February 3, 2021 at 2:02 pm | Published in: Middle East, News, Oman
An endangered Arabian Sea humpback whale has been rescued after being stranded off the coast of Oman’s Port of Duqm late last month [@portofduqm/Twitter] February 3, 2021 at 2:02 pm
An endangered Arabian Sea humpback whale has been rescued after being stranded off the coast of Oman s Port of Duqm late last month.
A concerted effort involving specialists and volunteers successfully freed the whale after it was entangled in a net for more than two days. The rescue operation was undertaken by the Environment Authority, Port of Duqm, Five Oceans Environmental Services LLC, Oman s Coast Guard, and the Royal Air Force of Oman, in addition to support from the Oman Stranding Network and the Environment Society (ESO).
28 DECEMBER 2020
A new type of whale song may very well belong to a previously unknown population of blue whales, peacefully swimming in the Indian Ocean.
The unusual song was picked up at three different underwater locations separated by 3,500 kilometres (2,175 miles) of ocean. First recorded in 2017 off the coast of Madagascar, these unique calls were later identified in the western Arabian Sea, off the coast of Oman, and also in the Chagos Archipelago in the central Indian Ocean.
Before now, this region was thought to harbour just a single population of blue whales (
Balaenoptera musculus), distinguished by its own unique call. Any whales found in this area were simply assumed to be part of that population. But these new sounds didn t match up.
Scientists Discover a New Whale Population in the Indian Ocean 26/12/2020
A blue whale. Photo: Christopher Michel/Flickr, CC BY 2.0
New Delhi: Scientists have found evidence of a previously unknown population of blue whales living in the western Indian Ocean based on an analysis of sound recordings from the region, reported
According to a recently published study in the journal
Endangered Species Research, this group of whales has its own distinct song, different from any other whale song. So far, only about a dozen blue whale songs – each of which is a distinct identifier of a unique population – have been documented. Several blue whale populations have previously been recognised based on their distinct songs.
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