A military marine mammal is a cetacean or pinniped that has been trained for military uses. Examples include bottlenose dolphins, seals, sea lions, and...
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Marine mammals are mammals that rely on marine (saltwater) ecosystems for their existence. They include animals such as cetaceans (whales, dolphins and...
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Marine mammal training refers to the training and caretaking of various marine mammals, including dolphins, orcas (killer whales), sea lions, and walruses...
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The U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program (NMMP) is a program administered by the U.S. Navy which studies the military use of marine mammals - principally bottlenose...
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The interactions between marine mammals and sonar have been a subject of debate since the invention of the technology. Active sonar, the transmission equipment...
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The Marine Mammal Center (TMMC) is a private, non-profit U.S. organization that was established in 1975 for the purpose of rescuing, rehabilitating and...
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A marine mammal observer (MMO) is a professional in environmental consulting who specializes in whales and dolphins. In recent years there has been increased...
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popular culture List of captive killer whales List of cetaceans Military marine mammal Whale § In myth, literature and art Revkin, Andrew C. (21 December...
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the fleet shifted back to the Bering Strait region. The Russian military marine mammal program reportedly sources some of its animals from the Sea of Okhotsk...
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Aquatic mammals and semiaquatic mammals are a diverse group of mammals that dwell partly or entirely in bodies of water. They include the various marine mammals...
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Pygmy sperm whale (category Cosmopolitan mammals)
(1987). "Behavioral observations of the dwarf sperm whale, Kogia simus". Marine Mammal Science. 3 (4): 353–354. Bibcode:1987MMamS...3..353S. doi:10.1111/j...
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Dolphin (redirect from Aquatic mammal dolphin)
tasks as part of the U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program. The Russian military is believed to have closed its marine mammal program in the early 1990s. In...
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Cuvier's beaked whale (category Mammals described in 1823)
Animals (CMS). "Lethal Sounds: The use of military sonar poses a deadly threat to whales and other marine mammals". NRDC. June 2006. Retrieved 3 February...
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Melon-headed whale (category Mammals of the Dominican Republic)
MoU). As with all other marine mammal species, the melon-headed whale is protected in United States waters under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA)...
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Blue whale (category Mammals described in 1758)
The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is a marine mammal and a baleen whale. Reaching a maximum confirmed length of 29.9 m (98 ft) and weighing up to...
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Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton is the major West Coast base of the United States Marine Corps and is one of the largest Marine Corps bases in the United...
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Pinniped (redirect from Seal (mammal))
distributed and diverse clade of carnivorous, fin-footed, semiaquatic, mostly marine mammals. They comprise the extant families Odobenidae (whose only living member...
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Hawaiian monk seal (category Mammals described in 1905)
seals. The Marine Mammal Response Network (MMRN) is partnered with NOAA and several other government agencies that deal with land and marine wildlife....
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into the uses of many species of marine mammals for military purposes. The U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program uses military dolphins and sea lions for underwater...
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coral reef and seagrass beds inhabited by the dugong, an endangered marine mammal protected under Japanese law and U.S. law. The environmental impact...
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Attorney General Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman of the Marine Mammal Commission Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board Council...
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ancient Greek κῆτος, meaning 'sea monster') form an infra-order of marine mammals. In 2020, approximately 86 species of cetaceans had been identified...
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station code MMO) Marine Management Organisation, UK government body Marine mammal observer, a professional in environmental consulting Military Merit Order...
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Dugong (category Mammals described in 1776)
The dugong (/ˈd(j)uːɡɒŋ/; Dugong dugon) is a marine mammal. It is one of four living species of the order Sirenia, which also includes three species of...
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Common bottlenose dolphin (category Tool-using mammals)
trained for military uses such as locating sea mines or detecting and marking enemy divers, as for example in the U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program. In...
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within the marine waters of the place. The majority of the place is in an excellent condition and the current use of the place for military training does...
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Cetacea (category Mammal infraorders)
Congress passed the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 sustain the marine mammal population. It prohibits the taking of marine mammals except for several...
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SeaWorld San Antonio is a 416-acre (168 ha) marine mammal park, oceanarium and animal theme park in the Westover Hills District of San Antonio, Texas...
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the seals. The Marine Mammal Response Network is partnered with NOAA and several other government agencies that deal with land and marine wildlife. To raise...
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Wildlife of Mauritius (section Mammals)
had no endemic terrestrial mammals. The only mammals that could find their way to the island were bats and marine mammals. The vast majority of mammalian...
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