Talk:Harbour porpoise

Hunting
That "Harbour Porpoises are not and never have been actively hunted by whalers" is incorrect, see for instance the German page on Harbour Porpoises. Stefan29 19:09, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Range
I think the Gulf of Bothnia should be removed from the range. The Archipelago Sea is the northernmost area in the Baltic Sea where harbour porpoises are normally found. I don't know about the Gulf of Finland, but I would be surprised if the range extends all the way to the bottom of the Gulf. --Chino (talk) 11:02, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

New Harbor Porpose Research
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20127004.400-oil-rigs-may-be-fit-for-porpoise.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.26.82.219 (talk) 04:31, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

The use of the Dutch loan-translation
Mereswijn doesn't seem correct. The Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal gives various spelling of the word but Mereswijn isn't one of them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Floris1978 (talk) 09:28, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Hunted by Dolphins
Watch a documentary called The Dolphin Murders, seems dolphins actively murder the Harbor Porpoise for unknown reasons.101.103.172.182 (talk) 12:24, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

The explanation that porpoises are being killed by dolphins due to competition for food does not stand up in my view. This would be an example of inter-species rivalry without precedent. Is there any evidence that they do actually prey on the same fish?

The alternative explanation that dolphins exhibit infanticidal behaviour and that the porpoises are mistaken for juvenile dolphins seems more plausible. There is evidence that adult dolphins kill juveniles - see the reference article. John Muir (talk) 10:58, 29 March 2017 (UTC)


 * Other possible explanations could be interspecies rivalry or even for fun or males letting off sexual aggression. We know that bottlenose dolphins can also be aggressive towards other dolphin species, such as Atlantic spotted dolphins, but porpoises being much smaller may be more likely to be killed by the interactions. Rlendog (talk) 13:38, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 22 October 2016
In between the first sentence ("Harbour porpoises were... lighting fuel.") and current second sentence ("The drive...") of the Harbour porpoise section please add the following:

Among others, hunting occurred in the Black Sea, off Normandy, in the Bay of Biscay, off Flanders, in the Little Belt strait, off Iceland, western Norway, in Puget Sound, Bay of Fundy and Gulf of Saint Lawrence.


 * NB-1: The "iucn" citation [#1: ] is not defined here on the talk page, but it is already used and therefore defined in the article.
 * NB-2: I have deliberately not wiki-linked "Bay of Fundy" because it already is linked earlier in the article (i.e., it would be a WP:REPEATLINK). To avoid the same problem with repeat links, please remove the wiki-link from "Little Belt" in the current second sentence (third sentence after the above has been added; "The drive hunt in the Little Belt...") of the Conservation section.

80.62.116.249 (talk) 17:53, 22 October 2016 (UTC)


 * ✅  Paine   u/ c  10:39, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

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"Harbour" or "Harbor"?
Both spellings (British and U.S., respectively) are used in this page: "harbour" 55 times (including the title), and "harbor" 11 times (including in the infobox). (In the porpoise page, "harbour" is used 33 times, and "harbor" 12 times.) Should there be one consistent spelling here (along with a note in (or near) the lead clarifying that the other spelling is also acceptable)? PatricKiwi (talk) 22:46, 2 December 2022 (UTC)


 * No need for a note, the other spelling can be presented as a common alternative, like at Theatre. CMD (talk) 02:27, 3 December 2022 (UTC)

Taxonomy section misnamed or missing content
The "taxonomy" section has no taxonomy in it. It is merely a discussion of vernacular names. I'm afraid to edit here, so someone else would have to fix it. DCDuring (talk) 14:59, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

Corpse picture
The picture of the mutilated dead one could be removed. Its disturbing and serves no purpose. 2001:569:FBA9:DF00:505A:D6D2:C03C:7785 (talk) 08:54, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

"Marsouin" listed at Redirects for discussion
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