Dolphins: Spy in the Pod, BBC1 - TV review
11 years, 2 months ago

Dolphins: Spy in the Pod, BBC1 - TV review

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The second episode of nature documentary Dolphins: Spy in the Pod was like the visual equivalent of one of those "Sounds of the Ocean" CDs that insomniacs use to drift off. The series uses spy cameras made to look like various sea creatures, aka "spy creatures", to give us unparalleled insight into the complicated rituals of dolphin society. In this episode, "Spy Puffer" accompanied a young bottlenose dolphin as he made his first forays away from his mother.

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Rare video captures super pod of 2,000 dolphins breaching and playing off California coast
1 month ago

Rare video captures super pod of 2,000 dolphins breaching and playing off California coast

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — A California boat captain has captured rare video of a super pod of more than 2,000 dolphins breaching off the coast of Monterey Bay, including the more elusive northern right whale dolphin. Northern right whale dolphins are often spotted farther away from shore and in deeper waters, but Evan Brodsky, a captain and videographer with private boat …

Giant pod of over 1,500 dolphins spotted ‘having a big party’ off California coast
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Giant pod of over 1,500 dolphins spotted ‘having a big party’ off California coast

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Marine biologists have captured a rare sight of a giant pod …

Giant pod of over 1,500 dolphins spotted ‘having a big party’ off California coast
2 months ago

Giant pod of over 1,500 dolphins spotted ‘having a big party’ off California coast

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Marine biologists have captured a rare sight of a giant pod …

Watch a miles-long cluster of dolphins captured on drone video
2 months ago

Watch a miles-long cluster of dolphins captured on drone video

Associated Press  

A miles-long cluster of dolphins has been filmed leaping and gliding across Carmel Bay off the central coast of California, forming an unusual “super pod” of more than 1,500 of the marine creatures. “They were on the horizon I feel like as far as I could see,” said Captain Evan Brodsky, with the Monterey Bay Whale Watch, who captured drone …

Dolphin surprises wildlife experts with underwater ‘headstand’
3 years, 3 months ago

Dolphin surprises wildlife experts with underwater ‘headstand’

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A Risso’s dolphin has been filmed performing an unusual underwater “headstand”, leaving wildlife experts wondering …

Dolphins filmed swimming next to fishing boat in video taken off coast of Tynemouth
5 years, 8 months ago

Dolphins filmed swimming next to fishing boat in video taken off coast of Tynemouth

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Marine wildlife charity ORCA said the dolphins in the video looked like bottlenose dolphins. …

What does a dolphin use to get high? A toxic puffer fish that makes them lapse into a trance-like state
11 years, 3 months ago

What does a dolphin use to get high? A toxic puffer fish that makes them lapse into a trance-like state

Daily Mail  

What does a dolphin use to get high? A toxic puffer fish that makes them lapse into a trance-like state The footage features in TV series Dolphins: Spy in the Pod Series uses several cameras disguised as sea creatures to film dolphins The mammals were filmed in a trance-like state after eating puffer fish Dolphins are said to share the …

How Filmmakers Used Spy Tech to Catch Dolphin Slaughter
15 years, 7 months ago

How Filmmakers Used Spy Tech to Catch Dolphin Slaughter

Wired  

To reveal a gruesome dolphin slaughter to the world, the makers of the documentary The Cove used spy drones, cameras disguised as rocks and a lot of daring. Dolphin killing receives less attention than whale hunts, but many scientists say their death is every bit as tragic. It was O'Barry who convinced National Geographic photographer Louie Psihoyos to make a …

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