In April, Ocean Wise, the non-profit conservation organization struggling to shepherd the Vancouver Aquarium through the pandemic, admitted defeat and sold to a private company, Herschend Enterprises. Herschend, an American theme-park corporation that already owns two aquariums, says it will be business as usual when the doors once again open to the public.
For now, that entails maintaining and displaying the 70,000 animals currently housed in the aquarium, including sea otters, sloths, a green sea turtle, harbour seals, African penguins and Helen, a Pacific white-sided dolphin. Herschend has said the company will take the first two years “listening and learning” before making any changes to the renowned institution. A survey is circulating, says Herschend’s executive director, Eric Rose, to gather public input: “What are Vancouverites wanting to see? Is there a wish list? Is there something Vancouver did in the past that you’d want us to bring back?”
Meet the Other Social Influencers of the Animal Kingdom
Culture, once considered exclusive to humans, turns out to be widespread in nature.
A chimpanzee in the Chimfunshi wildlife sanctuary in Zambia, where one chimp began a tradition of wearing a blade of grass in the ear, which carried on after her death.Credit.David Pike/Alamy
May 7, 2021
Julia, her friends and family agreed, had style. When, out of the blue, the 18-year-old chimpanzee began inserting long, stiff blades of grass into one or both ears and then went about her day with her new statement accessories clearly visible to the world, the other chimpanzees at the Chimfunshi wildlife sanctuary in Zambia were dazzled.
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Whales can learn about danger and can warn each other, according to a study of how they dodged whaling ships in the 19th century
Whales can learn about danger and can warn each other, according to a study of how they dodged whaling ships in the 19th century
Marianne GuenotApr 7, 2021, 16:59 IST
An annotated image of a sperm whale.Insider/Francois Gohier/VW Pics/Universal Images Group/Getty Images
Sperm whales changed their
That behavior spread among sperm whales and disrupted the whaling industry, scientists found.
This could be an example of
animal culture , the lead author of the study told Insider.
Insider/Francois Gohier/VW Pics/Universal Images Group/Getty Images
Sperm whales changed their behavior to dodge whaling ships in the 1800s, according to a study.
That behavior spread among sperm whales and disrupted the whaling industry, scientists found.
This could be an example of animal culture , the lead author of the study told Insider.
Sperm whales learned to escape from whaling boats in the 19th century and passed the information to other whales, adding evidence that whales could pass on behaviors through social learning, according to a new study.
The study, which was published in Biology Letters on March 17, found that sperm whales quickly changed their behaviour in response to the whaling industry in the 1800s.