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19 Stranded Manatees Rescued From Drainpipes In Florida
The SeaWorld Animal Rescue Team, US government officials and members of the local community worked together through the night to rescue 19 manatees stuck in a drainpipe in a residential area of Satellite Beach, Florida, on Monday. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) called on SeaWorld to lend their expertise to help assist […]
Study Measuring Gas Levels In Marine Mammal Breath Could Aid Medicine For Humans
A new study focusing on the naturally high levels of carbon monoxide in marine mammals’ breath and blood could be used to understand human exposure to the odourless gas. Scientists from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California are measuring levels of carbon monoxide in the breath of killer whales, pilot whales, […]
Remoras Don’t Suck – Study Shows That Fish Uses Friction To ‘Stick’
How does the hitchhiking, flat-headed remora fish attach to surfaces so securely yet release so easily? Suction was thought to be the easy answer, but Brooke Flammang, a biologist at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), has proved this long-held conclusion to be only partly true. Understanding the mechanics of this process could help […]
Top Of The Troops – Endangered Baby Gorilla Born At Busch Gardens
Busch Gardens in Florida has welcomed another endangered western lowland gorilla, Busch Garden’s third successful gorilla birth and the second in the last three months. The female gorilla was born on 6th February, just five weeks before Mother’s Day, and is being cared for by 27-year-old mother Mary. This birth is part of Busch Gardens’ […]
SeaWorld Orlando Returns 11 Rehabilitated Sea Turtles Back To The Ocean
The SeaWorld Orlando Animal Rescue Team has returned 10 Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles and one juvenile loggerhead sea turtle to the Florida waters at Canaveral National Seashore. Ten of the sea turtles were among the 72 Kemp’s Ridleys that were rescued in November 2014 during a mass cold stranding off of the Massachusetts coast. They were […]
SeaWorld Orlando Animal Rescue Team Returns First Turtles of 2015
Following months of rehabilitation, the SeaWorld Animal Rescue Team returned two juvenile, green sea turtles to Wabasso Beach and Trident Basin, Florida. Both sea turtles were rescued in September 2014 by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). The first sea turtle was found with a hook through the left side of its face […]
Another Endangered Western Lowland Gorilla Pregnancy At Busch Gardens
After a successful gorilla birth last December, Busch Gardens, Tampa is excited to announce the pregnancy of 27-year-old endangered western lowland gorilla, Mary. Mary is expected to give birth in March 2015. Mary’s pregnancy will be the park’s third successful birth after Pele, Mary’s daughter who gave birth to a male baby this past December. […]
Is It A Bird…? First Tawny Frogmouth Chick Of The Year Hatches At SeaWorld Orlando
The SeaWorld Orlando Aviculture Team welcomed the first tawny frogmouth chick of the year. Hatched on January 10, this small chick currently weighs 21 grams, the equivalent of eight pennies, and will grow to weigh as much as 400-600 grams, or the weight of a basketball. The chick is being hand-raised by the SeaWorld Aviculture […]
Rescued Seal Returned To Ocean With Transmitter Will Aid Crucial Scientific Research
After a month of critical veterinary treatment by SeaWorld San Diego’s Animal Rescue Team, a female Guadalupe fur seal has been returned to the ocean with a transmitter device to help scientists gain important data about the threatened species. SeaWorld animal rescuers came to the aid of the seal which was found underweight and with […]