Spotted some Risso's dolphins from the back deck!! — Part 2 | Live From The Monterey Bay!

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We just saw some wild Risso's dolphins from the back deck of the Aquarium! Join Patrick and Emily as they follow the dolphins around Cannery Row, with bonus cormorant content, a discussion about the differences between seals and sea lions, the gruesome way that sea stars eat their mussels and more! Check out that breach at 2:13! Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XERSdbA-cmg Find out more about Risso's dolphins: https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals-and-exhibits/animal-guide/marine-mammals/risso-dolphin ___ Natural History Like a battered boxer, the bulky, blunt-headed Risso's dolphin bears lots of scars. Its Latin species name griseus refers to the skin's ghostly gray-white mottling—an effect enhanced with age by extensive scarring made by the teeth of its own kind or by the beaks and tentacles of squid, its preferred prey. Famous French anatomist Georges Cuvier formally described the species in 1812 and named it for naturalist Antoine Risso. One of the largest kinds of dolphin, the Risso's dolphin performs an array of acrobatic behaviors including breaching, spyhopping and slapping flukes or flippers on the sea surface. Most common along the continental slope or in the open ocean, Risso's dolphins dwell over deep water in order to hunt vertically migrating squid, octopuses and other cephalopods at night. The marine mammals may seek the glow from their preys' bioluminescent bodies. The stomachs of stranded dolphins in the Mediterranean contained only the rem

Published 2019-12-06 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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