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
"Now that those have become extinct, we're going to save the Yangtze river porpoise," Professor Wang Xi tells the BBC.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2025
Another threat to the finless porpoise, however, might be harder to resolve.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2025
"We're saving the finless porpoise to save the Yangtze River," says Wang Ding.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2025
There was peacock pie, jellied eds, Devonshire cream, curried porpoise, iced fruit salad, and two thousand side dishes.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Common dolphins and harbour porpoises are among the species most frequently affected by stranding, largely because they are more abundant in coastal waters, according to the BDMLR.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 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
Roughly 6 million common dolphins inhabit tropical and temperate waters worldwide, making them the most numerous members of the cetacean family, which includes whales and porpoises.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2025
They also reminded people that dolphins, whales and porpoises are protected by law.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2025
Dolphins, porpoises, and certain types of whales use echolocation to navigate the ocean.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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
In current F1 cars, porpoising is caused by a disruption in the airflow under the car.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2025
Over the past few years, as a consequence of the rule change and improved understanding of the current cars by teams, porpoising has become pretty rare.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 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
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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