Pilot Whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus)
Image Copyright Stanley van Broekhuizen
Observed: Koh Chang, December 2015
Observed By: Stanley van Broekhuizen
It would be nice to pretend that Koh Chang is a happy natural environment that isn’t affected by the actions of man. But that isn’t true and one of the purposes of this website is to draw attention to the local species that are most threatend.
Sadly dead pilot whales, like the one pictured, and also dolphins wash up on the shores of Koh Chang on a regular basis.
The principal cause of death is drowning when they are caught up in fishing nets and unable to surface to breathe. there are supposed to be strict fishing restrictions within the waters of the Koh Chang Marine National Park. And outside these waters Thailand faces significant challenges to tackle illegal and unsustainable fishing. And sadly these large members of the dolphin family are the victims of these fishing practises.
Other Koh Chang Mammals
Thanks everyone – the animals just keep on coming. There’s 165 individual animal pages on the site now and maybe another 50-70 waiting for me to get around to putting on. It’ll happen but please bear with me if your beast hasn’t appeared yet – it will! Doing this whole exercise just reinforces what a […]
Right, we’re making good progress! Most of our animal backlog has now been cleared and we now have 82 different Koh Chang animal species on the site. Also, importantly, we’ve added a page with lots of animal identification sites and resources. We particularly need some undersea assistance so all you divers please get snapping and […]
