From March 31 to April 7 a survey of marine mammals in the North-West Bohol sea were conducted. The survey starts from 6:00 in the morning and ends by 5:00 in the afternoon but unstable currents sometimes affects the surveying hours. The team was consisted of 6 members, and was divided into 2 groups. Each group was alternately looking for a sighting using binoculars every hour in the given transect. According to Ms. Joanne Krisha Lacsamana research assistant of Genetic Fingerprinting Laboratory who participated in the said event “It is very heart warming to see some cetaceans. Some of the cetaceans we’ve seen were Fraser’s dolphins, Spinner dolphins, Bottlenose dolphins, Melon-headed whale, and Risso’s dolphin Moreover, different behaviors were observed such as sailing, body slamming, surfing, surfacing, rolling, belly up, spy hopping, spinning, porpoising and breaching”. The said event was headed by Edna R. Sabater a Ph.D. student from Silliman University.
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