How To Use Pilot whale In A Sentence
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Three pilot whales beached on St. Croix, St. John, and St. Thomas, coincident with Navy maneuvers.
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On several occasions two of our group got within touching distance (although touching is not allowed) of a pod of pilot whales.
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Of the total of 39 pilot whales that came ashore, 18 died and were buried on the strand by Dingle Coast Guard and Kerry County Council.
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Some snorkellers swam alongside a whale shark, while divers of one boat made their entry to find themselves among a welcoming committee of pilot whales.
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Pilot whales are social creatures and tend to remain with sick members.
Times, Sunday Times
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The remaining indigenous mammals are all marine, comprising whales and seals, and include Southern right whale (Balaena glacialis), rare sightings of sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), orca (Orcinus orca), the most common whale observed at Macquarie Island, and long fin pilot whale (Globicephala melaena), the only other whale to be seen in any numbers around Macquarie Island.
MacQuarie Island, Australia
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The most important are humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae), fin, minke, sei, sperm, and pilot whales (Globicephala melaena).
Fisheries and aquaculture in the Newfoundland and Labrador Seas, Northeastern Canada
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Volunteers have tried to refloat beached pilot whales and keep others off the beach but with limited success.
Times, Sunday Times
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Pilot whales can often be spotted resting in large pods at the ocean surface, yet very little is known about the submarine behavior of these deep-sea hunters.
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Pilot whales are among the most intelligent of all marine mammals and have what is described as an altruistic nature, tending to remain with sick members.
Whale rescuers in race against time after mass beaching at Scottish sea loch
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But the most exciting sighting was a pod of pilot whales.
The Sun
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Long-finned Pilot Whales (Globicephala melaena) are killed annually, mainly during the summer.
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Pilot whales can often be spotted resting in large pods at the ocean surface, yet very little is known about the submarine behavior of these deep-sea hunters.
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Last year in the small town of Klaksvick, over 230 pilot whales were literally hacked to death over the course of several excruciating hours pointing to the community's incapability to slaughter, process and distribute the meat efficiently or in a "humane" manner and further pointing to the lack of precision and standardization in the killing methodology.
Deborah Bassett: "Whale Murder" in the Faroe Islands: 100 Pilot Whales Slain for Cultural Tradition
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In addition to killing over 200 fin and minke whales, Greenlandic hunters also kill a large, but unknown, number of small whales each year, including belugas, narwhals, pilot whales and orcas.
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Last week, a pilot whale died after getting stuck in the Sullom Voe inlet in Shetland.
Stranded whales swim back into danger
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Pilot whales are social creatures and tend to remain with sick members.
Times, Sunday Times
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But non-indigenous people also commercially harvest a variety of species at smaller scales, such as minke whales in Norwegian waters, belugas in the White Sea, and pilot whales (Globicephala melaena) in the Faroe Islands.
Management and conservation of marine mammals and seabirds in the Arctic
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It also stated that pregnant orbreast-feeding women should refrain from eating any pilot whale meat at all.
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Five river dolphin species and 34 oceanic species have been identified, including the orca and melon-headed and pilot whales.
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But the most exciting sighting was a pod of pilot whales.
The Sun
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A pilot whale died last Sunday morning after getting stuck in the Sullom Voe in Shetland.
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Some species such as the pilot whale can dive to depths of nearly 2,000 feet.
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For example, pilot whales had smaller group sizes when they fed more on mesopelagic fish and less on mesopelagic cephalopods, and common dolphins had larger groups if they fed on varying types of fish.
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Long-finned pilot whales have been a staple of the Faroese diet since at least the ninth century, with an average of 850 whales taken annually.
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I loved the dolphins and pilot whales and birds that followed our course.
Times, Sunday Times
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Pilot whales are endearing creatures, as anyone who has been involved in their rescue will testify.
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The proposal appears to apply in principle to virtually any species except bowheads and blue whales, though in practice I think the government is more interested in assessing stocks of fins, humpbacks, pilot whales and several dolphins.
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Some snorkellers swam alongside a whale shark, while divers of one boat made their entry to find themselves among a welcoming committee of pilot whales.
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The 17 sea mammals on gruesome display included porpoises, white dolphins, common dolphins, aa pilot whale, a beaked whale and a pilot whale.
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But the most exciting sighting was a pod of pilot whales.
The Sun
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The more common marine mammals that can be observed from the park, albeit with a diminishing frequency in recent years include pilot whale Globicephala melaena, minke whale Balaenoptera autorostrata, finback whale B. physalus (V) and harbour seals Phoca vitulina.
Gros Morne National Park, Canada
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The Faroese, descendents of the Vikings, vigorously defend the tradition to hunt pilot whales, which dates back to the 10th century.
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Volunteers have tried to refloat beached pilot whales and keep others off the beach but with limited success.
Times, Sunday Times
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New Zealand Department of Conservation spokesman Trish Grant said, the pilot whale stranding South Island tourist city located about 150 km west of Nelson's farewell Sha Tsui.
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In Faroese, "grind" literally translates to pilot whale, while "drap" translates to "murder" thus representing the largest extermination of marine mammals in all of Europe -- literally whale murder.
Deborah Bassett: "Whale Murder" in the Faroe Islands: 100 Pilot Whales Slain for Cultural Tradition
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Pilot whales are endearing creatures, as anyone who has been involved in their rescue will testify.
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Cetaceans also are hunted and eaten, the most common being porpoises, killer whales, and pilot whales.
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Last October a pod of pilot whales were in danger of becoming stranded in the same sea loch.
Times, Sunday Times
