Along with the thousands of men, women, and children who have died since Russia invaded Ukraine in February, there have been hundreds of casualties in the Black Sea among the resident dolphin and porpoise populations.
Scientists who study the region reported an"unusual increase" in strandings and bycatch – when animals are unintentionally caught by fishermen – of dolphins, porpoises, and whales, in the spring and summer of 2022, according to a recentfrom ACCOBAMS, or the Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea, and Contiguous Atlantic Area.
There have been reports of dolphins washing ashore with physical injuries, like burns, which could be a direct result of being caught in the crossfire., research director at Ukraine's Tuzla Estuaries National Nature Park, said earlier this year dolphins were washing ashore with burn marks from bombs or mines, while others appeared unable to navigate or like they had not eaten in days.
"Noise from increased ship traffic can have some impact but the sounds of explosions at the surface or underwater could disorient, wound, or kill dolphins and porpoises within a few mile range or cause increased numbers of strandings or bycatch." But the dolphin's uncanny ability to interpret the returning sound to identify food and understand their environment can be disrupted by loud noises.documented using verbal labelsSounds also travel much further and about four and half times faster through water than air, making the impact of explosions in the sea all the more damaging.
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