porpoise
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The specimen was donated to the museum in 1966 and has now become the basis for an exceptionally detailed digital record of the rare porpoise.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 2026
Another threat to the finless porpoise, however, might be harder to resolve.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2025
Not only that, but over the last five years of records, porpoise numbers have gone up by nearly a quarter.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2025
There has also been community involvement in the porpoise preservation push.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2025
The second was a girl aboard a Caribbean cruise ship in 1939, who threw her cigarette lighter at a porpoise.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
At roughly 5 feet long, it is the smallest member of the cetacean group, which includes whales, dolphins and porpoises.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 2026
The devices produce sounds audible only to porpoises and dolphins, which can deter them from approaching fishing nets.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
She said previous studies had focussed more on porpoises but the picture "remained unclear" for common dolphins.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
Their diet centered on smaller marine mammals including harbor seals and harbor porpoises, and they usually traveled and foraged in groups of about five.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2025
During the night two porpoises came around the boat and he could hear them rolling and blowing.
From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway
For nearly four hours, first in great confusion and then heartrending resignation, the saga played out on CNN as the Learjet porpoised through the air.
From Golf Digest ● Oct. 25, 2018
With wheels up, Moskva porpoised off a knoll, slammed down on her belly just beyond.
From Time Magazine Archive
When he porpoised back he predicted: "I'll flatten dat bum wit' one punch."
From Time Magazine Archive
Blue-wing olives swarmed over the water, and beneath them, pods of big rainbow trout porpoised all around me, their noses and backs and tails breaking the surface while they fed.
From Time Magazine Archive
Gentoo penguins porpoised along beside the boat as they raised the sail and plunged forward into the rolling waves.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
McLaren team chief Andrea Stella explained that the disqualification of both cars, for excessive wear of the skid blocks, was a result of an unexpected level of "porpoising... exacerbated by the conditions" in Nevada.
From Barron's ● Nov. 27, 2025
The stewards' report said that McLaren argued that "there was additional and unexpected porpoising at this event, limited opportunity to test due to the weather on day one, and shortened practice sessions".
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2025
Mercedes struggled with the ground effect known as “ porpoising ” and Russell was fourth in the 2022 standings, Hamilton was sixth.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 16, 2023
At least the ground effect — known as porpoising — which hindered the team so much in 2022 seems to have been eradicated.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 25, 2023
Killer whales are extremely fast swimmers, capable of reaching top speeds of 25 knots or more, and have been reported "porpoising" and breaching.
From Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification by David Caldwell
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