A Hector s dolphin at play.
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The institute has been monitoring increasing amounts of noise created by pile driving, ports and recreational boats, and found it can cause temporary or even permanent deafness in whales and dolphins.
A biologist with the Cawthron Institute, Dr Simon Childerhouse, said noise pollution got in the way of them communicating with each other and could cause stress, leading to declining birth rates. Loud noises have the potential to physiologically injure them and their hearing either temporarily or permanently, which obviously has big implications for survival. Some of the really loud noises like seismic surveys or military sonar can also actually directly kill marine mammals.
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Kendall Morse, renowned Maine humorist and folk singer, dies at 86
Morse, who most recently lived in Scarborough, spent more than 40 years performing around the country and recording his songs and stories.
Kendall Morse in a family photo
Morse, who most recently lived in Scarborough, spent more than 40 years performing around the country and recording his songs and stories. In 1995, he was inducted into the Maine Country Music Hall of Fame. In 2009, he received a Grammy nomination for his role as co-producer of the folk album “Singing Through the Hard Times: A Tribute to Utah Phillips.”
“He was a legend to the world, but he was always my dad,” said Elaine Hodnette, the oldest of his three daughters.
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Green sea turtle back in rehab at Kelly Tarlton s Auckland, in December. DOC biodiversity supervisor Molly Hicks said the team usually receives about 2500 calls per year about animal injuries. However, this summer it has seen an increase in call frequency. “It’s usually that [boats] are moving too quickly through the water and are unable to slow down in time, or they’re willing to risk their propeller and passengers when they see an object and are willing to hit it,” she said. A boat strike can either cause blunt force trauma or lacerations from the propeller, which can maim or kill animals.