27/02/2024

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Dolphin Awareness Week 2024

It seems fitting as the last post was ‘Whales Threatened by Us’  Dolphin Awareness Month, held each March, to raise and spread awareness about these amazing marine creatures – and the merciless killing of them. Dolphins are variously described as the smartest marine animal, and human’s best friends in the sea with a long history of being friendly with human beings. This friendliness has come in. the form of ‘dolphin therapy’ in places such as Monkey Mia here in Australia; and protecting humans from other sea-based...

Whales threatened by …… us!

  World Whale Day, the annual calendar celebrated on the third Sunday in February  (February 18), seeks to appreciate these amazing marine creatures that are an important part of the ecosystem. Once upon a time, we could just enjoy these creatures for their majesty – species that visit Moreton Bay Marine Park include the mighty Humpback (migrating to and from their southern feeding grounds between June and October),  eight species of dolphin including the bottlenose and the Australian Humpback dolphin – now the day ‘must’ goes beyond that,...