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Zoo studies the way dolphins navigate by listening
Vancouver Aquarium - 23rd October 2008
1. Dolphin trainers turn dolphin on its side, remove eye cup, whistle, and gesture to the animal.
2. Dolphin on its side, trainer removes eye cup, feeds fish to animal.
3. Visitors to the aquarium...
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Museum presents natural history exhibition alongside major art works
This week, Madrid's Prado Museum presents a curious series of installations juxtaposing the museum's major art works with the original idea for the building's use as a natural history museum.
When it was commissioned by Charles III in...
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Polar bears threatening by retreating sea ice
West-coast of Svalbard, Norway (within Arctic Circle) June 12 -15, 2008
1. Wide ship sails through thin ice
2. Mid ship's antennae
3. Mid ship's captain
4. Wide ship approaches ice
5. Wide cruise ship sails past
6. Mid same
7. Mid set...
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MEXICO: WHALES FOUND DEAD (V)
Voice and effects
VOICED BY: Megan Francis
Sixty orca whales have died along the Yucatan River in Mexico after they became stranded in shallow waters.
Whale specialists are speculating that the cause of so many deaths at once may be the...
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HONG KONG: DOLPHIN POPULATION APPEARS TO BE DYING OUT
English/Nat
Hong Kong's dolphin population appears to be dying out.
Scientists believe that the pollution caused by Hong Kong's land reclamation and development schemes are killing them off.
There are now only around 80 to 100 of Hong...
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US aquarium cares for abandoned beluga calf
Marine mammal specialists from across the United States have descended on an Alaska aquarium to help care for a baby beluga whale that became separated from its mother shortly after its birth.
The male calf is under 24-hour care at the...
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Fisheries ministry announce suspension of whaling for this year
1. Wide shot of news conference with Takahide Naruko, Whaling Section Director of Far Seas Fishery Division, Fishery Agency
2. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Takahide Naruko, Whaling Section Director of Far Seas Fishery Division, Fishery...
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21year international commercial whaling ban is upheld
1. Tilt down of hotel exterior where International Whaling Commission (IWC) conference is being held
2. Sign reading: (English) "The Hotel Captain Cook Welcomes the 59th International Whaling Commission, Anchorage, Alaska - 2007"
3. Wide...
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Deadlock on second day of the IWC's annual meeting
1. Various of exterior of Congress centre where International Whaling Commission (IWC) is meeting
2. Wide of delegates during coffee break
3. Mid of Japanese delegates
4. Close of cameraman
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Karsten Klepsvik,...
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Saving marine mammals off the North Californian coast
Marin County, California - June 9, 2009
1. Close shot seal by the pool.
2.. Mid and close-up volunteers inspecting Pacific Harbour Seal pup
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jeff Boehm, Executive Director, Marine Mammal Center:
"The Marine Mammal...
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A fugitive activist known for attacking Japanese whaling vessels off Antarctica insisted "we're not pirates" Wednesday as he addressed a U.S. appeals court considering whether he and the organization he founded should be held in contempt. (Nov. 6)
A fugitive activist known for attacking Japanese whaling vessels off Antarctica insisted "we're not pirates" Wednesday as he addressed a U.S. appeals court considering whether he and the organization he founded should be held in...
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Beluga whale studies shed light on the mammals' communication
Vancouver Aquarium, 24th October 2008
1. Vancouver Aquarium trainer with hand in baby beluga Tiqa's mouth.
2. Close of baby beluga Tiqa's face with trainer's hand.
3. Trainer guides baby beluga Tiqa onto her side in water.
4. Beluga...
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MEXICO: WHALES FOUND DEAD
Spanish/Nat
Sixty whales have died along the Yucatan river Wednesday, after they became stranded in shallow waters Tuesday.
Whale specialists are speculating that the cause of so many deaths at once could have been the result of a mass...
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Whaling commission votes to increase conservation, delegates/WWF reax
1. Various at 55th annual International Whaling Commission conference
2. Various cutaways of delegates
3. People coming out afterwards for drinks party
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Masayuki Komatsu, Japanese delegation:
"I think it's...
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CUBA: HAVANA: TRAUMATISED DOLPHIN MENIQUE RETURNS HOME
Spanish/Nat
Cubans have welcomed home a performing dolphin traumatised by its two year stay in Chile.
The dolphin, called Menique, is recovering in Havana's National Aquarium where it will hopefully be performing again in the near...
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Japan to block bid to allow Alaskan Eskimo whaling
Tokyo - 7 August 2002
1. Various of boxes containing whale meat being unloaded
2. Wide shot of Masayuki Komatsu, Japanese Fishery Agency
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Masayuki Komatsu, Japanese Fishery Agency
"I think that the US government,...
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Russia: Walruses: Swimming and the temperature is minus five Celsius.
Eng/Russ/Nat
What could be better on a nice spring day than a swim; so refreshing - especially when you're swimming outdoors and the temperature is an extremely bracing minus five Celsius.
Mind you, the water in Sosnovy Bor lake was...
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USA: FLORIDA: MANATEE WITH NEWBORN CALF
English/Nat
Animal lovers and marine researchers in Florida are excited at the arrival of a manatee and her newborn calf.
It is believed that the manatee came to this Dade County canal a few days ago - to give birth to her calf in a...
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PERU: LIMA: ANIMAL RIGHTS GROUPS ANGRY OVER DOLPHINS KEPT AT HOTEL
Spanish/Nat
Public outcry has broken out in Peru over the plight of two bottle-nosed dolphins on display in a hotel aquarium.
The dolphins, called "Air" and "Water" in native Quechuan, are centrepieces in a marine pool at the luxury...
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Rescue effort for trapped humpback dolphins
1. Dolphin surfacing in lagoon
2. Wide shot of dolphin swimming in lagoon
3. Various of Greek divers from the Athens fire department unloading boat from truck
4. People in water beside floats which are connected to nets being used to...
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Release of dolphins back into the wild
1. Wide shot of lagoon
2. Various of dolphins
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Yves Aundre Wainwrite, Minister of Environment of Haiti:
"We understand it's a good thing to have children come and see the animals living, but its better to show...
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Abandoned dolphins rescued
AP Television
Turkey, 16th May 2011
1. Various underwater shots of dolphins
2. Dolphin called Tom comes out of the water
3. Wide dolphins jumping out of the water
4. Set up Jeff Foster, cetacean specialist
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jeff...
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Sniffer dogs join battle against poaching of rare animals
1 February, 2009
1. Four officers standing with sniffer dogs
2. Close up sniffer dog
3. Officers standing in a line with dogs
4. Dog resting on the ground
5. Dog searching truck with officer
6. Officers finding a shark fin under the...
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Whale Sharks surface from the ocean depths
Holbox - 9 September, 2007
1. Underwater wide shot of Whale Shark showing all its body
2. Underwater medium shot of whale Shark
3. Underwater close up of Whale Shark gills
4. Underwater full shot of Whale Shark swimming to the surface...