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![Dolphin Tale - Official Trailer [HD]](http://web.archive.org./web/20120920023052im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Jdpg9NsgEaI/0.jpg "Subscribe ow.ly | Facebook ow.ly | Twitter ow.ly Release Date: 23 September 2011 Genre: Family Cast: Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Harry Connick Jr. Directors: Charles Martin Smith Writer: Karen Janszen, Noam Dromi Studio: Warner Bros. Plot: A story centered on the friendship between a boy and a dolphin whose tail was lost in a crab trap.")
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Drifting alone
Where am I to go
The purpose in me
Sadly I don't know
Who'll take my hand
I'm sailing in the sand
Nothing to enjoy
Feeling quite destroyed
But I know a magic dolphin
Swimming above the world
And in my dreams it promised me
That someday I'll find my girl
No one to love
No one to lose
All by myself
This is what I choose
Lovers everywhere
Why should I even care
Will I ever change
That would sure be strange
But I know a magic dolphin
Swimming above the world
And in my dreams it promised me
That someday I'll find my girl
She has the taste of summer
Cute shiny eyes of love
And untill I find that girl of mine
I have a friend above
Yes, I have a friend above
'Cause I know a magic dolphin
Swimming above the world
And in my dreams it promised me
That someday I'll find my girl
She has the taste of summer
Cute shiny eyes of love
Until I find that girl of mine
I have a friend above
I have a friend above
There's a broken beam inside of the big big bridge
I guess that whole thing is caving in
Maybe it is time I learn how to swim
I'll be a dolphin, I'll be a dolphin
Sometimes I think I'm breaking down
And other times I think that I'm fine
But something got into my engine
It slowed me down
Now I gotta turn this whole thing around
I'm gonna be a dolphin
Gonna be a dolphin
I'm gonna be a dolphin
Gonna be a dolphin
There's not a lot I believe anymore
I mistrust everything I had been longing for
There's not a lot that I know anymore
But I know if good bridge is burning
You gotta be a dolphin...You gotta be a dolphin
You gotta be a dolphin...You gotta be a dolphin
Sometimes I think you're crazy and sick
And other time I think you're so fine
But I know I'm in dange 'cause you feel like a stranger
And I know that something's going give
When I dive into that ocean
God I hope I don't sink like a stone -- no
I'm gonna move like a dolphin
There may be a lot I don't know about you
But I know if I don't swim
I'm already drowning
'Cause a broken bridge
Is a broken bridge
So I swim to you now
Here I come...Here I come
Here I come...Here I come
I'll be a dolphin
There's a broken beam inside of the big big bridge
I guess that this time I'll have swim (I'll swim...)
How beautiful do the words have 2 be
Before they conquer every heart?
How will U know if I'm even in the right key
If U make me stop before I start?
If I came back as a dolphin
Would U listen 2 me then?
Would U let me be your friend?
Would U let me in?
U can cut off all my fins
But 2 your ways I will not bend
I'll die before I let U tell me how 2 swim
And I'll come back again as a dolphin
Why does my brother have 2 go hungry
When U told him there was food 4 all?
This is the man that stands next 2 the man
That stands 2 catch U when U fall (Oh!)
If I came back as a dolphin
Would U listen 2 me then?
Would U let me be your friend?
Would U let me in?
U can cut off all my fins
But 2 your ways I will not bend
I'll die before I let U tell me how 2 swim
And I'll come back again as a dolphin
If I'm under water, will U find me? (Find me [x4])
Will U shine a light and try 2 guide me?
It's happened before, I've knocked on your door
But U wouldn't let me in
How beautiful do the words have 2 be
Before they conquer every heart? (Oh!)
If I came back as a dolphin
Would U listen 2 me then?
Would U let me be your friend?
Would U let me in?
U can cut off all my fins
But 2 your ways I will not bend
I'll die before I let U tell me how 2 swim
Come back in the end as a dolphin (Oh)
(I'll come back, baby)
(Let me in, let me in) As a dolphin
(Be my friend) Dolphin
(Yeah, yeah)
Dolphin
As a dolphin
As a dolphin
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Dolphin Bubbles: An Amazing Behavior
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- Duration: 3:26
- Published: 11 Mar 2009
- Updated: 17 Sep 2012
Watch the dolphins at SeaWorld Orlandos Dolphin Cove as they artfully create and play with underwater bubble rings and hear what SeaWorlds trainers, educators and guests have to say about this fun and fascinating behavior.
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Cat and Dolphins playing together
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- Duration: 1:50
- Published: 06 Mar 2011
- Updated: 19 Sep 2012
Cat and Dolphin playing together. Theater of the Sea, a marine animal park in Islamorada, Florida in 1997. The dolphins are Shiloh and Thunder and the cat is Arthur. www.theaterofthesea.com
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Dolphin play bubble rings
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- Duration: 1:08
- Published: 17 Dec 2007
- Updated: 19 Sep 2012
This video is dedicated to the best employee at Sea World, Orlando. The music is the instrumental version of "No One is Alone" from "Into the Woods" by John Williams; The Boston Pops Orchestra. From the Album Music of the Night: Pops on Broadway 1990 CD. The original music and lyrics of "Into the Woods" is by Stephen Sondheim.
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Sharks vs. Dolphins
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- Duration: 2:21
- Published: 14 Jun 2009
- Updated: 19 Sep 2012
Selected excerpt, from the first episode, of the award winning 1999 BBC documentary series "Supernatural", where we can learn that dolphins identify themselves with humans and of their eternal rivalry with sharks. Mammals 1 - Cartilaginous 0
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Dolphins see themselves in mirror
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- Duration: 5:09
- Published: 28 Nov 2010
- Updated: 19 Sep 2012
TS Headquarter : www.ThickShades.com RELAX or REFUTE or REPENT or RECYCLED
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Dolphin Parenting
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- Duration: 2:41
- Published: 29 Apr 2008
- Updated: 10 Sep 2012
Like father, like son. Or in this case, like mother, like dolphin calf! See All National Geographic Videos video.nationalgeographic.com
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Dolphin Tale - Official Trailer [HD]
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- Duration: 1:46
- Published: 11 Apr 2011
- Updated: 19 Sep 2012
Subscribe ow.ly | Facebook ow.ly | Twitter ow.ly Release Date: 23 September 2011 Genre: Family Cast: Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Harry Connick Jr. Directors: Charles Martin Smith Writer: Karen Janszen, Noam Dromi Studio: Warner Bros. Plot: A story centered on the friendship between a boy and a dolphin whose tail was lost in a crab trap.
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Hydroplaning Dolphins - Planet Earth - BBC
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- Duration: 2:51
- Published: 31 Mar 2010
- Updated: 14 Sep 2012
Intelligent and adaptable, these dolphins have developed a unique technique for catching fish that ordinarily remain tantislisingly out of reach near Shark Bay in Australia
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Science Bulletins: Whales Give Dolphins a Lift
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- Duration: 1:52
- Published: 10 Jan 2012
- Updated: 19 Sep 2012
Many species interact in the wild, most often as predator and prey. But recent encounters between humpback whales and bottlenose dolphins reveal a playful side to interspecies interaction. In two different locations in Hawaii, scientists watched as dolphins "rode" the heads of whales: the whales lifted the dolphins up and out of the water, and then the dolphins slid back down. The two species seemed to cooperate in the activity, and neither displayed signs of aggression or distress. Whales and dolphins in Hawaiian waters often interact, but playful social activity such as this is extremely rare between species. The latest Bio Bulletin from the Museum's Science Bulletins program presents the first recorded examples of this type of behavior. Visitors to AMNH may view the video in the Hall of Biodiversity until February 9, 2012. Science Bulletins is a production of the National Center for Science Literacy, Education, and Technology (NCSLET), part of the Department of Education at the American Museum of Natural History. Find out more about Science Bulletins at www.amnh.org Related Links: Two Unusual Interactions Between a Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) and a Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Hawaiian Waters bit.ly The Hawaii Association for Marine Education and Research, Inc. www.hamerhawaii.com National Marine Mammal Foundation nmmpfoundation.org
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Scuba Diving With Dolphins
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- Duration: 2:37
- Published: 06 Jun 2006
- Updated: 18 Sep 2012
www.clintcora.com presentsmotivational speaker and personal development author Clint Cora scuba diving with dolphins at Grand Bahama Island. Get Clint's FREE 3-part Personal Development Video Series to learn how to expand your comfort zone to finally conquer even your most daunting goals in life. Details at http Clint is a Canadian motivational speaker who speaks to audiences in companies, associations, colleges, schools and other organizations on both motivation personal development as well as diversity.
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Miami Dolphins Cheerleaders "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae
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- Duration: 3:31
- Published: 05 Jun 2012
- Updated: 19 Sep 2012
The Miami Dolphins Cheerleaders shot their 2013 Swimsuit Calendar in the beautiful Dominican Republic. We decided to have a little fun and make our own cover of Carly Rae's "Call Me Maybe". We hope you enjoy! (Official Miami Dolphins Cheerleaders Video) Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com For more great Dolphins coverage visit us at www.miamidolphins.com
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Dolphin saves whales in New Zealand
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- Duration: 1:35
- Published: 13 Mar 2008
- Updated: 18 Sep 2012
Two whales in new Zealand appeared doomed as they kept on beaching themselves. But rescuers got a little helping hand from a friendly dolp
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The dolphin jetpack that lets you swim like one
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- Published: 07 Dec 2011
- Updated: 19 Sep 2012
Franky Zapata uses a flyboard to zoom in and out of the water and leap through the air. Report by Jeremy Barnes.. Subscribe to ITN News! www.youtube.com Check out the rest of our Top 20 Most Watched Videos: www.youtube.com Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com For more like this, check out our Incredible Stunts playlist: www.youtube.com
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Dog and Dolphin
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- Published: 18 Nov 2008
- Updated: 19 Sep 2012
A dog going for a swim with his friend, the dolphin.
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Dog swims with dolphins (Soundtrack: Miike Snow 'Animal')
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- Duration: 2:10
- Published: 24 May 2012
- Updated: 19 Sep 2012
Visit www.earth-touch.com to see more. Kira is an ordinary dog with extraordinary habits she swims with wild dolphins. Watch the magical dog-and-dolphin encounter in this HD nature video. Music: Miike Snow 'Animal' www.miikesnow.com Swim with dolphins: Somente Aqua Dolphin Centre www.somenteaqua.com
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Frisky Dolphin
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- Published: 11 May 2008
- Updated: 19 Sep 2012
Very randy Bottlenose Dolphin near East Caicos, Turks & Caicos Islands encountered on a staff day out from Big Blue Unlimited... www.bigblueunlimited.com
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Surfing Dolphins @ Jeffreys Bay- BBC Dolphins: Deep Thinkers
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- Duration: 2:10
- Published: 05 Aug 2007
- Updated: 16 Sep 2012
Surfing dolphins clip from the 2003 BBC "Wildlife on One" episode Dolphins: Deep Thinkers, narrated by David Attenborough. The educational clip narrates that the maintenance of social bonds in complex animal societies such as dolphins and humans may be the explanation for why both dolphins and humans exhibit "play" behaviors into adulthood and full maturity. Footage is from Jeffreys Bay, South Africa. AFAIK this special was never broadcast in the United States. Check out the BBC's website often for the full video, as press reports have indicated they will put all their full programs online. This video continues with the next part here: www.youtube.com
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Dolphin Collision In Mid-Air
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- Published: 11 Nov 2009
- Updated: 19 Sep 2012
Dolphins playing behind our boat near Sanibel Island. They sometimes get in each others way.
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Mother Dolphin Carries Dead Baby Calf For Days
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- Published: 18 Jul 2012
- Updated: 18 Sep 2012
On July 8, a mother dolphin was spotted with her calf in Sanniang Bay of Qinzhou City in Southern China. The mother appeared to be helping her calf stay afloat. And when a tourist vessel got close enough to see the baby, they saw that it was dead. It had a long cut across its belly, probably from a boat propeller. Tourist boats often go dolphin spotting in nearby waters. The calf looked like it had been dead for several days. [ Mr. Su, Fisherman]: "The little dolphin was dead for two or three days, but its mother still stayed with it and carried it day and night, which has touched all of us and the tourists. Just like human beings, dolphins also have feelings. A mother's love is noble and moving." Similar behavior in mother dolphins has been documented by an Italian scientist since 2007. After several encounters with dolphins mourning their dead or nearly dead, scientists are starting to think that not only do dolphins grieve, they are also aware of their own mortality. For more news and videos visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ on.fb.me
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Dolphin Tale - Official Trailer 2 [HD]
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- Published: 20 Jun 2011
- Updated: 16 Sep 2012
Subscribe ow.ly | Facebook ow.ly | Twitter ow.ly Release Date: 23 September 2011 Genre: Family Cast: Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Harry Connick Jr. Directors: Charles Martin Smith Writer: Karen Janszen, Noam Dromi Studio: Warner Bros. Plot: A story centered on the friendship between a boy and a dolphin whose tail was lost in a crab trap.
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Nova Science Now : How Smart Are Dolphins?
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- Published: 14 Nov 2011
- Updated: 17 Sep 2012
These brainy marine mammals can "read," plan ahead, and communicate in astounding ways. Aired February 9, 2011 on PBS. Program Description Off the coast of Honduras, on Roatan Island, a legendary experiment in dolphin communication is being attempted for the first time in 20 years—one that could prove that dolphins can, in effect, "speak" with one another to coordinate their behavior. Other studies reveal that these playful marine mammals can plan ahead and problem-solve in ways few other animals can.
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Labrador and Dolphin swim together
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- Published: 14 Jul 2008
- Updated: 18 Sep 2012
Labrador and Dolphin play in the harbour (Tory Island Harbour, Ireland) source: BBC "CountryFile" see also photo ... dog meets seal min.us
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Dana Point Dolphin Stampede Dana Wharf
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www.danawharf.com A huge common dolphin pod in front of the Dana Pride! We see whales AND dolphin daily! Remember whale and dolphin watching is year round out of Dana Wharf! Dana Wharf is the originator of California whale watching and we guarantee sightings! Visit us online or call us at 949.496.5794!
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For other uses, see Dolphin (disambiguation).
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Division: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Delphinidae |
Dolphins are marine mammals closely related to whales and porpoises. There are almost forty species of dolphin in 17 genera. They vary in size from 1.2 m (4 ft) and 40 kg (90 lb) (Maui's dolphin), up to 9.5 m (30 ft) and 10 tonnes (9.8 long tons; 11 short tons) (the orca or killer whale). They are found worldwide, mostly in the shallower seas of the continental shelves, and are carnivores, eating mostly fish and squid. The family Delphinidae is the largest in the Cetacean order, and evolved relatively recently, about ten million years ago, during the Miocene. Dolphins are among the most intelligent animals, and their often friendly appearance and seemingly playful attitude have made them popular in human culture.
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Etymology[link]
The name is originally from Greek δελφίς (delphís), "dolphin",[1] which was related to the Greek δελφύς (delphus), "womb".[2] The animal's name can therefore be interpreted as meaning "a 'fish' with a womb".[3] The name was transmitted via the Latin delphinus[4] (the romanization of the later Greek δελφῖνος – delphinos[5]), which in Medieval Latin became dolfinus and in Old French daulphin, which reintroduced the ph into the word. The term mereswine (that is, "sea pig") has also historically been used.[6]
The word is used in a few different ways. It can mean:
- any member of the family Delphinidae (oceanic dolphins),
- any member of the family Delphinidae or the superfamily Platanistoidea (oceanic and river dolphins),
- any member of the suborder Odontoceti (toothed whales; these include the above families and some others),
- and is used casually as a synonym for bottlenose dolphin, the most common and familiar species of dolphin.
This article uses the second definition and does not describe porpoises (suborder Odontoceti, family Phocoenidae). Orcas and some closely related species belong to the Delphinidae family and therefore qualify as dolphins, even though they are called whales in common language.
A group of dolphins is called a "school" or a "pod". Male dolphins are called "bulls", females "cows" and young dolphins are called "calves".[7]
Taxonomy[link]
- Suborder Odontoceti, toothed whales
- Family Delphinidae, oceanic dolphins
- Genus Delphinus
- Long-Beaked Common Dolphin, Delphinus capensis
- Short-Beaked Common Dolphin, Delphinus delphis
- Genus Tursiops
- Common Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
- Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops aduncus
- Burrunan Dolphin, Tursiops australis, a new discovered species from sea around Melbourne in September 2011.[8]
- Genus Lissodelphis
- Northern Rightwhale Dolphin, Lissodelphis borealis
- Southern Rightwhale Dolphin, Lissodelphis peronii
- Genus Sotalia
- Genus Sousa
- Indo-Pacific Hump-backed Dolphin, Sousa chinensis
- Chinese White Dolphin (the Chinese variant), Sousa chinensis chinensis
- Atlantic Humpbacked Dolphin, Sousa teuszii
- Indo-Pacific Hump-backed Dolphin, Sousa chinensis
- Genus Stenella
- Atlantic Spotted Dolphin, Stenella frontalis
- Clymene Dolphin, Stenella clymene
- Pantropical Spotted Dolphin, Stenella attenuata
- Spinner Dolphin, Stenella longirostris
- Striped Dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba
- Genus Steno
- Rough-Toothed Dolphin, Steno bredanensis
- Genus Cephalorhynchus
- Chilean Dolphin, Cephalorhynchus eutropia
- Commerson's Dolphin, Cephalorhynchus commersonii
- Heaviside's Dolphin, Cephalorhynchus heavisidii
- Hector's Dolphin, Cephalorhynchus hectori
- Genus Grampus
- Risso's Dolphin, Grampus griseus
- Genus Lagenodelphis
- Fraser's Dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei
- Genus Lagenorhynchus
- Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus acutus
- Dusky Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obscurus
- Hourglass Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus cruciger
- Pacific White-Sided Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
- Peale's Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus australis
- White-Beaked Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus albirostris
- Genus Orcaella
- Australian Snubfin Dolphin, Orcaella heinsohni
- Irrawaddy Dolphin, Orcaella brevirostris
- Genus Peponocephala
- Melon-headed Whale, Peponocephala electra
- Genus Orcinus
- Killer whale (Orca), Orcinus orca
- Genus Feresa
- Pygmy Killer Whale, Feresa attenuata
- Genus Pseudorca
- False Killer Whale, Pseudorca crassidens
- Genus Globicephala
- Long-finned Pilot Whale, Globicephala melas
- Short-finned Pilot Whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus
- Genus †Australodelphis
- Genus Delphinus
- Family Platanistidae
- Ganges and Indus River Dolphin, Platanista gangetica with two subspecies
- Ganges River Dolphin (or Susu), Platanista gangetica gangetica
- Indus River Dolphin (or Bhulan), Platanista gangetica minor
- Ganges and Indus River Dolphin, Platanista gangetica with two subspecies
- Family Iniidae
- Amazon River Dolphin (or Boto), Inia geoffrensis
- Family Lipotidae
- Baiji (or Chinese River Dolphin), Lipotes vexillifer (possibly extinct, since December 2006)
- Family Pontoporiidae
- La Plata Dolphin (or Franciscana), Pontoporia blainvillei
- Family Delphinidae, oceanic dolphins
Six species in the family Delphinidae are commonly called "whales", but genetically are dolphins. They are sometimes called blackfish.
- Melon-headed Whale, Peponocephala electra
- Killer whale (Orca), Orcinus orca
- Pygmy Killer Whale, Feresa attenuata
Wolphin Kawili'Kai at the Sea Life Park in Hawaii.
- False Killer Whale, Pseudorca crassidens
- Long-finned Pilot Whale, Globicephala melas
- Short-finned Pilot Whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus
Hybridization[link]
In 1933, three strange dolphins beached off the Irish coast; they appeared to be hybrids between Risso's and bottlenose dolphins.[9] This mating was later repeated in captivity, producing a hybrid calf. In captivity, a bottlenose and a rough-toothed dolphin produced hybrid offspring.[10] A common-bottlenose hybrid lives at SeaWorld California.[11] Other dolphin hybrids live in captivity around the world or have been reported in the wild, such as a bottlenose-Atlantic spotted hybrid.[12] The best known hybrid is the wolphin, a false killer whale-bottlenose dolphin hybrid. The wolphin is a fertile hybrid. Two wolphins currently live at the Sea Life Park in Hawaii; the first was born in 1985 from a male false killer whale and a female bottlenose. Wolphins have also been observed in the wild.[13]
Evolution and anatomy[link]
Evolution[link]
See also: Evolution of cetaceans
Dolphins, along with whales and porpoises, are descendants of terrestrial mammals, most likely of the Artiodactyl order. The ancestors of the modern-day dolphins entered the water roughly 50 million years ago, in the Eocene epoch.
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Hind limb buds are apparent on an embryo of a spotted dolphin in the fifth week of development as small bumps (hind limb buds) near the base of the tail. The pin is approximately 2.5 cm (1.0 in) long.
Modern dolphin skeletons have two small, rod-shaped pelvic bones thought to be vestigial hind limbs. In October 2006, an unusual bottlenose dolphin was captured in Japan; it had small fins on each side of its genital slit, which scientists believe to be a more pronounced development of these vestigial hind limbs.[14]
Anatomy[link]
Dolphins have a streamlined fusiform body, adapted for fast swimming. The tail fin, called the fluke, is used for propulsion, while the pectoral fins together with the entire tail section provide directional control. The dorsal fin, in those species that have one, provides stability while swimming. Though it varies by species, basic coloration patterns are shades of grey, usually with a lighter underside, often with lines and patches of different hue and contrast.
The head contains the melon, a round organ used for echolocation. In many species, elongated jaws form a distinct beak; species such as the bottlenose have a curved mouth which looks like a fixed smile. Some species have up to 250 teeth. Dolphins breathe through a blowhole on top of their head. The trachea is anterior to the brain. The dolphin brain is large and highly complex, and is different in structure from that of most land mammals.
Unlike most mammals, dolphins do not have hair, except for a few hairs around the tip of their rostrum which they lose shortly before or after birth.[15] The only exception to this is the Boto river dolphin, which has persistent small hairs on the rostrum.[16]
Dolphins' reproductive organs are located on the underside of the body. Males have two slits, one concealing the penis and one further behind for the anus. The female has one genital slit, housing the vagina and the anus. Two mammary slits are positioned on either side of the female's genital slit.
Though the exact methods used to achieve this are not known, dolphins can tolerate and recover from extreme injuries, such as shark bites. The healing process is rapid and even very deep wounds do not cause dolphins to hemorrhage to death. Furthermore, even gaping wounds restore in such a way that the animal's body shape is restored, and infection of such large wounds seems rare.[17]
A study at the U.S. National Marine Mammal Foundation revealed that dolphins, like humans, develop a natural form of type 2 diabetes, which may lead to a better understanding of the disease and new treatments for both humans and dolphins.[18]
Senses[link]
Most dolphins have acute eyesight, both in and out of the water, and they can hear frequencies ten times or more above the upper limit of adult human hearing.[19] Though they have a small ear opening on each side of their head, it is believed hearing underwater is also, if not exclusively, done with the lower jaw, which conducts sound to the middle ear via a fat-filled cavity in the lower jaw bone. Hearing is also used for echolocation, which all dolphins have. Dolphin teeth are believed to function as antennae to receive incoming sound and to pinpoint the exact location of an object.[20] Beyond locating an object, echolocation also provides the animal with an idea on the object's shape and size, though how exactly this works is not yet understood.[21] The Indus Dolphin is effectively blind. This may be because not much light penetrates the waters of the Indus river (due to suspended sediments), making eyes futile.[22]
The dolphin's sense of touch is also well-developed, with free nerve endings densely packed in the skin, especially around the snout, pectoral fins and genital area. However, dolphins lack an olfactory nerve and lobes, and thus are believed to have no sense of smell.[23] They do have a sense of taste and show preferences for certain kinds of fish. Since dolphins spend most of their time below the surface, tasting the water could function like smelling, in that substances in the water can signal the presence of objects that are not in the dolphin’s mouth.
Though most dolphins do not have hair, they do have hair follicles that may perform some sensory function.[24] The small hairs on the rostrum of the Boto river dolphin are believed to function as a tactile sense possibly to compensate for the Boto's poor eyesight.[25]
Behavior[link]
See also: Whale surfacing behaviour
Dolphins are often regarded as one of Earth's most intelligent animals, though it is hard to say just how intelligent. Comparing species' relative intelligence is complicated by differences in sensory apparatus, response modes, and nature of cognition. Furthermore, the difficulty and expense of experimental work with large aquatic animals has so far prevented some tests and limited sample size and rigor in others. Compared to many other species, however, dolphin behavior has been studied extensively, both in captivity and in the wild. See cetacean intelligence for more details.
Social behavior[link]
Dolphins are social, living in pods of up to a dozen individuals. In places with a high abundance of food, pods can merge temporarily, forming a superpod; such groupings may exceed 1,000 dolphins. Individuals communicate using a variety of clicks, whistles-like sounds and other vocalizations. Membership in pods is not rigid; interchange is common. However, dolphins can establish strong social bonds; they will stay with injured or ill individuals, even helping them to breathe by bringing them to the surface if needed.[26] This altruism does not appear to be limited to their own species however. The dolphin Moko in New Zealand has been observed guiding a female Pygmy Sperm Whale together with her calf out of shallow water where they had stranded several times.[27] They have also been seen protecting swimmers from sharks by swimming circles around the swimmers[28][29] or charging the sharks to make them go away.[30]
Dolphins also display culture, something long believed to be unique to humans (and possibly other primate species). In May 2005, a discovery in Australia found Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) teaching their young to use tools. They cover their snouts with sponges to protect them while foraging. This knowledge is mostly transferred by mothers to daughters, unlike simian primates, where knowledge is generally passed on to both sexes. Using sponges as mouth protection is a learned behavior.[31] Another learned behavior was discovered among river dolphins in Brazil, where some male dolphins use weeds and sticks as part of a sexual display.[32]
Dolphins engage in acts of aggression towards each other. The older a male dolphin is, the more likely his body is to be covered with bite scars. Male dolphins engage in such acts of aggression apparently for the same reasons as humans: disputes between companions and competition for females. Acts of aggression can become so intense that targeted dolphins sometimes go into exile as a result of losing a fight.
Male bottlenose dolphins have been known to engage in infanticide. Dolphins have also been known to kill porpoises for reasons which are not fully understood, as porpoises generally do not share the same diet as dolphins, and are therefore not competitors for food supplies.[33]
Reproduction and sexuality[link]
Dolphin copulation happens belly to belly; though many species engage in lengthy foreplay, the actual act is usually brief, but may be repeated several times within a short timespan. The gestation period varies with species; for the small Tucuxi dolphin, this period is around 11 to 12 months, while for the orca, the gestation period is around 17 months. Typically dolphins give birth to a single calf, which is, unlike most other mammals, born tail first in most cases.[34] They usually become sexually active at a young age, even before reaching sexual maturity. The age of sexual maturity varies by species and gender.
Dolphins are known to have sex for reasons other than reproduction[citation needed], sometimes also engaging in homosexual behavior. Various species sometimes engage in sexual behavior including copulation with other dolphin species. Sexual encounters may be violent, with male dolphins sometimes showing aggressive behavior towards both females and other males.[35] Occasionally, dolphins behave sexually towards other animals, including humans.[36]
Feeding[link]
Various methods of feeding exist among and within species, some apparently exclusive to a single population. Fish and squid are the main food, but the false killer whale and the orca also feed on other marine mammals.
One common feeding method is herding, where a pod squeezes a school of fish into a small volume, known as a bait ball. Individual members then take turns plowing through the ball, feeding on the stunned fish. Coralling is a method where dolphins chase fish into shallow water to catch them more easily. In South Carolina, the Atlantic bottlenose dolphin takes this further with "strand feeding", driving prey onto mud banks for easy access.[37] In some places, orcas come to the beach to capture sea lions. Some species also whack fish with their flukes, stunning them and sometimes knocking them out of the water.
Reports of cooperative human-dolphin fishing date back to the ancient Roman author and natural philosopher Pliny the Elder.[38] A modern human-dolphin partnership currently operates in Laguna, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Here, dolphins drive fish towards fishermen waiting along the shore and signal the men to cast their nets. The dolphins’ reward is the fish that escape the nets.[39][40]
Vocalizations[link]
Dolphins are capable of making a broad range of sounds using nasal airsacs located just below the blowhole. Roughly three categories of sounds can be identified: frequency modulated whistles, burst-pulsed sounds and clicks. Dolphins communicate with whistle-like sounds produced by vibrating connective tissue, similar to the way human vocal cords function,[41] and through burst-pulsed sounds, though the nature and extent of that ability is not known. The clicks are directional and are for echolocation, often occurring in a short series called a click train. The click rate increases when approaching an object of interest. Dolphin echolocation clicks are amongst the loudest sounds made by marine animals.[42]
In 2011 researchers in the United States and Great Britain, using a CymaScope — an instrument which produces visible patterns from sound — have found that part of dolphin communication consists of receiving and transmitting sound pictures. It is almost certain that to some extent this ability is shared by the entire dolphin family.[43]
Jumping and playing[link]
Dolphins occasionally leap above the water surface, and sometimes perform acrobatic figures (for example, the spinner dolphin). Scientists are not certain about the purpose(s) of the acrobatics. Possibilities include locating schools of fish by looking at above-water signs like feeding birds, communicating with other dolphins, dislodging parasites or simple amusement.
Play is an important part of dolphin culture. Dolphins play with seaweed and play-fight with other dolphins. At times they harass other local creatures, like seabirds and turtles. Dolphins enjoy riding waves and frequently surf coastal swells and the bow waves of boats, at times “leaping” between the dual bow waves of a moving catamaran. Occasionally, they playfully interact with swimmers. Captive dolphins have been observed in aquariums engaging in complex play behavior which involves the creation and manipulation of bubble rings.[44][45][46][47]
Sleeping[link]
Further information: Sleep (non-human)
Generally, dolphins sleep with only one brain hemisphere in slow-wave sleep at a time, thus maintaining enough consciousness to breathe and to watch for possible predators and other threats. Earlier sleep stages can occur simultaneously in both hemispheres.[48][49][50] In captivity, dolphins seemingly enter a fully asleep state where both eyes are closed and there is no response to mild external stimuli. In this case, respiration is automatic; a tail kick reflex keeps the blowhole above the water if necessary. Anesthetized dolphins initially show a tail kick reflex.[51] Though a similar state has been observed with wild sperm whales, it is not known if dolphins in the wild reach this state.[52] The Indus river dolphin has a sleep method that is different from that of other dolphin species. Living in water with strong currents and potentially dangerous floating debris, it must swim continuously to avoid injury. As a result, this species sleeps in very short bursts which last between 4 and 60 seconds.[53]
Threats[link]
Natural threats[link]
Except for humans (discussed below), dolphins have few natural enemies. Some species or specific populations have none, making them apex predators. For most of the smaller species of dolphins, only a few of the larger sharks, such as the bull shark, dusky shark, tiger shark and great white shark, are a potential risk, especially for calves. Some of the larger dolphinic species, especially orcas (killer whales), may also prey on smaller dolphins, but this seems rare. Dolphins also suffer from a wide variety of diseases and parasites.[citation needed]
Human threats[link]
See also: Dolphin drive hunting and Cetacean bycatch
Some dolphin species face an uncertain future, especially some river dolphin species such as the Amazon river dolphin, and the Ganges and Yangtze river dolphin, which are critically or seriously endangered. A 2006 survey found no individuals of the Yangtze river dolphin, which now appears to be functionally extinct.[54]
Pesticides, heavy metals, plastics, and other industrial and agricultural pollutants that do not disintegrate rapidly in the environment concentrate in predators such as dolphins.[55] Injuries or deaths due to collisions with boats, especially their propellers, are also common.
Various fishing methods, most notably purse seine fishing for tuna and the use of drift and gill nets, unintentionally kill many dolphins.[56] Accidental by-catch in gill nets and incidental captures in antipredator nets that protect marine fish farms are common and pose a risk for mainly local dolphin populations.[57][58] In some parts of the world, such as Taiji in Japan and the Faroe Islands, dolphins are traditionally considered as food, and are killed in harpoon or drive hunts.[59] Dolphin meat is high in mercury, and may thus pose a health danger to humans when consumed.[60]
Dolphin safe labels attempt to reassure consumers fish and other marine products have been caught in a dolphin-friendly way. The original deal with "Dolphin safe" labels was brokered in the 1980s between marine activists and the major tuna companies, and involved decreasing incidental dolphin kills by up to 50% by changing the type of nets being used to catch the tuna. It should be noted that the dolphins are netted only while fishermen are in pursuit of smaller tuna. Albacore are not netted this way, making albacore the only truly dolphin-safe tuna.[citation needed]
Loud underwater noises, such as those resulting from naval sonar use, live firing exercises, or certain offshore construction projects, such as wind farms, may be harmful to dolphins, increasing stress, damaging hearing, and causing decompression sickness by forcing them to surface too quickly to escape the noise.[61][62]
Relationships with humans[link]
Mythology[link]
See also: Dolphins in mythology
Dolphins have long played a role in human culture. Dolphins are common in Greek mythology and there are many coins from ancient Greece which feature a man or boy or deity riding on the back of a dolphin.[63] The Ancient Greeks welcomed dolphins; spotting dolphins riding in a ship’s wake was considered a good omen.[64] In Hindu mythology, the Ganges River Dolphin is associated with Ganga, the deity of the Ganges river.
Popular culture[link]
In more recent times, the 1963 film Flipper and the subsequent 1964 television series popularized dolphins in Western society. The series, created by Ivan Tors, portrayed a dolphin as a kind of seagoing version of Lassie, the collie made popular in the 1950s TV series. Flipper was a Bottlenose Dolphin who understood commands and always behaved heroically. Flipper was remade as a film in 1996.
The 1973 movie The Day of the Dolphin portrays kidnapped dolphins performing a naval military assassination using explosives. This was also explored in the similarly named The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episode, "Night of the Dolphin", where Lisa frees a dolphin at an aquarium exhibit and unwittingly initiates their plan to overthrow the land-dwellers and live in their place. The 1990s science fiction television series seaQuest DSV featured a bottle-nose named Darwin who could communicate using a vocoder, a fictional invention which translated clicks and whistles to English and back.
The 1995 movie Johnny Mnemonic portrays an ex-military dolphin named Jones who tries to find a password for Johnny by decrypting data in the latter's head.
Killer whales have also been portrayed in film, though to a lesser extent than bottlenosed dolphins. The 1977 horror movie Orca portrayed killer whales as intelligent and capable of pair-bonding and aggressive behavior. In the movie, a male killer whale takes revenge on fishermen after they kill his mate. The 1993 movie Free Willy made a star of the Orca playing Willy, Keiko.
Dolphinaria[link]
See also: Dolphinarium
The renewed popularity of dolphins in the 1960s resulted in the appearance of many dolphinaria around the world, making dolphins accessible to the public. Criticism and animal welfare laws forced many to close, although hundreds still exist around the world. In the United States, the best known are the SeaWorld marine mammal parks.
Welfare[link]
Organizations such as the Mote Marine Laboratory rescue and rehabilitate sick, wounded, stranded or orphaned dolphins, while others, such as the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society and Hong Kong Dolphin Conservation Society, work on dolphin conservation and welfare. India has declared the Dolphin as its national aquatic animal in an attempt to protect the endangered Ganges River Dolphin. The Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary has been created in the Ganges river for the protection of the animals.
Various scientists who have researched Dolphin behaviour have proposed that their unusually high intelligence compared to other animals means that dolphins should be seen as non-human persons that should have their own specific rights, and that it is morally unacceptable to keep them captive for entertainment purposes, or to kill them; either intentionally for consumption or as by-catch.[65] [66]
Attack on humans[link]
Although dolphins generally interact well with humans, some attacks have occurred, most of them resulting in small injuries.[67] The attacks can occur both in the wild and captivity.
Orcas, the largest species of dolphin, have been involved in fatal attacks on humans in captivity. The record-holder of documented orca fatal attacks is a male named Tilikum, that belongs to SeaWorld and has played a role in the death of three people in three different incidents (1991, 1999 and 2010).[68] There are documented incidents in the wild too, but none of them fatal.[69]
Fatal attacks from other species are less common, but there is a registered occurrence in the coast of Brazil in 1994, when a man died after being attacked by a bottlenose dolphin named Tião.[70][71] It should be noted that Tião had suffered harassment by human visitors, including attempts to stick ice cream sticks down his blowhole.[72] Non-fatal incidents occur more frequently, both in wild and captivity.
While dolphin attacks occur far less frequently than attacks by other sea animals, such as sharks, some scientists are worried about the careless programs of human-dolphin interaction. Dr. Andrew J. Read, a biologist at the Duke University Marine Laboratory who studies dolphin attacks, points out that dolphins are large and wild predators, so people should be more careful when they interact with them.[67]
Therapy[link]
Dolphins are an increasingly popular choice of animal-assisted therapy for psychological problems and developmental disabilities. For example, a 2005 study found dolphins an effective treatment for mild to moderate depression.[73] However, this study was criticized on several grounds. For example, it is not known whether dolphins are more effective than common pets.[74] Reviews of this and other published dolphin-assisted therapy (DAT) studies have found important methodological flaws and have concluded that there is no compelling scientific evidence that DAT is a legitimate therapy or that it affords more than fleeting mood improvement.[75]
Military[link]
See also: Military dolphin
A number of militaries have employed dolphins for various purposes from finding mines to rescuing lost or trapped humans. The military use of dolphins, however, drew scrutiny during the Vietnam War when rumors circulated that the United States Navy was training dolphins to kill Vietnamese divers.[76] The United States Navy denies that at any point dolphins were trained for combat. Dolphins are still being trained by the United States Navy on other tasks as part of the U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program. The Russian military is believed to have closed its marine mammal program in the early 1990s. In 2000 the press reported that dolphins trained to kill by the Soviet Navy had been sold to Iran.[77]
Literature[link]
Dolphins are also common in contemporary literature, especially science fiction novels. Dolphins play a military role in William Gibson's short story Johnny Mnemonic, in which cyborg dolphins find submarines and decode encrypted information. Dolphins play a role as sentient patrollers of the sea enhanced with a deeper empathy toward humans in Anne McCaffrey's The Dragonriders of Pern series. In the Known Space universe of author Larry Niven, dolphins play a significant role as fully recognised "legal entities". More humorous is Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series of picaresque novels, in which dolphins are the second most intelligent creatures on Earth (after mice, followed by humans) and try in vain to warn humans of Earth’s impending destruction. Their story is told in So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish. Much more serious is their major role in David Brin's Uplift series. A talking Dolphin named "Howard" helps Hagbard Celine and his submarine crew fight the evil Illuminati in Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson's Illuminatus Trilogy.
Dolphins appear frequently in non-science fiction literature. In the book The Music of Dolphins by author Karen Hesse, dolphins raise a girl from the age of four until the coast guard eventually discovers her. Fantasy author Ken Grimwood wrote dolphins into his 1995 novel Into the Deep about a marine biologist struggling to crack the code of dolphin intelligence, including chapters written from a dolphinian viewpoint.
Art[link]
Dolphins are a popular artistic motif, dating back to ancient times. Examples include the Triton Fountain by Bernini and depictions of dolphins in the ruined Minoan palace at Knossos and on Minoan pottery.
Cuisine[link]
Dolphin meat is consumed in a small number of countries world-wide, which include Japan[78] and Peru (where it is referred to as chancho marino, or "sea pork").[79] While Japan may be the best-known and most controversial example, only a very small minority of the population has ever sampled it.
Dolphin meat is dense and such a dark shade of red as to appear black. Fat is located in a layer of blubber between the meat and the skin. When dolphin meat is eaten in Japan, it is often cut into thin strips and eaten raw as sashimi, garnished with onion and either horseradish or grated garlic, much as with sashimi of whale or horse meat (basashi). When cooked, dolphin meat is cut into bite-size cubes and then batter-fried or simmered in a miso sauce with vegetables. Cooked dolphin meat has a flavor very similar to beef liver.[80]
See also[link]
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Further reading[link]
- Carwardine, M., Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises, Dorling Kindersley, 2000. ISBN 978-0-7513-2781-6.
- Williams, Heathcote, Whale Nation, New York, Harmony Books, 1988. ISBN 978-0-517-56932-0.
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| Deep Thinkers | |
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| Origin | Kansas City, Missouri |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Years active | 2000s |
| Members | |
| Aaron Sutton (Brother of Moses), Kyle Dykes (Leonard Dstroy) | |
Deep Thinkers is an American hip hop group from Kansas City, Missouri composed of MC Aaron Sutton (Brother of Moses) and DJ and producer Kyle Dykes (Leonard D. Stroy,[1] Leonard Dstroy,[2] or Lenny D[3]).
The two members of Deep Thinkers first met each other while performing in the live band Sevenfold Symphony. Sutton regularly volunteers in the Kansas City community,[2] and is also an oil painter.[1]
The group's lyrics center on social issues such as politics, homelessness, and poverty. Its beats are composed of a myriad of samples, including those of 1970s funk music,[4] jazz, and world music.[5] Deep Thinkers has performed with artists including Del tha Funkee Homosapien and Mac Lethal.[6]
Discography[link]
- Outlook (self-released, 2003)[2]
- Necks Move (Datura Records, 2005)[7]
- Don't Call It A Mixtape Vol. 1 (Symbol Heavy, 2006)[4]
- Reprogram (INnatesounds, 2007)[3]
- Make It Quake (Wilshire District Music, 2009)
See also[link]
References[link]
- ^ a b Tillman, Lee H. "Thinking of a Master Plan". FreeHiphopNow.com. http://www.freehiphopnow.com/features-thinking-master-plan.php. Retrieved 2008-01-26.
- ^ a b c Gintowt, Richard (2003-08-22). "Deep Thinkers". Lawrence.com. http://www.lawrence.com/news/2003/aug/22/deep_thinkers/. Retrieved 2008-01-26.
- ^ a b Goellner, Caleb (2008-01-17). "Good Thinking". The Pitch (Village Voice Media). http://www.pitch.com/2008-01-17/music/good-thinking/. Retrieved 2008-01-26.
- ^ a b Milbourn, Chris (2007-08-16). "The Deep Thinkers". The Pitch (Village Voice Media). http://www.pitch.com/2007-08-16/music/the-deep-thinkers/. Retrieved 2008-01-26.
- ^ Hickman, Christopher (2005-04-20). "Deep Thinkers Necks Move". Flak Magazine. http://www.flakmag.com/music/deepthinkers.html. Retrieved 2008-01-26.
- ^ D Tha Man (2005-04-08). "Deep Thinkers - Necks Move Coup De Grace". http://www.kaffeinebuzz.com/musicreviews-deepthinkers.php. Retrieved 2008-01-26.
- ^ "Necks Move by Deep Thinkers". http://www.amazon.com/Necks-Move/dp/B000QZWNXG. Retrieved 2008-01-26.
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