"Common Dolphins Sighting in the Tuscan Archipelago waters"
From: Davide Bedocchi - CE.TU.S. Cetacean Research Centre (Viareggio Italy)
email: ce...@supereva.it or bedocc...@yahoo.it
Dear Colleagues,
In date July 21, 2009 we are pleased to annunce the sighting of three
Short-Beaked Common Dolphins (Delphinus delphis) in the waters of the Tuscan
Archipelago.
The Short-Beaked Common Dolphins were inside a group of about 200 Striped
Dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) at a distance of about 8 miles North from
Capraia Island. Date: 07/21/09 Time: 11.30 am. The dolphins were sighted and
photographed by Lilia Giuntoli (CE.TU.S. biologist) from the Krill catamaran.
In the last two weeks the Krill catamarans of CE.TU.S., member of O.T.C.
Cetacean Tuscan Observatory, during the weekly research activities sighted
Bottlenose Dolphins, Striped Dolphins, Risso's Dolphins and finally
Short-Beaked Common Dolphins. Common Dolphins are now rare and endangered in
all the Pelagos Santuary and our last sighting was dated Septemner 2005.
For details regarding the sighting, pictures or other informations pls do not
hesitate to contact us.
Best and Kind Regards.
Davide Bedocchi
CE.TU.S. Cetacean Research Centre
Dott. Davide Bedocchi - Naturalista
Direttore Culturale CE.TU.S.
Rappresentante CE.TU.S. presso l' O.T.C. Osservatorio Toscano dei Cetacei
CE.TU.S. - Centro di Ricerche sui Cetacei
Via Degli Ontani 60, 55049 Viareggio (LU) Italy
e-mail: bedocc...@yahoo.it
Mobile: +39 3287524380
www.cetusresearch.org
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