No photoshopping: this was the actual light.
(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Northern Adriatic Sea)
18 June 2018
Beam trawler, early morning
No photoshopping: this was the actual light.
(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Northern Adriatic Sea)
17 June 2018
Young and beautiful
Juvenile bottlenose dolphin surfacing alongside an adult.
(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Northern Adriatic Sea)
15 June 2018
Cover of Elsevier's journal Zoology
The cover of the latest volume of Elsevier's scientific journal Zoology features Silvia's photo of a striped dolphin attending to a dead conspecific in the Gulf of Corinth, Greece.
This Zoology volume includes our article "Whale and dolphin behavioural responses to dead conspecifics", freely downloadable (for a few more weeks) at: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1XB203MhxMSrGv
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Bearzi G., Kerem D., Furey N.B., Pitman R.L., Rendell L., Reeves R.R. 2018. Whale and dolphin behavioural responses to dead conspecifics. Zoology 128:1-15. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0944200618300473
14 June 2018
13 June 2018
Wavy sea, midwater pair trawlers
Midwater pair trawlers hauling their net 11 nautical miles offshore. When the sea is wavy, passing one rope holding the net to the twin boat requires advanced manoeuvring skills.
(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Northern Adriatic Sea)
12 June 2018
11 June 2018
Happy dolphin?
While dolphins do not have facial expressions and can hardly 'smile', this individual has a particularly happy-looking face :-)
(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Northern Adriatic Sea)
10 June 2018
Not a ctenophore
The large liquid natural gas offshore terminal ('Adriatic LNG'), photographed at sea before sunrise, almost looks like a bioluminiscent ctenophore.
(Photo by G. Bearzi, Northern Adriatic Sea)
09 June 2018
08 June 2018
Whale and dolphin behavioural responses to dead conspecifics: now online
The final version of our article "Whale and dolphin behavioural responses to dead conspecifics" is now available online.
The Share Link below provides 50 days' free access to our article, including free pdf download.
https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1XB203MhxMSrGv
07 June 2018
06 June 2018
Three fins, one trawler
Three bottlenose dolphins surface at unison near a trawler.
(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Northern Adriatic Sea)
05 June 2018
Old guy
This old individual, photographed as he/she was following a bottom trawler, has the tips of the rostrum and dorsal fin heavily worn. Wear (especially on the rostrum) may result in part from years spent foraging behind or even inside the nets. Marks left from the teeth of conspecifics are also visible.
(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Northern Adriatic Sea)
04 June 2018
Pink and orange
Bottlenose dolphins in pink and orange waters.
(Photos by S. Bonizzoni, Northern Adriatic Sea)
03 June 2018
Can you spot the dolphins?
Bottlenose dolphins feeding near a midwater trawler as the net is being hauled and lifted on board.
(Photos by S. Bonizzoni, Northern Adriatic Sea)
02 June 2018
Finless dolphin
The bottlenose dolphin on the right lost its dorsal fin. Not having a dorsal does not seem to be a serious problem and over the years we have seen several individuals (bottlenose and striped dolphins) living a normal life in this condition.
(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Northern Adriatic Sea)
01 June 2018
5 per mille
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31 May 2018
Trawler in a pink sea
This midwater pair trawler photographed at 5:30 AM looks almost unreal.
(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Northern Adriatic Sea)
30 May 2018
29 May 2018
Dolphins before sunrise
We woke up at 3AM this morning, and went 12 nautical miles offshore to be with dolphins and trawlers before sunrise.
(Photos by S. Bonizzoni, Northern Adriatic Sea)
28 May 2018
First calves
Today we observed the first calves of the year: three newborns and one small calf, swimming with their respective mothers.
Note: the two photos on top portray the same mother-newborn pair.
(Photos by S. Bonizzoni, Northern Adriatic Sea)
Wary eye
A young adult bottlenose dolphin looks at us with a wary eye.
(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Northern Adriatic Sea)
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