US Navy 090807-O-9999A-001 Pilot whales surface near the NATO Research Vessel Alliance during the Biological and Behavioral Studies of Marine Mammals in the Western Mediterranean Sea (MED 09) study

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Description: English: MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Aug. 7, 2009) Pilot whales surface near the NATO Research Vessel Alliance during the Biological and Behavioral Studies of Marine Mammals in the Western Mediterranean Sea (MED 09) study. This multinational study, which focused on marine mammal behavioral patterns and habitats, was primarily sponsored by the U.S. Navy and the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP). Researchers affixed monitoring tags to two pilot whales, and acoustically monitored beaked whales and other marine mammals to learn more about their basic biology. (U.S. Navy photo by Ann Allen/Released). Date: Taken on 7 August 2009. Source: : This image was released by the United States Navy with the ID 090807-O-9999A-001 (next). This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing. العربية | বাংলা | Deutsch | Deutsch (Sie-Form) | English | español | euskara | فارسی | français | italiano | 日本語 | 한국어 | македонски | മലയാളം | Plattdüütsch | Nederlands | polski | پښتو | português | svenska | Türkçe | українська | 中文 | 中文（简体） | 中文（繁體） | +/− :. Author: U.S. Navy photo by Ann Allen.