A great resource on Harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is @pacmam.bsky.social based in Anacortes, Washington. They've been pioneering really cool research on local populations & those throughout the Salish Sea. Check them out.
#psws #harborporpoise #Phocoenaphocoena #pacmam
Harbor porpoise male leaping while attempting to mate with female.
Harbor porpoise male leaping while attempting to mate with female.
Harbor porpoise male leaping while attempting to mate with female.
Harbor porpoise male leaping while attempting to mate with female.
It was a wild time in the field last week, where our staff saw 6 mating attempts, including this one! Often we will see 1 or 2 at a time, but 6 was a bit over average. Guess they were feeling springtime!
#pacmam #research #mating #marinemammalscience #porpoise #marinemammals #marmamm 🐬
This was a very rare sighting, the first time we have seen a sea otter in our study site! So exciting to have more sightings if sea otters in the Salish Sea!
#pacmam #research #seaotter #salishsea
harbor porpoise group surfacing mother and calves
Harbor porpoise group surfacing mothers and calves
Harbor porpoise group surfacing mothers and calves
Harbor porpoise group surfacing mothers and calves
We were so excited to see a group of 3 mother and calf pairs swimming closely together recently. They were quite cohesive hanging out together!
#pacmam #research #marmamm #marinemammals #salishsea🐬
Harbor porpoises take mating to another level - an aerial one!
Learn more in the chapter on porpoises we were a part of in the open access book: Sex in Cetaceans! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Kinzo: DOWN BOY!! Orson: ARF!
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