SANDAKAN: Dolphins have been in our rivers. Irrawaddy Dolphins, to be precise. They can be found in a Kinabatangan River in Sandakan, Cowie Bay in Tawau as well as along a coasts of Sabah, Sarawak as well as Brunei.
Irrawady Dolphins have been facultative stream dolphins, definition they not only swim in coastal areas though additionally make their way in to rivers.
Teoh Shu Woan, a Marine Conservation Masters tyro at UMS who is currently conducting research upon Irrawaddy Dolphins, has identified twenty-eight Irrawaddy Dolphins in Cowie Bay.
"My current estimate by photo-id mark-recapture process is twenty-eight though we need to do some adjustments to get a less bias estimate, though there have been really more," pronounced Shu Woan.
According to Shu Woan, when fishermen collect up fish from their nets, a Irrawaddy Dolphins would be waiting nearby.
"The fishermen would collect some fish which were held in a net as well as throw them to a dolphins," she said.
Shu Woan pronounced a dolphins would not disquiet a fish held in a net though instead wait for for a fish to be thrown to them.
Like most class of dolphins, a Irrawaddy Dolphins have been not aggressive. They have been intelligent creatures which have been additionally believed to have a mutualistic attribute of associated fishing with traditional fishers.
I n Kinabatangan, they have been noticed as something sacred.
"When they (Kinabatangan community) see a dolphins, they do not disquiet them or call them names since they believe which you do so will means a huge wave," pronounced Shu Woan.
However, a current fickle weather has forced these creatures to refrain from roving upstream in a Kinabatangan River.
"According to interviews with a fishermen, they pronounced during a dry season, sea water flows in to a river, as well as we think a dolphin's prey goes along as well, as a result they see a dolphins roving upstream. But this was a long time ago.
"Nowadays, there is no viewable dry/wet deteriorate as well as they don't see a dolphins roving upstream anymore," she said.
Irrawaddy Dolphins have been social animals which promulgate with clicks,creaks as well as buzzes as well as mostly do not transport alone.
These dolphins have been additionally found in a Bay of Bengal in a Indian Ocean, Irrawady River in Indonesia, Mahakam River in Kalimantan, Mekong River across South East Asia, Songkla Lake in Thailand as well as Malampaya Sound in a Philippines. (theborneopost)
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