Published on Friday, 25 May 2012 00:00
Written by WWF-Philippines
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This summer, don?t panic if you see a dolphin or whale stranded on the beach.
Call the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Philippines) and the Marine Wildlife Watch of the Philippines or local authorities.
?WWF-Philippines alone has a 25,000-strong following on Facebook and pools volunteer experts from a wide range of disciplines to accomplish conservation goals,? Pagaduan, WWF-Philippines Hamilo Coast Project Manager. ?We?re just a Facebook message or a text away.?
According to WWF-Philippines, cetacean strandings are increasing; in response, it conducts workshops on what to do during the strandings.
Cetaceans include all whale, dolphin and porpoise species, divided by type. Odontocetes or toothed whales feed primarily on fish and squid. Mysticetes or baleen whales have fringed strips of hair-like plates in place of teeth and feed primarily on plankton, krill and tiny fish.
Twenty eight ? a full third of all known species ? have been recorded in Philippine waters as of 2012....
