Traci Walter captured this recording off the Lime Kiln hydrophone on the evening of December 7, 2018. It begins with a clip of some bizarre transient killer whale vocalizations, then cuts to a few minutes later when some super loud bangs were heard! While this sounds similar to percussive behaviors like breaches and tail slaps, it's much louder, and is likely cavitation noise of the whales' flukes as they accelerate quickly while on the hunt.

Transient/Bigg's Killer Whales in Haro Strait ~ December 7, 2018

Seaweeds Uncovered - In this episode I talk to Professor Juliet Brodie from the Natural History Museum about some of the fascinating facts to do with the different species of seaweeds found in the British Isles and the critical role they play in the marine environment. From giant kelp to how seaweeds protect themselves from the sun, we uncover what you can't always see from the strand line.

To find out more about the Big Seaweed Search and how you can get involved visit www.thebigseaweedsearch.org

Seaweeds uncovered with Professor Juliet Brodie from the Natural History Museum

Denise is the Founder and Research Director of The Wild Dolphin Project, a non-profit research initiative studying the behavior, social structure, and communication of Atlantic spotted dolphins in the wild for more than three decades. 

Learn more about the longest running underwater dolphin research project in the world, their hands-off approach to learning about these marine mammals, and their cutting edge attempts at two-way communication. In this episode we also discuss ways to get involved with Wild Dolphin Project through membership, Bahamas field-work participation, internships, and events. 

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Photo By: Bethany Augliere

Dr. Denise Herzing: Wild Dolphin Project Founder

Hello and welcome to the Sea Tales podcast. This series is all about exploring the marine environment around the UK.

Sea Tales is a monthly podcast talking to people with a passion for the sea and how to protect it, including scientists and researchers, sea adventurers, marine conservationists, volunteers, fisheries, rescue teams, youth groups, aquaculture specialists, campaigners, policy officers, writers and anyone and everyone with a sea story to tell.

I set up Sea Tales(I'm Amy doing the interviewing) because I love podcasts and the sea and wanted to find out more about life under the waves here in Britain. I listen to a lot of marine podcasts from other countries but couldn't find many about the UK and there is so much going on here, from ocra populations to leatherback turtles, cold water corals, long running plankton studies, sea mining, tiny sea lemons and seal colonies. I only know a faction of what is out there so Sea Tales was started to find out more. 

I have been a Sea Champion with the Marine Conservation Society www.mcsuk.org for many years and learnt so much from them and would like to say a massive thank you for all their help in getting Sea Tales started. 

Now it’s time to sit back and imagine you are a seal, dolphin, fish or sea slug, swimming around the coast from Orkney to Lundy, The Irish Sea, to the Yorkshire Coast and Cornwall and everywhere in between,  talking about all the things you have seen. This is what I hope this podcast will be like. Hope you enjoy them!

Seaweeds uncovered with Professor Juliet Brodie from the Natural History Museum

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