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Image: Marsvin (Phocoena phocoena)

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Description: Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) at Fjord- og Bæltcentret in Kerteminde, Denmark. The harbour porpoises kept at this facility participates in research to find a way to avoid that these small cetaceans are being killed by mistake in fishing nets. At the center are at the moment three harbour porpoises + one baby on its way (probably around august 2007). The jump out of the water as Eigil shows in this photo is not normal behaviour for this species, but is a trick this individual has been taught
Title: Marsvin (Phocoena phocoena)
Credit: Own work
Author: Malene Thyssen
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