Home
The Book
About
The Author
Blurbs & Comments
The Videos
The Dolphin Alliance Project, Inc.
Donate
T.O.C & Video Links
Slide Show
Photogallery
Why Shark Bay?
What we do
The Dolphin Decade
News/Events
Visit

Dolphin Politics in Shark Bay: A Journey of Discovery

Home
The Book
About
The Author
Blurbs & Comments
The Videos
The Dolphin Alliance Project, Inc.
Donate
T.O.C & Video Links
Slide Show
Photogallery
Why Shark Bay?
What we do
The Dolphin Decade
News/Events
Visit
   
  
   
  
    
  
   Normal 
   0 
   
   
   
   
   false 
   false 
   false 
   
   EN-US 
   JA 
   X-NONE 
   
    
    
    
 &nb

Leaving Monkey Mia for a day of dolphin research on Shark Bay. © Simon Allen

First Visit: Visions of a Dolphin Gombe

First Visit: Visions of a Dolphin Gombe

The dolphin Nicky investigates a tourist at Monkey Mia. © Dolphin Alliance Project (taken in 1982 using hand-rolled black and white film)

Following Wild Dolphins

Following Wild Dolphins

The author trying to determine the sex of a bow-riding dolphin © Dolphin Alliance Project

Female Dolphins: Different Personalities & Lifestyles

Female Dolphins: Different Personalities & Lifestyles

Spongemom with a sponge in 2010, 24 years after the author first followed her in 1986. © Dolphin Alliance Project

Male Dolphins: The Politics Emerge

Male Dolphins: The Politics Emerge

Two male dolphins line up head to head, having a "tiff," while a third contributes his opinion to the dispute. © Dolphin Alliance Project

A Day With the Gerries

A Day With the Gerries

One dolphin, belly-up, strokes the face of another dolphin while being petted in the genital area. © Dolphin Alliance Project

All for One and One for All?

All for One and One for All?

Snubby, on guard duty, watches as the other dolphins are fed, but he remains near the female (furthest out) in case she tries to escape © Dolphin Alliance Project

Those Bizarre Boys

Those Bizarre Boys

Snubby and Bibi flanking a herded female in “formation” © Dolphin Alliance Project

Starving Dolphins

Starving Dolphins

Lunch was visibly emaciated (note how large her head appears relative to her body) as she surfaced in "infant position" beside her mother, Munch, on the last day we saw her in 1987. © Dolphin Alliance Project

"This is Like Science Fiction!"

"This is Like Science Fiction!"

A second-order alliance, composed of a pair and a trio, resting (="snagging") at the surface. © Dolphin Alliance Project

A Stranger in a Strange Land

A Stranger in a Strange Land

The stranded "offshore" dolphin. © Dolphin Alliance Project

 

Wave's Bud Spud

Wave's Bud Spud

Shave, Sickle and Wave, surfacing synchronously in "sardine" formation on 10 September. Wave was soon excluded from the consortship with Surprise. © Dolphin Alliance Project

Dolphins and People

Dolphins and People

Snubby receives a fish while ranger Tom Pepper looks on. © Dolphin Alliance Project

The Triangle in 1988

The Triangle in 1988

A dolphin tosses a fish it has caught © Simon Allen

Snubby, Sickle and Bibi

Snubby, Sickle and Bibi

Snubby, Sickle and Bibi © Dolphin Alliance Project

 

Sex at Monkey Mia

Sex at Monkey Mia

One young male mounting another. © Dolphin Alliance Project

This Bonding Business

This Bonding Business

Young Holly bonds to Puck. © Dolphin Alliance Proj

The End of the 1980s

The End of the 1980s

A trio of males from the "Crunch Bunch" dive synchronously © Dolphin Alliance Project

Dolphins on the Beach at Cape Peron

Dolphins on the Beach at Cape Peron

A dolphin beaches in pursuit of a fish at Cape Peron. © Simon Allen

NOVA: Filming the Boys

NOVA: Filming the Boys

A male careening around during an "Apeshit" display © Dolphin Alliance Project

A New Project

A New Project

"Wow" was named after our reaction to his shark bite scar. © Dolphin Alliance Project

 

Jaws

Jaws

A fresh shark bite in July. No month is completely safe. © Dolphin Alliance Project

The Death of Holey-fin

The Death of Holey-fin

We found Holey-fin's body as it was washing ashore south of Cape Rose. © Dolphin Alliance Project

Poor Vax

Poor Vax

Male dolphins often spread out to fish alone, and sometimes surprise us with what they find, like this male who has captured a snake eel. © Dolphin Alliance Project

Dolphins: The Wild Side

Dolphins: The Wild Side

Fighting males © Whitney Friedman

Expanded Horizens

Expanded Horizens

Real Notch and Hi (nearest) surface synchronously. © Dolphin Alliance Project

A New "Wow Crowd"

A New "Wow Crowd"

A trio of Kroker Spaniels dive synchronously © Dolphin Alliance Project

Real Notch and the Prima Donnas

Real Notch and the Prima Donnas

Watching the Wow Crowd. I am driving and recording observations into a head-mounted microphone while David Wrangham films the action and visiting scientist Lindsey Porter watches another group nearby. An underwater microphone (hydrophone), fed through the PVC pipe in front of the boat, picks up the dolphins' vocalizations. © Dolphin Alliance Project

Captain Hook's Not-so-tough Crew

Captain Hook's Not-so-tough Crew

Captain Hook © Dolphin Alliance Project

The Blues Brothers Have a Bad Day

The Blues Brothers Have a Bad Day

Creative displays? Two males perform synchronous belly-slaps, going in opposite directions, on either side of a female. © Dolphin Alliance Project

Real Notch & the Rascals

Real Notch & the Rascals

Three Rascals, (l to r) Urchin, Smokey & Cookie, synchronously charge into a female who is just under water in front of them © Stephanie King

The Super Blues Brothers

The Super Blues Brothers

A rowdy group of the Blues Brothers on 22 August. © Dolphin Alliance Project

The New Boys in Town

The New Boys in Town

The surface churned with fighting dolphins on 23 September when the Hooligans helped Arnie's Mates take Phantom from the Wow Crowd. © Whitney Friedman

November 2012

November 2012

Real Notch photographed on hand-rolled black and while film in 1982 © Dolphin Alliance Project

November 2012

November 2012

Real Notch in 2012, 30 years after we first photographed him in 1982 © Dolphin Alliance Project

November 2012

November 2012

A dolphin with a just-captured yellowfin bream, a schooling fish. © Dolphin Alliance Project

 

Epilogue

Epilogue

Although not quite synchronous, two leaping male dolphins impress with the height they achieve © Dolphin Alliance Project

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37
Previous Next
   
  
   
  
    
  
   Normal 
   0 
   
   
   
   
   false 
   false 
   false 
   
   EN-US 
   JA 
   X-NONE 
   
    
    
    
 &nb
First Visit: Visions of a Dolphin Gombe
Following Wild Dolphins
Female Dolphins: Different Personalities & Lifestyles
Male Dolphins: The Politics Emerge
A Day With the Gerries
All for One and One for All?
Those Bizarre Boys
Starving Dolphins
"This is Like Science Fiction!"
A Stranger in a Strange Land
Wave's Bud Spud
Dolphins and People
The Triangle in 1988
Snubby, Sickle and Bibi
Sex at Monkey Mia
This Bonding Business
The End of the 1980s
Dolphins on the Beach at Cape Peron
NOVA: Filming the Boys
A New Project
Jaws
The Death of Holey-fin
Poor Vax
Dolphins: The Wild Side
Expanded Horizens
A New "Wow Crowd"
Real Notch and the Prima Donnas
Captain Hook's Not-so-tough Crew
The Blues Brothers Have a Bad Day
Real Notch & the Rascals
The Super Blues Brothers
The New Boys in Town
November 2012
November 2012
November 2012
Epilogue
Back to Top

Powered by Squarespace