Hello, My name is Alësha Naranjit from Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean . My group and I are doing some questionnaire surveys that focus mostly on what cetaceans people are seeing locally, where they see them and when (time of day and year). To aid in this questionnaire, I am putting together a species id sheet to help the interviewees (mainly fishermen, water taxies, yachties and recreational boat owners) identify the animals they may have seen while out on the water. I am looking for pictures depicting whole bodies, flukes, dorsal views, side views, heads and any other pictures that show important features that can help to identify the animals. I am looking for animals in the water (not stranded) and preferably not obviously in a captive setting. If anyone has any pictures of the following species (see table below) and would be willing to give permission for them to be used as part of the species id sheets that supplement these interview questionnaires, please send them to me as soon as you can. These pictures will be used on printed sheets to be carried around to aid in the questionnaire (no publication involved) and of course, they will be referenced. I would especially love any pictures you have of the Cuvier’s and Gervais’ beaked whales, the pygmy and dwarf sperm whale and the pygmy killer whale. Your pictures will allow my group to get a more accurate idea of what our interviewees may be seeing in Trinidad and Tobago ’s waters. If you do not have the pictures I am looking for or do not have ownership of pictures that you feel may be useful but know someone that I could contact please let me know. Looking forward your support and amazing pictures:) Alësha Species recorded in the waters of Trinidad and Tobago Species Common name Mysticeti Balaenopterus physalus Fin whale Balaenopterus borealis Sei whale Balaenopterus edeni Bryde’s whale Megaptera novaeangliae Humpback whale Odontoceti Physeter macrocephalus Sperm whale Kogia breviceps Pygmy sperm whale Kogia sima Dwarf sperm whale Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier’s beaked whale Mesoplodon europaeus Gervais’ beaked whale Orcinus orca Killer whale Feresa attenuata Pygmy killer whale Pseudorca crassidens False killer whale Globicephala macrorhynchus Sort-finned pilot whale Stenella attenuata Pan-tropical spotted dolphin Stenella frenatus Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella longirostris Spinner dolphin Stenella clymene Clymene dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba Striped dolphin Delphinus delphis Common dolphin Tursiops truncatus Bottlenose dolphin Grampus griseus Risso’s dolphin Steno bredanensis Rough-toothed dolphin Sotalis fluviatilis Tucuxi “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”—Gandhi "There are two ways to live your life - one is as though nothing is a miracle, the other is as though everything is a miracle." -- Albert Einstein --------------------------------- Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. Check it out.