being perhaps exact ... but extinction is not the one and only point. And it is not even the main one, either. The main point, to my mind - and I may be incorrect - is the enormous savagery and cruelty that mankind is responsible of, in relation to non-human beings. Every dolphin - since we are speaking of dolphins, here - is a sacred life! Just like us! Where is the difference? Do you think that dolphins do not try to scream out in pain and in terror when the water around them turns blood-red ....? .... Their own blood and that of their kin? We know that dolphins form family units and that they feel for each other, even as communities! But certain nations appear to be above the international law and they do as they please!
M. Tabone
Oct 29th 2009, 10:14
You are very correct Mr. Farrugia. Extinction rate in the whole world is alarmly high. Unfortunatley in Malta poachers/hunters contribute to this too!! But the worst atrocities against animals and plants is in Asia.....tigers, rhinos, leopards, whales and many other exotic animals are going extint extremely fast. What a tragedy!!
Franco Farrugia
Oct 29th 2009, 09:11
What a lovely sight.
However, we also need to keep in mind the thousands of dolphins that are being cruelly and savagely slaughtered by Japanese every year. More information about this matter is given through this weblink - and not for the faint-hearted!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkgCTDqQYBE
Then, if you want to see more, which I doubt, continue exploring other 'dolphins japanese' on www.youtube.com.
Miguel Micallef
Oct 29th 2009, 09:07
Beautiful!