{"id":64498,"date":"2025-09-21T15:36:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T10:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=64498"},"modified":"2025-09-22T18:40:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T13:10:40","slug":"striped-dolphin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/striped-dolphin\/","title":{"rendered":"Striped Dolphin"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Striped Dolphin Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A pod of striped dolphins, uncommon in Andhra waters, was recently spotted off the coast of Visakhapatnam. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Striped Dolphin<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The striped dolphin is a <\/span><b>streamlined oceanic dolphin,<\/b> <b>similar in shape and size <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to the <\/span><b>common dolphin.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientific Name: Stenella coeruleoalba<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are among the<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">most <\/span><b>abundant and widespread <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dolphins in the world.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Striped Dolphin <\/b><b>Distribution<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is found in <\/span><b>temperate and tropical waters of all the world&#8217;s oceans.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their range includes <\/span><b>waters off Greenland, northern Europe<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (United Kingdom, Denmark), the<\/span><b> Mediterranean Sea, Japan, Argentina, South Afric<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a, western <\/span><b>Australia, and New Zealand.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Striped Dolphin <\/b><b>Habitat<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They tend to <\/span><b>prefer deeper, more offshore waters<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and can be found in <\/span><b>oceanic waters over the continental shelves.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are <\/span><b>attracted to upwelling areas,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where deep, cold, nutrient-rich water rises toward the surface, <\/span><b>and convergence zones,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where ocean currents meet.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Striped Dolphin <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The striped dolphin reaches 2.5-2.6 m (averaging around 2.2-2.3 m) in length, the <\/span><b>males being slightly larger.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They a long, defined rostrum and <\/span><b>round forehead (known as a melon).\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their dorsal fin is hooked, tall, and located mid-back.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the name suggests, the most <\/span><b>recognisable features are the \u2018stripes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019. <\/span><b>A dark grey stripe runs from the beak, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">above the eye, across the flank, and then down to the underside of the body. <\/span><b>A second stripe runs below the eye <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to the pectoral flipper.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Above these stripes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the dolphin&#8217;s <\/span><b>flanks are coloured light blue or grey. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All <\/span><b>appendages are black, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as well. The <\/span><b>underside is blue, white, or pink.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are usually found in tight, <\/span><b>cohesive groups of about 25 to 100 individuals <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and have been <\/span><b>observed breaching, jumping, and leaping over 20 feet above the surface of the water.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They display a<\/span><b> unique behavior called roto-tailing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, when the <\/span><b>animal leaps high out of the water<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>vigorously rotates its tail while airborne.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The estimated <\/span><b>lifespan <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of striped dolphins is up to <\/span><b>58 years.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Striped Dolphin <\/b><b>Conservation Status<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>It is classified as &#8216;<strong>Least Concern&#8217;<\/strong> under the IUCN Red List.<\/p>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/states\/andhra-pradesh\/2025\/Sep\/18\/aps-rich-biodiversity-rare-striped-dolphins-spotted-off-visakhapatnam-coast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NIE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Striped dolphins, scientifically known as Stenella coeruleoalba, are streamlined oceanic dolphins, abundant and similar to common dolphins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":64710,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[21,2817,22,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-64498","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-prelims-pointers","9":"tag-striped-dolphin","10":"tag-upsc-current-affairs","11":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","12":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}