endkillerwhalecaptivity: endkillerwhalecaptivity:Nick, a pacific white sided dolphin has a nasty wou
endkillerwhalecaptivity: endkillerwhalecaptivity:Nick, a pacific white sided dolphin has a nasty wound just behind his eye after being attacked by a bottlenose dolphin that shares the tank (either Peace or Quick. Translation is iffy), at Port of Nagoya Aquarium in Japan. All three were captured from Taiji. [EDIT - Nick wasn’t captured in Taiji, he was caught in Nanao. The two bottlenose were from Taiji though]With all animals placed into one single tank with nowhere for submissive animals to retreat to, aggression is rife at PoN, the bottlenose dolphins regularly pick on the PWS dolphins [x] [x] [x] [x]. You can see the behavior yourself on their webcam, along with tons of stereotypical behaviors (tip, turn your volume button down before clicking on link!). Source, Guyoo. UPDATE - The would has completely healed. The above photo was taken on the 18th of December, and the photo below was taken on the 18th of January. Remarkable how fast cetaceans can recover from injuries! The worries about PoNPA’s social structure still remain though. New Nick update. Okay, so back in April and May Port of Nagoya decided to keep two seals in one of the small side tanks off of the main big dolphin tank, and adjacent to the orca tank. (photos below by Port of Nagoya) This is where they were, right next to the orcas. Anyway, a few days ago, they were moved them to another tank in the park near the belugas, and now Nick has been moved into this tank.I don’t think I need to write a whole post on how disgustingly inappropriate and cruel that tank is for a cetacean, do I?. It’s pretty obvious.Above photo by Guyoo. Source. -- source link
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