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Lethargic Dolphin Nov. 2015

Tursiops — Mon, 23 Nov 2015 20:39:00 +0000

In August, 2015, during a routine atlantic bottlenose dolphin photo-ID survey, Keith Rittmaster and Josh Summers of nc maritime museum / cape lookout studies encountered a dolphin intermittently rafting lazily at the surface in Back Sound. It appeared to be an unusual behavior but we could not determine a problem so we photographed the bottlenose […]

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Nov. 11, 2015 Dolphin Photo ID

Tursiops — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 04:05:41 +0000

Beautiful weather allowed us to go out today on our cape lookout studies program boat “Spyhop” and do our usual bottlenose dolphin survey and photo ID. Just a few minutes after leaving the Gallant’s channel dock we encountered our first group of approx. 15 animals in the estuary. We recognized a few of our […]

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Young male bottlenose dolphin strands at Emerald Isle

Tursiops — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:39:47 +0000

On October 19, 2012, a fresh dead bottlenose dolphin was reported floating near Bogue Sound at Emerald Isle. NC Maritime Museum volunteers David and Bobbi Brown assisted Dr. Victoria Thayer from the NC Division of Marine Fisheries and NC Maritime Museum Natural Science Curator Keith Rittmaster in retrieving the carcass which was frozen for later […]

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Cetacean populations show regional differences.

Tursiops — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 17:33:31 +0000

In the short time I’ve been volunteering for the Cape lookout Studies Program, I’ve learned a lot about how our local dolphins behave in ways that are not consistent throughout the world. While researchers are still learning the “whys” for these differences – it’s seems clear to me that cetaceans around the world have developed […]

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A young bottlenose dolphin dead with multiple entanglements

Keith_Rittmaster — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 23:59:45 +0000

On October 7th, 2011, Kat Fourhman of the NC Aquarium at Roanoke Island responded to a stranding of a dead bottlenose dolphin on the shore of Roanoke Sound near Manteo, NC. Paul Doshkov of Cape Hatteras National Seashore assisted with the investigation. It was a 175cm (5’ 9”) male. At that size he would […]

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Jerry, a stranded bottlenose dolphin

Tursiops — Sat, 14 Jun 2003 21:33:58 +0000

Shark-bit and listless, Jerry wasn't looking too good when Cape Lookout Studies volunteers spied him at the old Coast Guard docks. Veterinarian, Dr. Craig Harms decided to take a chance on rehabilitation for this ill and stranded bottlenose dolphin.

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The rearticulation of a bottlenose dolphin skeleton

Tursiops — Wed, 05 Mar 1997 21:06:39 +0000

NC Maritime Museum Volunteer Leonard DeDuke undertook the task of rearticulating the skeleton of a bottlenose dolphin found and prepared by Keith Rittmaster and students from Halifax Academy.

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