... their auditory sensitivity when emitting clicks. However, it remains unclear whether these adaptations also led to changes of the startle reflex. We investigated reactions to startling sounds in two bottlenose dolphins ( Tursiops truncatus ) and one false killer whale ( Pseudorca crassidens ). Animals were...

... ) Competing interests The authors declare no competing or financial interests. 16 3 2015 30 3 2015 © 2015. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2015 Summary: Increased vocal effort by bottlenose dolphins has metabolic costs at the individual level, indicating energetic...

.... , Elder   S. T. , Heath   R. G. ( 1963 ). Intracranial self-stimulation in man . Science   140 , 394 - 396 . Blackwood   D. J. ( 2003 ). Vocal Response Times to Acoustic Stimuli in White Whales and Bottlenose Dolphins . PhD dissertation , Texas A&M University , USA...

...Laura C. Yeates; Dorian S. Houser SUMMARY Water and air temperature are potentially limiting factors to the pole-ward distributions of coastal bottlenose dolphins. This study assessed the lower critical temperature of captive bottlenose dolphins to air temperature(LCT a ) and water temperature (LCT...

...Dorian S. Houser; James Finneran; Don Carder; William Van Bonn; Cynthia Smith; Carl Hoh; Robert Mattrey; Sam Ridgway SUMMARY Bottlenose dolphins were submitted to structural (CT) and functional(SPECT/PET) scans to investigate their in vivo anatomy and physiology with respect to structures important...

...Erin M. Meagher; William A. McLellan; Andrew J. Westgate; Randall S. Wells; Dargan Frierson, Jr; D. Ann Pabst SUMMARY The dorsal fin of the bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus contains blood vessels that function either to conserve or to dissipate body heat. Prior studies have demonstrated...

... the surfaces of the dorsal fin and tail flukes. In this study, we investigated the effect of exercise on CCHE function in the bottlenose dolphin. The CCHE flanks a region of the bowel in the posterior abdomen and influences colonic temperatures. A rectal probe housing a linear array of seven copper–constantan...