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Hawaii’s pygmy killer whales stay close
A new study of pygmy killer whales — one of the least understood marine mammal species — shows that those living off Hawaii tend to stay close to the islands and don’t swim out to the open ocean.
There are very few of the whales, probably less than 200 individuals, in this distinct pygmy killer whale population off the islands.
The population’s limited number make it more vulnerable than other whale populations to potentially harmful human behavior, including fishing and Navy sonar, said the paper published Tuesday in the journal Marine Mammal Science.
photo by Cascadia Research Collective
Pygmy Killer Whales – Feresa attenuata – are much smaller then their larger name sake. The common name seems to derive more from their coloration with white bellies and dark tops – though not the distinct black and white of Orcas.
Report: Toyota developing solar powered green car
Toyota Motor Corp. is secretly developing a vehicle that will be powered solely by solar energy in an effort to turn around its struggling business with a futuristic ecological car, a top business daily reported Thursday.
[ ]…According to The Nikkei, Toyota is working on an electric vehicle that will get some of its power from solar cells equipped on the vehicle, and that can be recharged with electricity generated from solar panels on the roofs of homes. The automaker later hopes to develop a model totally powered by solar cells on the vehicle, the newspaper said without citing sources.
Seems like we’ve heard similar rumors before. Good news that despite their first operating loss in 70 years Toyota is continuing this kind of advanced research.
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