[NatureNS] Pygmy Sperm Whale washes up in Halifax Harbour

From: Angus MacLean <cold_mac@hotmail.com>
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Hi Ian:
Were any of these a long way from their known range? (There's a few I had n=
ot heard of).
Angus

> From: I.A.McLaren@Dal.Ca
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Pygmy Sperm Whale washes up in Halifax Harbour
> Date: Sun=2C 22 Mar 2015 20:33:49 +0000
>=20
> All:
>=20
> Can't add much=2C except to note that several have turned up on Sable Isl=
and=2C viz=2C:
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> Ian McLaren
> _________________________________________________________
> Zoe L. Lucas and Sascha K. Hooker. 2000.
>=20
> Canadian Field-Naturalist 114: 45-61.
>=20
> Abstract
>=20
> This review compiles information on cetacean strandings on Sable Island=
=2C off the coast of Nova Scotia. Two hundred and sixty-seven stranded ceta=
ceans=2C in 102 events=2C were recorded between 1970 and 1998. Seventeen sp=
ecies were represented: Blue Whale (1 single stranding)=2C Fin Whale (1 sin=
gle stranding)=2C Minke Whale (3 single strandings)=2C Humpback Whale (4 si=
ngle strandings)=2C Sperm Whale (8 strandings=2C 13 animals)=2C Pygmy Sperm=
 Whale (3 strandings=2C 4 animals)=2C Dwarf Sperm Whale (2 single stranding=
s)=2C Northern Bottlenose Whale (3 single strandings)=2C Sowerby's Beaked W=
hale (1 single stranding)=2C Killer Whale (1 single stranding)=2C Long-finn=
ed Pilot Whale (37 strandings=2C 173+ animals)=2C White-beaked Dolphin (1 s=
tranding=2C 2 animals)=2C Atlantic White-sided Dolphin (9 strandings=2C 13 =
animals)=2C Risso's Dolphin (1 single stranding)=2C Striped Dolphin (8 stra=
ndings=2C 22 animals)=2C Short-beaked Common Dolphin (4 strandings=2C 6 ani=
mals)=2C Harbour Porpoise (11 strandings=2C 13 animals). The records of the=
 Dwarf Sperm Whale and that of the Risso's Dolphin are the first for easter=
n Canada. The record of the Sowerby's Beaked Whale is the first reported st=
randing in Nova Scotia. Humpback=2C Minke=2C and Killer Whales=2C and Short=
-beaked Common Dolphins have not previously been recorded stranded on Sable=
 Island. The majority of stranding events (84) were of a single animal=3B n=
ine involved two animals=3B eight involved 3-10 animals=3B and one event in=
volved over 130 animals. Recorded strandings increased from 1.9 strandings/=
year between 1970-1989 to 7.1 strandings/year between 1990-1998. Mass stran=
dings of multiple male Sperm Whales have occurred three times (all since 19=
90). All Atlantic White-sided Dolphin strandings investigated were also com=
prised of male animals.=20
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> ______________________________________________________________
> ________________________________________
> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca <naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> on be=
half of Fred Schueler <bckcdb@istar.ca>
> Sent: March 21=2C 2015 11:16 AM
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Pygmy Sperm Whale washes up in Halifax Harbour
>=20
> Quoting "Hebda=2C Andrew J" <Andrew.Hebda@novascotia.ca>:
>=20
> > Piers=2C H. (1920). Accidental occurrence of the Pygmy Sperm Whale
> > (Kogia breviceps) on the coast of Nova Scotia: An extension of its
> > known range=3B with remarks on the probability of the former presence
> > in these waters of the true Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus).
> > Proceedings and Transactions of the Nova Scotian Institute of
> > Science=2C 15(2)=2C 95-114.
>=20
> * an irrelevant bit of old verse:
>=20
> The Sperm Whale's too big for a pet -
> It needs a whole ocean - and yet
> The Pygmy Sperm Whale can live in a pail
> If the pail is the size of Tibet.
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> fred.
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>            Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad
>        Mudpuppy Night - http://pinicola.ca/mudpup1.htm
> Vulnerable Watersheds - http://vulnerablewaters.blogspot.ca/
>      study our books - http://pinicola.ca/books/index.htm
>            RR#2 Bishops Mills=2C Ontario=2C Canada K0G 1T0
>     on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W
>      (613)258-3107 <bckcdb at istar.ca> http://pinicola.ca/
> "[The] two fundamental steps of scientific thought - the conjecture
> and refutation of Popper - have little place in the usual conception
> of intelligence. If something is to be dismissed as inadequate=2C it is
> surely not Darwin [=2C whose] works manifest the activity of a mind
> seeking for wisdom=2C a value which conventional philosophy has largely
> abandoned." Ghiselen=2C 1969. Triumph of the Darwinian Method=2C p 237.
> ------------------------------------------------------------
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<body class=3D'hmmessage'><div dir=3D'ltr'>Hi Ian:<br>Were any of these a l=
ong way from their known range? (There's a few I had not heard of).<br>Angu=
s<br><br><div>&gt=3B From: I.A.McLaren@Dal.Ca<br>&gt=3B To: naturens@chebuc=
to.ns.ca<br>&gt=3B Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Pygmy Sperm Whale washes up in H=
alifax Harbour<br>&gt=3B Date: Sun=2C 22 Mar 2015 20:33:49 +0000<br>&gt=3B =
<br>&gt=3B All:<br>&gt=3B <br>&gt=3B Can't add much=2C except to note that =
several have turned up on Sable Island=2C viz=2C:<br>&gt=3B <br>&gt=3B Ian =
McLaren<br>&gt=3B _________________________________________________________=
<br>&gt=3B Zoe L. Lucas and Sascha K. Hooker. 2000.<br>&gt=3B <br>&gt=3B Ca=
nadian Field-Naturalist 114: 45-61.<br>&gt=3B <br>&gt=3B Abstract<br>&gt=3B=
 <br>&gt=3B This review compiles information on cetacean strandings on Sabl=
e Island=2C off the coast of Nova Scotia. Two hundred and sixty-seven stran=
ded cetaceans=2C in 102 events=2C were recorded between 1970 and 1998. Seve=
nteen species were represented: Blue Whale (1 single stranding)=2C Fin Whal=
e (1 single stranding)=2C Minke Whale (3 single strandings)=2C Humpback Wha=
le (4 single strandings)=2C Sperm Whale (8 strandings=2C 13 animals)=2C Pyg=
my Sperm Whale (3 strandings=2C 4 animals)=2C Dwarf Sperm Whale (2 single s=
trandings)=2C Northern Bottlenose Whale (3 single strandings)=2C Sowerby's =
Beaked Whale (1 single stranding)=2C Killer Whale (1 single stranding)=2C L=
ong-finned Pilot Whale (37 strandings=2C 173+ animals)=2C White-beaked Dolp=
hin (1 stranding=2C 2 animals)=2C Atlantic White-sided Dolphin (9 stranding=
s=2C 13 animals)=2C Risso's Dolphin (1 single stranding)=2C Striped Dolphin=
 (8 strandings=2C 22 animals)=2C Short-beaked Common Dolphin (4 strandings=
=2C 6 animals)=2C Harbour Porpoise (11 strandings=2C 13 animals). The recor=
ds of the Dwarf Sperm Whale and that of the Risso's Dolphin are the first f=
or eastern Canada. The record of the Sowerby's Beaked Whale is the first re=
ported stranding in Nova Scotia. Humpback=2C Minke=2C and Killer Whales=2C =
and Short-beaked Common Dolphins have not previously been recorded stranded=
 on Sable Island. The majority of stranding events (84) were of a single an=
imal=3B nine involved two animals=3B eight involved 3-10 animals=3B and one=
 event involved over 130 animals. Recorded strandings increased from 1.9 st=
randings/year between 1970-1989 to 7.1 strandings/year between 1990-1998. M=
ass strandings of multiple male Sperm Whales have occurred three times (all=
 since 1990). All Atlantic White-sided Dolphin strandings investigated were=
 also comprised of male animals. <br>&gt=3B <br>&gt=3B ____________________=
__________________________________________<br>&gt=3B ______________________=
__________________<br>&gt=3B From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca &lt=3Bnatu=
rens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca&gt=3B on behalf of Fred Schueler &lt=3Bbckcdb@ist=
ar.ca&gt=3B<br>&gt=3B Sent: March 21=2C 2015 11:16 AM<br>&gt=3B To: naturen=
s@chebucto.ns.ca<br>&gt=3B Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Pygmy Sperm Whale washes=
 up in Halifax Harbour<br>&gt=3B <br>&gt=3B Quoting "Hebda=2C Andrew J" &lt=
=3BAndrew.Hebda@novascotia.ca&gt=3B:<br>&gt=3B <br>&gt=3B &gt=3B Piers=2C H=
. (1920). Accidental occurrence of the Pygmy Sperm Whale<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B (=
Kogia breviceps) on the coast of Nova Scotia: An extension of its<br>&gt=3B=
 &gt=3B known range=3B with remarks on the probability of the former presen=
ce<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B in these waters of the true Sperm Whale (Physeter macro=
cephalus).<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B Proceedings and Transactions of the Nova Scotia=
n Institute of<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B Science=2C 15(2)=2C 95-114.<br>&gt=3B <br>&=
gt=3B * an irrelevant bit of old verse:<br>&gt=3B <br>&gt=3B The Sperm Whal=
e's too big for a pet -<br>&gt=3B It needs a whole ocean - and yet<br>&gt=
=3B The Pygmy Sperm Whale can live in a pail<br>&gt=3B If the pail is the s=
ize of Tibet.<br>&gt=3B <br>&gt=3B fred.<br>&gt=3B ------------------------=
------------------------------------<br>&gt=3B            Frederick W. Schu=
eler &amp=3B Aleta Karstad<br>&gt=3B        Mudpuppy Night - http://pinicol=
a.ca/mudpup1.htm<br>&gt=3B Vulnerable Watersheds - http://vulnerablewaters.=
blogspot.ca/<br>&gt=3B      study our books - http://pinicola.ca/books/inde=
x.htm<br>&gt=3B            RR#2 Bishops Mills=2C Ontario=2C Canada K0G 1T0<=
br>&gt=3B     on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W<br>&gt=
=3B      (613)258-3107 &lt=3Bbckcdb at istar.ca&gt=3B http://pinicola.ca/<b=
r>&gt=3B "[The] two fundamental steps of scientific thought - the conjectur=
e<br>&gt=3B and refutation of Popper - have little place in the usual conce=
ption<br>&gt=3B of intelligence. If something is to be dismissed as inadequ=
ate=2C it is<br>&gt=3B surely not Darwin [=2C whose] works manifest the act=
ivity of a mind<br>&gt=3B seeking for wisdom=2C a value which conventional =
philosophy has largely<br>&gt=3B abandoned." Ghiselen=2C 1969. Triumph of t=
he Darwinian Method=2C p 237.<br>&gt=3B -----------------------------------=
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