cetacean

The area off Lincolnshire's coast is "a unique habitat for fish where seabirds and cetaceans feed" explained Mr Slater.

"I am convinced it pushed western society past the tipping point on the subject of captive cetaceans."

And it would benefit us, too, to stop wantonly crushing cetaceans with our boats.

In particular, cetaceans such as whales and dolphins are likely to be sensitive to the noises and increased marine traffic brought by these turbines.

According to the fossil record, cetaceans -- whales, dolphins and their relatives -- evolved from four-legged land mammals that returned to the oceans beginning some 50 million years ago.