What’s a marmam?

If you mean in terms of studying things like “names” & language and such, it’s definitely happening in marine mammals too! Dolphins have been shown to have signature whistles they use to refer to each other. And there’s a lot of research on the meaning/behavioral context of different marmam vocals!

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"Ultra-rare #BeakedWhale never seen alive washes up on on New Zealand beach — and scientists could now dissect it for the 1st time" www.livescience.com/animals/whal....

Ultra-rare whale never seen alive washes up on on New Zealand beach — and scientists could now dissect it for the 1st time

A beaked whale that recently washed up dead on a New Zealand beach likely belongs to the world's rarest cetacean species. If confirmed, researchers could dissect the species for the very first time.

The Society for Marine Mammalogy is looking for conference volunteers for #PerthSMM2024#SMM#MarMamwww.smmconference.org/volunteer/

Volunteer - SMM Conference

We require volunteers to help with a number of tasks, from little to big. Dedication and hard work on behalf of volunteers is essential to making this conference a success!

📍Marine Mammal Science feed! 🐳 Learn about whales, seals, sea otters, & more! To become a contributor, DM me brief details of your related work. Scientists, research orgs, naturalists, etc. welcome! Contributors, use one of the following to post: #MarMam#MarineMammals, 🦭, 🐬, 🐋, 🐳, 🦦, 🐻‍❄️

2024 #SMM#MarMammarinemammalscience.org/conservation...

Conservation Grant Program 2024 - Society for Marine Mammalogy

The SMM Conservation Grant Program will be accepting proposals for new grants in July 2024. The SMM has established a conservation endowment to help fund grants to catalyze real conservation efforts f...

Elephant seals 🦭 have a lot of blood with a lot of red blood cells (RBC)🩸 with lots of haemoglobin to store lots of oxygen. That way they can dive for 20 min (max > 2 hr!). That whitish layer between plasma and RBC are white blood cells and platelets #AnilloSEALS#PinnipedFacts 🧪#MarMam

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