[Coral-List] porpoises rubbing against soft corals might be self-medicating

[Douglas Fenner]

These dolphins might be self-medicating

https://www.science.org/content/article/these-dolphins-might-be-self-medicating

includes a video of it.  They rub on one gorgonian, one soft coral, and a
sponge, but not on others.  They can get enough mucus on them to change
their skin color.  The mucus has a variety of chemicals in it that may be
antibacterial, etc.

Evidence that Indopacific bottlenose dolphins self-medicate with
invertebrates in coral reefs

https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(22)00541-7

Open access

Cheers, Doug

-- 
Douglas Fenner
Lynker Technologies, LLC, Contractor
NOAA Fisheries Service
Pacific Islands Regional Office
Honolulu
and:
Coral Reef Consulting
PO Box 997390
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799-6298  USA

1 in 6 deaths worldwide can be attributed to pollution, new review shows
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/1-in-6-deaths-worldwide-can-be-attributed-to-pollution-new-review-shows/ar-AAXozQh

UN: World on fast track to disaster, but we can avert it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xBVD8r0aHQ

Are we wasting money on shiny objects and high tech that does not yet work,
instead of proven low-tech to stop global warming?
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00560-2