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New technologies are changing the game for keeping track of dolphins. In Marlborough, Mark Johnson attaches a suction cup-mounted ‘D-tag’ to a Hector’s dolphin in Cloudy Bay. The tags, which Johnson designed, watch and listen as the dolphin hunts and are programmed to detach after a day or two. While dung samples and biopsies can tell us about diet, these cups give us context: like where and how the dolphin hunts, and how often.
Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue: 183 September / October 2023.
Read the Feature: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/the-special-case-of-our-smallest-dolphins/
Photograph Richard Robinson © 2023.
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THE SPECIAL CASE OF OUR SMALLEST DOLPHINS
New technologies are changing the game for keeping track of dolphins. In Marlborough, Mark Johnson attaches a suction cup-mounted ‘D-tag’ to a Hector’s dolphin in Cloudy Bay. The tags, which Johnson designed, watch and listen as the dolphin hunts and are programmed to detach after a day or two. While dung samples and biopsies can tell us about diet, these cups give us context: like where and how the dolphin hunts, and how often.<br /> Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue: 183 September / October 2023.<br /> Read the Feature: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/the-special-case-of-our-smallest-dolphins/<br /> Photograph Richard Robinson © 2023.<br /> Rights managed image. No Reproduction without prior written permission.