CARIMAM training tools

The SPAW-RAC, within the framework of the CARIMAM project, and in collaboration with Gabriela Hernández-Mora (National Service of Animal Health of the government of Costa Rica) and Caroline Rinaldi (Association Evasion Tropiclae, Guadeloupe), has developed an online training course composed of videos, to support stakeholders who wish to strengthen the marine mammal stranding monitoring network in their territory or develop one.
The first 4 videos cover the following topics : 1) introduction to stranding networks, 2) recommendations for developing a stranding network in a territory, 3) recommendations for intervening on a stranding, 4) recommendations for collecting data and samples on a stranded animal. Each video is about 30 minutes long ; they are in English but Spanish and French subtitles are available. They can be viewed online, in free access, on the Youtube channel of CARIMAM (Click on the image) :

The last video presents a complete internal examination of a dolphin carcass and how to collect samples. It lasts about 50 minutes, and is available in English, Spanish and French, on request to the following address : contact@car-spaw-rac.org

Links to other training tools

The humpback whale virtual necropsy developped by the UAS Whale Lab (University of Alaska Southeast)

In late winter 2021, a humpback whale was found dead near Sitka, Alaska. The UAS Whalelab 3-D scanned the whale repeatedly starting with the initial discovery of the whale, through a full necropsy, and complete decomposition. This self-guided virtual experience provides annotations that provide more information about whale biology, pathology, and cultural context. This tool provides scientists and stranding network volunteers with a unique opportunity to observe this species up close and to deepen their stranding response skills.