20.08.2012                      02.Elul. 5772                      Slichot Adot Misrach

Nachwuchs:

Baby bottlenose dolphin found off coast

Alarming number of whales, dolphins washing up onshore.

Out on a routine survey of dolphins along the southern Mediterranean coast of Ashkelon on Friday, researchers discovered a happy surprise – a tiny bottlenose dolphin calf, who is just a few weeks old.
While the species is relatively common on the coast – a stable population with 300 to 400 individuals – this was an exceptionally young and active calf, Dr. Aviad Scheinin, chairman of the Israel Marine Mammal Research & Assistance Center, told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday….