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Tech Trends- Holiday Stress App 12-18-12
December 18, 2012 | WDEF CBS Chattanooga, TN

Doing our part to keep our marine neighbors safe
July 25, 2011 | WWSB ABC 7 Tampa, FL

New red tide research under way at Mote Marine Laboratory
June 10, 2011 | WWSB ABC 7 Tampa, FL

Marine Mammals Wikipedia Information

A marine mammal is a mammal that is primarily ocean-dwelling or depends on the ocean for its food. Mammals originally evolved on land, but later marine mammals evolved to live back in the ocean. There are five groups of marine mammals:

Order Sirenia: the manatee, dugong.
Order Carnivora, family Ursidae: the polar bear
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H1N1 discovered in marine mammals
May 15, 2013 | UC Davis News
'' We thought we might find influenza viruses, which have been found before in marine mammals ... Between 2009 and 2011, the team of scientists tested nasal swabs from more than 900 marine mammals ...

From around the web

A solution to La Jolla's smell problem proves elusive
January 05, 2013 | Los Angeles Times
Excrement from seabirds and marine mammals creates a stench that officials would like to... seabirds and marine mammals roost, rest and leave behind what animals leave behind. ...

Blank Park Zoo seal dies
December 18, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
X-rays revealed foreign bodies in Red's stomach, yet the anthestesia needed to remove them proves a greater risk to marine mammals such as seals. Efforts to resuscitate the...

Project Seeks to Map and Reduce Ocean Noise Pollution
December 10, 2012 | New York Times
The depths have become a noisy place because of human activity, and experts say the rising clamor is particularly dangerous to marine mammals. ...

State agency says PG&E seismic surveys would hurt marine mammals
November 05, 2012 | Los Angeles Times
than 7,000 marine mammals.... than 7,000 marine mammals. ...

Whale mimics human speech
October 22, 2012 | Boing Boing
A new paper published by the National Marine Mammal Foundation in the scientific journal Current Biology sheds light on the ability of marine mammals to spontaneously mimic human...

PG&E plan to conduct underwater seismic tests is shot down
November 14, 2012 | Los Angeles Times
The California Coastal Commission, concerned about harm to fish and marine mammals, on Wednesday scuttled Pacific Gas & Electric Co.'s plan to conduct seismic surveys with...

Marine Mammals on twitter

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	"Marine Mammals in captivity are like humans in gaol". Jean-Michel Costeau #FedSquare #Melbourne Twitter: @MelbournDolphin
	Marine mammals on the menu in MOST parts of world: http://t.co/Z7IoD1mCbG #Tweet4Taiji Twitter: @Shonan_Maru_2
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	Marine mammals such as dolphins, are eaten in the MAJORITY of the world, not minority. http://t.co/QatM0Gf1lC #Tweet4Taiji Twitter: @Shonan_Maru_2
	NOT eating marine mammals is the minority in the world. Most countries do! http://t.co/QatM0Gf1lC #Tweet4Taiji Twitter: @Shonan_Maru_2