porpoise

During the night two porpoises came around the boat and he could hear them rolling and blowing.

A few finless porpoises -- smaller, stouter mammals with blunt noses -- were moved into a reserve, along with one baiji.

a yellow fatty oil obtained from porpoises and used as a fine lubricant.

There has LONG. been a superstition among mariners that porpoises will save drowning.

There has long been a superstition among mariners that porpoises will save drowning men.

He is now satisfied merely to try to stand up, but as soon as he does so a porpoises knocks him flat.

I wondered that the porpoises had not long since gone away.

Any of various small whales, porpoises, or similar aquatic mammals, especially a whale of the genus Mesoplodon, having a pointed snout.

Penguins are the only bird that can leap into the air like porpoises .

An examination of the functioning of the senses in cetaceans , the group of mammals comprising whales, dolphins and porpoises.

In the 18th century, porpoises were described as so common they sometimes darkened the sea as they rose to draw breath.

He no sooner recovers his equilibrium than the next porpoises comes along and hits him another crack.

large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals.

Go wildlife watching on the rugged island of Mull for the chance to see eagles, otters and even porpoises.

"If the ice had lasted much longer, all the porpoises would have died, " says IHB's Hao Yujiang.

A too-brief connection suppresses fish spawning, says Hao, so researchers must stock Tian-E-Zhou with fish for the porpoises to eat.

More than 300 thousand small whales, dolphins and porpoises die due to commercial fishing each year.

Based on the encephalization quotient, the brightest animals on the planet are humans, followed great apes, porpoises, and elephants.

All dolphins, including the bottlenose, are porpoises.

What would you say is the main characteristic of porpoises ?

All dolphins, porpoises, and whales belong to the order Cetacea.

In 1928 some porpoises were photographed working like beavers to push ashore a waterlogged mattress .

Dolphins and porpoises are less vulnerable and will still be rescued.

"Even the fish cannot survive. How can finless porpoises not become extinct? " Jiang said.

Porpoises are different than dolphins.

Do you know that every year, in the North Sea, over 7000 dolphins and porpoises are caught and die in fishing nets?

Require This is not easy, and may require two porpoises working together .

The porpoises have not gone away ever since.

18-4. In 1928 some porpoises were photographer working like beavers to push ashore a waterlogged mattress.

He saw a school of porpoises.

On the other hand, the position of the eyes in most dolphins and porpoises suggests that they have stereoscopic vision forward and downward.

18-12. This is not easy, and may require two porpoises working together.

There has long been a superstition among mariners that porpoises will save drowning men by pushing them to the surface,

They are related to whales and porpoises , and they evolved around 10 million years ago.

of the little children who catch hold of the slippery porpoises and ride laughing upon their backs;

Marine Protected Areas for Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises: A World Handbook for Cetacean Habitat Conservation

Preliminary Observations on Feeding Behavior of Finless Porpoises in a Semi-nature Reserve of Yangtze River