Whale of Good Time
…at least for the parasites, thanks to Suzanne Thurman for sending along samples of the acanthocephalan parasite Bolbosoma turbinella from a Sei Whale stranded which stranded Delaware. This parasite is known from several baleen whales (the big ones), including the humpback, blue (the largest whale), and northern right whale (one of the most endangered whales). While it may not have caused the stranding the heavy burden would have some effect on the whale.
Our lab focuses an parasites and parasitic diseases of stranded marine mammals and sea turtles.
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Hello, do you know what day it is? Well, “eye” can tell you that it’s #FactFriday! Today’s spotlight is on seals and their vision -
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Happy Wednesday Everyone! For this #wishlistwednesday post, we are asking for arm guards! A top priority, here at NMLC, is the use of Personal Protective
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Does your ex make your stomach churn? Pepto not quite curbing the symptoms? Sounds like a marine roundworm to us. While it may not completely
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For this week's #turtletuesday we have some photos of our awesome volunteers helping us with a transport earlier this month! This dedicated team showed up
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Our first release at The Farmhouse - Plymouth, MA! Nothing is better than release day!
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Sam Eagle release!
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Sam Eagle enjoying fish for dinner! Happy #sealsunday!
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Hello, and welcome back to…you guessed it, #FactFriday! Now its time for the facts! As you know, sea turtles can become entangled in fishing gear
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Happy #wishlistwednesday to one and all! The items for this week, that we are VERY much in need of, are water heaters for our native
