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hanks for all of the beautiful drawings you have sent us while you’ve been at home due to school r closures. It’s been wonderful to hea about your fabulous fundraising ideas for whales and dolphins too.

Remember to tell us about your completed challenges so that we can send you your WDC Dolphin Defenders Award badge and certificate. Find out more on our website at whales.org/ dolphindefenders It is Fife’s turn to shine in this issue of Splash! Turn to page 12 to find out why he has a reputation for being such a fearless adventurer.

Then on page 10, you can learn ng how whales have a role in combati . nge global warming and climate cha We need MORE whales in the world!

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alking with your family is a great way to stay fit and healthy when there are no PE lessons!

Some whales migrate thousands of miles every year.

Orcas often swim more than 100 miles (160km) in one day. These are huge distances for us to walk alone, but together we can cover hundreds, if not thousands of miles and raise money to keep whales safe and free.

Anyone can join The WDC Great Migration.

Have a look at our web page for fun ideas whales.org/thegreatmigration Impress your teacher by using geography and map reading skills to plan a route. Walk in fancy dress or have a theme. Get in touch with us at events@whales.org and let us know where and when you’ll be walking and don’t forget to send us a photo afterwards so that we can add your distance to our Great Migration totaliser. Everyone who takes part will be entered into a draw for the chance to win some fantastic prizes too!

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family effort from Imani (9), Amara (5) and Zidan (7), who raised a fantastic £65 for WDC when they climbed Table Mountain while ^OLU [OL` JSPTILK ;HISL 4V\U[HPU ^OPSL on holiday VU OVSPKH` in South Africa.

PU :V\[O (MYPJH Milly (11) and Libby held a very tasty cake sale at their school and raised £116.54 for WDC. The clever girls asked their classmates to help them bake! raised!

Isla (12) raised £40 for WDC by doing a sponsored Big Splash Swim.

She has been busy giving talks, making posters and setting up a club to spread the word about whales and dolphins and get other children involved. raised!

Lilita and Lorelai held a Valentine’s Day stall and raised £60 for WDC. Well done girls!

Isabel (8) raised £100 with a sponsored silence. She even had to be quiet at school all day and used a board to write messages on.

What a great achievement Isabel! raised!

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haven’t spotted Kesslet yet this spring. Her son, Charlie, is here and I hope he and Kesslet will be reunited soon. There are still a few dolphins who haven’t been recorded returning yet following their wanderings last year.

We’re sure that once the migrating salmon return to these coastal waters, we’ll see the dolphins feasting on their favourite food. Local people have been asking me about Kesslet as they all miss seeing her swimming wild and free.

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he big news to share with you is that most but not all of the dolphins have returned home following their ! unusual and surprising holiday trips to I hope this year things will be back ‘normal’ and most of the dolphins will decide to stay closer to home in the Moray Firth’s coastal waters.

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FACT FILE: AGE: 26 CHILDREN: 4 FEATURES: very curved dorsal fin FUN FACT: Kesslet has very fine, slender features and isn’t as chunky as some of the other dolphins.

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ischief has been seen with a big group of about 15 dolphins charging along the coast near a small village called Covesea.

Mischief’s large, dark body and very distinctive dorsal fin, with its clear wedge-shaped gap in the lower part, make him easy to recognise.

Other dolphins who are very recognisable thanks to their unique and obvious markings are Spirtle, Runny Paint and

Beatrice. Hopefully it won’t be long until I see Mischief hunting salmon in the Chanonry Narrows again.

FACT FILE: BORN: 1970s FEATURES: big cut at base of his dorsal fin FUN FACT: Mischief was one of the first dolphins to be identified in the early days of Moray Firth dolphin studies.

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haven’t spotted Moonlight among the groups of dolphins moving in and out of the Inner Firth area yet. There is a possibility that she is out exploring along the coast looking for food.

She may even be with the same big group of dolphins Mischief has been seen with.

I’ll just have to be patient and wait for the boat trips to start taking passengers out to sea

Charlie again. Then Iíll I’ll be able to have a good look for Moonlight over a wider area. I’ll let you know as soon as I spot her again.

FACT FILE: BORN: 1980s CHILDREN: 3 FEATURES: tall dorsal fin with two notches FUN FACT: Moonlight’s best friends are Chewbacca, Sickle and Tall Fin. They are all females.

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harlie has been cruising around the Inner Firth area along with some of his best friends, including Indigo (Rainbow’s son) and Scoopy. These boys seem to enjoy following big groups of females.

Charlie will celebrate his 13th birthday this year. He is looking a lot bigger and darker than he used to and

he still has some growing to do. Scoopy and big Beatrice (a boy despite the name) are both bigger than him. Charlie has regular tussles with other dolphins and he has scratches and bite marks to prove it.

FACT FILE: AGE: 13 FUN FACT: Charlie is curious about boats; it’s a habit he picked up from his mum, Kesslet. He was named after Charlie Phillips, WDC’s field officer.

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t’s still a bit early in the season for me to see Spirit around Chanonry Point. She is most likely still out at sea, possibly with the group of dolphins spotted swimming off the coast 40 miles north of here.

This is an area where herring gather and lay their eggs in winter. These clever dolphins know this and are

probably on a mission to catch some tasty herring.

Eating fatty herrings will help these dolphins stay warm and fed until the salmon season begins again.

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ainbow and her son, Indigo, were part of a welcoming committee of dolphins who met Spirtle and her group following their trip around the coast of Ireland. The sea around me magically came alive

with dolphins again as they all swam in and out of the Chanonry Narrows and Inverness Firth area.

I’ve also spotted Rainbow with her friends Bonnie, who she babysits for, and Porridge, who recently returned to the area.

FACT FILE: BORN: 1970s CHILDREN: 6 FUN FACT: Rainbow’s oldest son, Prism, is nearly 20. He charges about with other young males causing trouble!

FACT FILE: BORN: 1990s CHILDREN: 4 GRANDCHILDREN: 2 FEATURES: notch on dorsal fin FUN FACT: Spirit’s older daughters, Sparkle (13) and Shimmer (9), have both had a baby.

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his year Simoom and her family gave us a wonderful gift: they visited for the first time during winter in 23 years.

The last time, Simoom was with her mum, Scimitar, brothers Pulteney and Nimpkish, and three children, Echo, Misty and Eclipse.

Now Simoom is the family

matriarch – she has had two more children and become a grandma. They sounded excited – perhaps they were planning to go for a body-rub together at the rubbing beach.

FACT FILE: AGE: 45 CHILDREN: 5 GRANDCHILDREN: 5 FUN FACT: Simoom has three sons and two daughters. Her five children were born over a 20-year period.

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ot to be outdone, Fife’s family also visited us in January. They were accompanied by relatives Surge and his niece, Cordero, and were also spotted with Holly’s family. We couldn’t be sure that Cordero’s new baby was still with her, as the orcas were quite spread out. We will have to wait to see them again this summer to find out if the baby has survived the winter.

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end is the least likely adoption orca to show up in our area during winter. She seems to prefer to stay in more northerly areas such as south-east Alaska.

These family customs may help the orcas make the most of limited fish to hunt during winter. Bend’s

family always follows the migrating salmon southwards in spring. We are waiting for them and holding our breath to see if Bend’s mother, Clio, will have a new baby with her.

FACT FILE: AGE: 30 CHILDREN: 1 FUN FACT: Bend’s only child is a six-year-old boy called Jamieson.

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olly’s family travelled a lot last winter and visited us. In January their visit overlapped with several other orca families in Johnstone Strait. OrcaLab volunteers on a dive boat were delighted when they came across Holly’s family in

calm seas in early February.

And then on 13 March we heard the orca calls of Holly and her family again as they returned to Johnstone Strait.

FACT FILE: AGE: 40 CHILDREN: 5 GRANDCHILDREN: 1 FUN FACT: Holly loves seeking out new rubbing beaches with her family.

FACT FILE: AGE: 28 MOTHER: Stripe SISTERS: Corky (held in captivity) and Ripple FUN FACT: Fife is a fully grown male and he enjoys mixing with females from other pods.

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FACT FILE: CHILDREN: 15 GRANDCHILDREN: 16 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN: 2 FUN FACT: Salt’s babies are named after salt or other condiments.

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idnight is focused and hardworking. She is never one to show off and prefers to concentrate on feeding. She doesn’t get distracted by other groups of whales who are feeding nearby, and is rarely seen breaching or using energy on anything but feeding.

Sometimes she chooses quieter feeding areas away from the hustle and bustle.

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epper sticks to her commitments. She seems to be a particularly decisive whale and once she makes a decision she stays with it. We see this when she returns to the feeding grounds – she decides

on a location to feed and then doesn’t change her mind and go to different feeding areas.

FACT FILE: CHILDREN: 11 GRANDCHILDREN: 4 FUN FACT: Pepper likes to blow bubble nets.

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eflection isn’t afraid to be herself. Whether she is kickfeeding when everyone else is using bubble nets to catch prey or having fun flipper slapping alongside her baby, Reflection stays true to herself. She often

gets to the feeding grounds early, even if the cool thing to do is to arrive later when most whales do.

FACT FILE: CHILDREN: 5 FUN FACT: Reflection has children called Buzzard, Spiral and Hydrophone.

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Did you know?

HECTORÕS DOLPHINS: ⁕ are tiny and measure only 1.4m from nose to tail ⁕ have beautiful black, grey and white markings ⁕ have a black dorsal fin that looks like a Mickey Mouse ear ⁕ give birth to babies that are only the size of a rugby ball

⁕ are curious, playful and sociable ⁕ live in shallow coastal water only in New Zealand ⁕ are killed by entanglement in fishing nets ⁕ are endangered.

There used to be 50,000; now there are 10,000 left

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To help Hector’s dolphins visit whales.org/nzvideo

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he Earth is getting hotter.

In the last 100 years this has been caused by humans.

We are using enormous amounts of oil and other fossil fuels to produce the energy we all need to power factories, cars and aeroplanes. This pollutes the air with carbon dioxide, which stops heat from the Earth escaping into space (known as the greenhouse effect), resulting in global warming.

Global warming is the reason we are already suffering from disastrous climate change. Earth’s

weather is getting wilder, sea levels are rising, polar ice and glaciers are melting.

People, plants and animals are suffering, and it’s going to get worse because we are still using more and more energy each year.

So what can we do to stop global warming?

Everyone can use less energy – turn off lights, walk, cycle or use public transport, turn off TVs, computers and phones when not using them, and recycle as much as possible.

Governments must also stop discussing climate change and take urgent action. This includes, for example, the transition from using fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas) to wind and solar power.

Countries need to make big changes so that people use less energy and produce less carbon dioxide.

How do trees, whales and plankton help?

Trees absorb carbon dioxide as they grow, so it’s very important to protect all the forests we have left

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Why whales are green â • A very cool thing about whales is that their poo is full of nutrients, which tiny sea plants called phytoplankton need to grow and thrive. â • Phytoplankton is at the base of all ocean food webs and is essential for healthy ecosystems.

PHYTOPLANKTON – THE FOUNDATION OF HEALTHY OCEAN FOOD CHAINS

â •Phytoplankton acts like a floating rainforest and soaks up enormous amounts of carbon dioxide, helping to fight climate change.

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â • Whales migrate thousands of miles across entire oceans. They poo along the way, providing nutrients for phytoplankton. â • When whales die, their bodies sink to the seabed, taking lots of stored carbon with them. These are called whale falls.

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Tragically, more than three million whales were killed by people before the ban on whaling in 1986, and this may well have sped up climate change.

We can’t plant whales, but we can protect living whales and make sure they are safe and able to have babies. Our world needs more whales!

More whales means MORE ⁕ whale poo ⁕ phytoplankton (tiny sea plants) ⁕ oxygen in the air

And less ⁕ carbon dioxide pollution ⁕ global warming

Every whale counts … save the whales… save the climate

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’ve known Fife since he was a baby and have really enjoyed watching him grow up. He is now a mature, impressively large and handsome 28-year-old orca.

Baby Fife was first spotted not far from OrcaLab – his eye patch was orange, which is typical of a newborn.

He was swimming very close to his mum Stripe. With them were Stripe’s adult son Okisollio and teenage daughter Ripple.

Fife is definitely an adventurous, and fearless, orca. When he was only a year old, we were out in our boat looking for Simoom and her family because we suspected she may have had a baby.

We suddenly became aware of two young orcas right behind us: Fife and Ivy (Holly’s first baby). The little rascals were playing in the wash of the propeller on our engine, their heads literally within inches of the blades.

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side, and then surface to swim right beside our boat before ducking down again. This orca game was fascinating to watch but we were also afraid they might be injured.

The mothers, Holly and Stripe, swam along with us about 20 metres away, one on each side for quite a while until suddenly the mums each gave the water loud slaps with their pectoral fins – clear signals they wanted the kids to come back to them. Fife responded immediately but Ivy took a while and then, when she finally swam off with her mother, protested by repeatedly hitting the water with her little flipper.

getting into trouble Quite possibly it was this fearless side to Fife’s nature that got him into serious, life-threatening trouble.

He showed up one day in the summer of 2003 with huge, deep gashes in his left side – a boat propeller injury.

Day by day we held our breath but infection did not set in and it seemed likely Fife would survive. Indeed he did,

and when he returned the next year his wound looked well on the way to healing. Now, it is hard to tell that he was injured at all. Today Fife is as energetic as ever and he loves to impress the females!

first meeting My dream for Fife is that he will finally meet his big sister Corky, now in her 51st year of captivity.

She was captured and taken from her family in the wild before Fife was born.

Though they have never had the chance to know each other, Corky and Fife are bound together by their genes, history and the countless orca generations before them. Their meeting will be a profound and touching moment – I cannot wait.

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RESCUERS hen a pod of 11 pilot whales became stranded on Matarangi beach in New Zealand, local rescuers rushed to help them. They carefully dug a channel in the sand around each whale to free their flippers and make them more comfortable. They put towels on their skin to prevent sunburn and poured buckets of seawater over them to keep them wet and cool.

Rescuers soothed and reassured the whales to help them stay calm while they waited on the beach for the tide to come in. Once the surviving whales could swim, rescuers used boats to guide them back into deeper waters.

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sure why these orcas travelled so far from their usual stomping grounds in cooler waters – perhaps they were following prey or searching for new sources of food.

an orca. They went south past the UK, Spain and Portugal, and into the Mediterranean Sea, along the Italian coast (where they were seen hunting tuna) to Lebanon. We’re not

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ittle White and Little Grey are now ready to return to a more natural life in their ocean sanctuary in Iceland. Final preparations included introducing them to the animals and plants they

will find in the sanctuary, and making sure they had fully acclimatised to the sub-Arctic temperatures. We will keep you updated about their move in June, and how they are getting on in their new ocean home.

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eaWorld has responded to a campaign to stop staff standing on dolphins’ noses, faces and backs during shows. These circus tricks in the tank will no longer take place. We hope SeaWorld will now take the next step and consider releasing its captive dolphins into sea sanctuaries.

HOW MANY BABIES CAN A HUMPBACK WHALE HAVE? Salt, one of our adoption humpbacks, can help me answer this! Females can get pregnant when they are five years old. They can continue to have babies for several decades, and maybe throughout their entire lives. They can live for at least 80 or 90 years.

Mothers have one baby at a time and don’t normally give birth every year. Salt is the best-known individual humpback mum in the world – she is now well into her 40s and has had 15 babies so far.

This supermum still has a long life ahead of her and no doubt will have more children!

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t last, after a long campaign, a horrific travelling dolphin circus in Indonesia has been shut down.

For many years the captive dolphins suffered as they were transported from town to town trapped inside tiny boxes.

The dolphins were forced to perform tricks in a very small, highly chlorinated, temporary circus pool set up in each town.

The Indonesian government has put a stop to this cruel dolphin circus.

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he violent earthquake that shook New Zealand in 2016 also caused lots of damage to the underwater world of whales and dolphins. It triggered enormous mudslides into an offshore sea canyon and altered the landscape of the ocean floor. Normally sperm whales make long, deep dives to hunt

giant squid and spend minimal time breathing at the surface.

For a year after the earthquake, sperm whale behaviour changed dramatically – they seemed dazed and confused, and spent much more time than usual at the surface. This meant that they were hunting and eating less for many months.

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