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High Numbers of Sperm Whales Counted off Irish West Coast in New Study


High Numbers of Sperm Whales Counted off Irish West Coast in New Study
10th December 2020
Sperm whale at surface
Credit: Simon Berrow
Up to 380 sperm whales are living in deep waters off the Irish coast, a newly published study has found. 
This makes sperm whales “one of the most abundant great whale species” in these waters, expert Dr Simon Berrow says. 
Sperm whales are known for their distinctive echolocation “clicks” which can be heard over many tens of kilometres, and this allows them to be counted.
A survey team from Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) and the Scottish Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) Consulting spent 45 days at sea in harsh weather conditions to conduct the population count. ....

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