Evidence for Infanticide in Bottlenose Dolphins of the Western North Atlantic
Nine bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) calves that stranded in Virginia in 1996 and 1997 died of severe blunt-force trauma. Injuries were concentrated on the head and chest and multiple rib fractures, lung lacerations, and soft tissue contusions were prominent. Skeletal and/or soft tissue trau...
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ftolddominionuni:oai:digitalcommons.odu.edu:biology_fac_pubs-1366 2023-12-31T10:20:32+01:00 Evidence for Infanticide in Bottlenose Dolphins of the Western North Atlantic Dunn, Dale G. Barco, Susan G. Pabst, D. Ann McLellan, William A. 2002-01-01T08:00:00Z application/pdf https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/biology_fac_pubs/348 https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-38.3.505 https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/context/biology_fac_pubs/article/1366/viewcontent/Barco_2002_evidence_for.pdf unknown ODU Digital Commons https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/biology_fac_pubs/348 doi:10.7589/0090-3558-38.3.505 https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/context/biology_fac_pubs/article/1366/viewcontent/Barco_2002_evidence_for.pdf Web of Science: "Free full-text from publisher." © Wildlife Disease Association 2002. Biological Sciences Faculty Publications Bottlenose dolphin Cetacean Infanticide Marine mammal Pathology Strandings Trauma Tursiops truncatus Marine Biology Veterinary Medicine Zoology article 2002 ftolddominionuni https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-38.3.505 2023-12-04T19:10:02Z Nine bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) calves that stranded in Virginia in 1996 and 1997 died of severe blunt-force trauma. Injuries were concentrated on the head and chest and multiple rib fractures, lung lacerations, and soft tissue contusions were prominent. Skeletal and/or soft tissue trauma occurred bilaterally in all of the calves. One had a bite wound across the left mandible that exhibited deep punctures consistent with the tooth placement in an adult bottlenose dolphin. The lesions were not compatible with predation, boat strike, fisheries interactions, rough-surf injury, or blast injury. However, they were similar to traumatic injuries described in stranded bottlenose dolphin calves and harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in Great Britain attributed to violent dolphin interactions. The evidence suggests that violent dolphin behavior was the cause of the trauma in the nine calves reported here and that infanticide occurs in bottlenose dolphins of the western North Atlantic. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Phocoena phocoena Old Dominion University: ODU Digital Commons Journal of Wildlife Diseases 38 3 505 510 |
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Nine bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) calves that stranded in Virginia in 1996 and 1997 died of severe blunt-force trauma. Injuries were concentrated on the head and chest and multiple rib fractures, lung lacerations, and soft tissue contusions were prominent. Skeletal and/or soft tissue trauma occurred bilaterally in all of the calves. One had a bite wound across the left mandible that exhibited deep punctures consistent with the tooth placement in an adult bottlenose dolphin. The lesions were not compatible with predation, boat strike, fisheries interactions, rough-surf injury, or blast injury. However, they were similar to traumatic injuries described in stranded bottlenose dolphin calves and harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in Great Britain attributed to violent dolphin interactions. The evidence suggests that violent dolphin behavior was the cause of the trauma in the nine calves reported here and that infanticide occurs in bottlenose dolphins of the western North Atlantic. |
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Dunn, Dale G. Barco, Susan G. Pabst, D. Ann McLellan, William A. |
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Dunn, Dale G. Barco, Susan G. Pabst, D. Ann McLellan, William A. |
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Dunn, Dale G. |
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Evidence for Infanticide in Bottlenose Dolphins of the Western North Atlantic |
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Evidence for Infanticide in Bottlenose Dolphins of the Western North Atlantic |
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Evidence for Infanticide in Bottlenose Dolphins of the Western North Atlantic |
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Evidence for Infanticide in Bottlenose Dolphins of the Western North Atlantic |
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Evidence for Infanticide in Bottlenose Dolphins of the Western North Atlantic |
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evidence for infanticide in bottlenose dolphins of the western north atlantic |
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https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/biology_fac_pubs/348 https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-38.3.505 https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/context/biology_fac_pubs/article/1366/viewcontent/Barco_2002_evidence_for.pdf |
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