Study on whales
Being within 10 metres of a lumbering sperm whale in a tiny inflatable boat off the Kaikoura coast was an amazing experience, says a marine mammal researcher, Mr Stephen Dawson. “It is so hard to comprehend that such a massive thing can live and move,” he said. The result of following whales and dolphins m New
Zealand waters, studying their characteristics and behaviour and researching their numbers, is a book which has been released recently. The “New Zealand Whale and Dolphin Digest” includes sections on whale and dolphin physiology, strandings, and an illustrated field guide. The biggest problem was finding information on very
rare animals, such as the beaked whale, and being able to be with them long enough to do a reasonable amount of study, said Mr Dawson. “Most of them are on the move all the time and hard to keep up with,” he said. Mr Dawson is studying for a doctorate in zoology with research on Dusky Dolphins.jn the waters round Bank^'Peninsula.
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