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Navy dolphins wearing video cameras capture the sights and sounds as they hunt fish and even a sea snake

08.17.22 | PLOS

Assorted images of Dolphin S from the study.

A. Dolphin S with camera attached to the left side of her harness. B. Dolphin S drills into the sea floor to seize a fish. Notice the white of the eye or sclera (arrow) shows the eye rotated toward the fish. C. Dolphin S brings out the fish with lips flaring in the posterior half of the gape area to show the upper tooth row and gular area expanding. Credit: Ridgway et al., 2022, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Navy dolphins wearing video cameras capture the sights and sounds as they hunt fish and even a sea snake

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0265382

Article Title: Sights and sounds dolphins, Tursiops truncatus preying on native fish of San Diego Bay and offshore in the Pacific Ocean

Author Countries: U.S.A.

Funding: The authors (SR, DD) received funding from the Office of Naval Research ( https://www.onr.navy.mil/ ). The associated grant number is 12604848. In addition, authors received funding from the National Marine Mammal Foundation (nmmf.org). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0265382

Sights and sounds dolphins, Tursiops truncatus preying on native fish of San Diego Bay and offshore in the Pacific Ocean

17-Aug-2022

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Additional Media

Dolphin Z catching sea snakes in the Pacific Ocean with obvious head jerks and a victory squeal. Credit: Ridgway et al., 2022, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Keywords

Animal Research Animals Aquatic Animals Fish Marine Mammals Wildlife

Article Information

Journal

PLOS ONE

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0265382

Article Publication Date

2022-08-17

Article Title

Sights and sounds dolphins, Tursiops truncatus preying on native fish of San Diego Bay and offshore in the Pacific Ocean

COI Statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah

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"Navy dolphins wearing video cameras capture the sights and sounds as they hunt fish and even a sea snake." Brightsurf News, Aug. 17 2022, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/L7V7D0O8/navy-dolphins-wearing-video-cameras-capture-the-sights-and-sounds-as-they-hunt-fish-and-even-a-sea-snake.html.