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The clymene dolphin (Stenella clymene) became the first confirmed naturally occurring hybrid marine mammal species when DNA analysis showed it to be descended from the spinner dolphin and the striped dolphin. [1]

2009

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  • 10 February - Filipino fishermen have rescued around 200 melon-headed whales which were stranded in shallow waters off the coast of Bataan. Only three dolphins were reported to have died. more

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  • 8 March - A survey conducted by Greenpeace suggests that most stores and sushi restaurants in Japan are not selling whale meat. Read more...

February

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  • 20 February - Sperm Whales are filmed sleeping for the first time. Read more...
  • 16 February - Anti-whaling protester Sophie Wyness and her father Martin speak against the decision to drop charges against them in court for their trespass at the Japanese Embassy in London. Read more...
  • 7 February - Photographs portraying slaughter of whales, including that of an alleged mother and calf, are released in Australian media; Japanese authorities claim that the whales in the picture are not related. Read more...

January

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  • 26 January - President George W. Bush exempts the United States Navy from a law against high-power sonar, a decision met with criticism. Read more...
  • 24 January - Fourteen-year-old Sophie Wyness, along with her father Martin, is arrested for an act of protest outside of a Japanese whaling embassy in London. Read more...

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December

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  • 18 December - Environmental activists express their unhappiness toward Belugas wearing Santa hats in a Japanese aquarium, while the same country's whalers launch an expedition to kill whales in Antarctica. Read more...

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