The Mammals
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| Active from | 2001 |
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| Albums | Sunshiner |
| Rock That Babe | |
| Evolver | |
| Born Live | |
| Bootleg Six-Pack | |
| Departure | |
| Instant Classics | |
| I Won't Let You Go | |
| Nonet | |
| Genres | Folk Music |
| Folk Rock | |
| Old-time Music | |
| Americana | |
| Record labels | Signature Sounds Recordings |
| Thirty Tigers | |
| Official site | themammals.love |
| Skos genre | Folk |
| Songs | 2020 |
| List | 2020 |
| Members | Michael Merenda |
| Ruth Ungar | |
| Tao Rodríguez‑Seeger | |
| Ken Maiuri | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 998803 |
About The Mammals
The Mammals are a contemporary folk rock band based in the Hudson Valley area of New York, in the United States. The band tours internationally and consists of founding members and principal songwriters Mike Merenda and Ruth Ungar plus Konrad Meissner and a rotating cast of players on bass, organ, and pedal steel.
Blue whales: Ocean giants return to 'safe' tropical haven
... The Mammals signature, very low frequency song could be heard primarily during March and April...
Dominica to create world's first sperm whale reserve
... Large ships will be required to use designated ocean corridors to avoid disturbing The Mammals...
More than 40 pilot whales dead in mass stranding on Lewis
... About 55 of The Mammals washed onto Traigh Mhor beach at North Tolsta on the Isle of Lewis at about 07:00 on Sunday morning...
Swimmers injured in dolphin attacks on Japan beach
... Two more people were injured by The Mammals later in the day...
Killer whale boat attack videos might not be what they seem
... There s even been a number of reports of The Mammals hitting and sinking vessels...
Why black bears love dumpster diving
... Certain places like Mr Marsh s home state of West Virginia, as well as New Jersey and Tennessee, may be more ripe for bear encounters as they have growing populations of The Mammals, said David Drake, a professor and extension wildlife specialist at the University of Wisconsin...
Northern elephant seals sleep in the deep to avoid predators
... The Mammals, which reach depths of up to 2,500ft (760m), sleep for only two hours per day in what the researchers describe as " nap-like sleeping dives"...
The Antarctic and Arctic sounds rarely heard before
... " The difficulty is knowing where The Mammals will be because they move and you can t rely on where they will be, " explains Dr Whittaker...
Killer whale boat attack videos might not be what they seem
By Shaun DacostaNewsbeat reporter
TikTok can't seem to get enough of " orca attacks".
A large fin moves towards a vessel, followed by a huge splash. Next thing you know, a Killer Whale leaps out of the water and hits The Boat .
Sounds like The Stuff of nightmares, but it's been a reality for sailors along the Iberian coast of Spain and Portugal.
GT Orca Atlántica (GTOA), which monitors killer whales in the area, recorded 207 interactions in 2022.
Social Media 's been flooded with videos of these encounters, apparently showing The Creatures chasing boats.
There's even been A Number of reports of The Mammals hitting and sinking vessels.
And it seems to be spreading - an in the North Sea This Week .
There are multiple theories about why they're doing it.
'It's fun for them'One of the main ones on Social Media is that the orcas are seeking revenge for White Gladis - a Killer Whale hit by a boat.
That caught on when Alfredo López Fernandez, from GTOA, was quoted as saying a " traumatised orca" had launched the attacks.
But, according to Animal Behaviour experts, it might not be quite how it looks.
" The idea of revenge is a great story, but there's no evidence for it, " says neuroscientist Lori Marino , president of The Whale Sanctuary Project.
" There's never been a case of an orca harming a human being in The Wild .
" If they really wanted to do damage and harm The People on The Boat they could easily do that. "
Instead, Lori tells BBC Newsbeat, it's more likely the apparent attacks " started out as play behaviour" and it's a case of copycat killer whales rather than aggression.
" We're talking about very intelligent beings, and we know that they are social learners, " she says.
" It gets passed Down . . it may be something that's fun for them, and they're gonna keep doing it. "
It's a view shared by Dr Deborah Giles, the science and research director for the non-profit Wild Orca, in Washington State, USA.
She also believes the whales are having fun and " engaging with things in their environment".
" I really feel that it is something about the underside of the sailboat, the keel, or the long portion of The Boat that sticks far Down into the water, " she says.
" There's something About That part of The Boat that seems to be attractive to The Animals . "
Dr Giles is keeping an Open Mind and won't rule out other possibilities.
But it's precisely because whales are so intelligent that she thinks The Attack theory is unlikely.
After All , she points out, if orcas really wanted to take revenge against humans for ill-treatment, why wait Until Now ?
" Whales in this part of The World were heavily targeted in the late 60s, through the mid 70s, for The Marine parks, " she says.
" They've witnessed members of their families being Taken Out of the water and put on a truck never to return.
" If any group of killer whales had a reason to retaliate or seek revenge on humans, that would be this population.
" But we've never seen that. "
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Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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