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SINGAPORE - A dolphin carcass was washed ashore along East Coast Park on Wednesday (July 6).
Surprising as it may sound, dolphins are not uncommon in Singapore's waters.
Here are five things about dolphin sightings here:
n sightings reported to the National University of Singapore's Tropical Marine Science Institute (TMSI), at least 169 dolphins were spotted between 2008 and 2011 in the waters between Singapore and Batam, near St John's Island and Pulau Semakau, and as close to shore as the Marina Barrage.
At least another 50 of the mammals were sighted in 2012 - the most recent year that proper records were kept before TMSI's work was cut short when the conservation arm of Wildlife Reserves Singapore stopped funding a three-year study.
Sporadic reports of sightings have continued since then.
2. WHERE CAN YOU FIND THEM?
The mammals are most regularly spotted in the north-facing bay between St John's and Lazarus islands, which lie to the south of Sentosa.
The waters there are calm, even during monsoon rains, and there are fishes at the nearby coral reefs, attracting dolphins to the area for food and rest.
A YouTube video posted by user Deon George Harison in 2013 appeared to show at least two of the mesmerising creatures gliding through the waters between Changi Naval Base and Batam.
[video=youtube;u209ey-rOgQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u209ey-rOgQ[/video]
Surprising as it may sound, dolphins are not uncommon in Singapore's waters.
Here are five things about dolphin sightings here:
n sightings reported to the National University of Singapore's Tropical Marine Science Institute (TMSI), at least 169 dolphins were spotted between 2008 and 2011 in the waters between Singapore and Batam, near St John's Island and Pulau Semakau, and as close to shore as the Marina Barrage.
At least another 50 of the mammals were sighted in 2012 - the most recent year that proper records were kept before TMSI's work was cut short when the conservation arm of Wildlife Reserves Singapore stopped funding a three-year study.
Sporadic reports of sightings have continued since then.
2. WHERE CAN YOU FIND THEM?
The mammals are most regularly spotted in the north-facing bay between St John's and Lazarus islands, which lie to the south of Sentosa.
The waters there are calm, even during monsoon rains, and there are fishes at the nearby coral reefs, attracting dolphins to the area for food and rest.
A YouTube video posted by user Deon George Harison in 2013 appeared to show at least two of the mesmerising creatures gliding through the waters between Changi Naval Base and Batam.
[video=youtube;u209ey-rOgQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u209ey-rOgQ[/video]
