Navy dolphins to help locate rare vaquita porpoise.

The U.S. Navy has for decades deployed bottlenose dolphins to search for underwater mines and detect enemy divers. Now the versatile sea mammals and their San Diego-based trainers are preparing for an unprecedented challenge: locating some of the few surviving vaquita porpoises in Mexico’s Upper Gulf of California.

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/border-baja-california/sd-me-navy-dolphin-20161228-story.html

Publicado el 05 de enero de 2017 a las 02:17 AM por biohexx1