Dolphin Expert Speaks at Museum of Coastal Carolina
Date and Time
Tuesday Jun 18, 2013
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM EDT
June 18, 2013
7:00 pm
Location
The Museum of Coastal Carolina is located at 21 East Second Street in Ocean Isle Beach, NC.
Fees/Admission
Admission is free for Museum members. Non-member all-day admission, which includes admission to that day’s evening program, is $8 for adults (13-61), $7 for seniors (62+), $6 for children (3-12), and free for children age 2 and under. For more information, call 910-579-1016 or visit www.museumplanetarium.org.
Contact Information
910-579-1016
Description
Keith Rittmaster, Natural Science Curator at the NC Maritime Museum in Beaufort, NC, will talk about dolphins at 7:00 PM on June 18 at the Museum of Coastal Carolina. Once hunted in NC for oil, leather, fertilizer, and food, bottlenose dolphins are now a protected species and can be seen year-round in estuaries and along the NC coast. Using a slide presentation as well as interactive displays, Rittmaster will discuss dolphins’ anatomy, physiology, natural history, conservation efforts, migration, residency, associations, reproduction, and causes of mortality in NC.
Rittmaster has worked as a marine mammal scientist on numerous research projects. In 1985, he and his colleagues began a long-term photo-identification study of bottlenose dolphins near Beaufort. Rittmaster and his wife, Vicky Thayer, respond to reports of entangled marine animals as part of the NC Marine Mammal Stranding Network.
