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| | Dolphins; They are the most abundant and varied of all cetaceans |
 | | Size: Head to tail length from 1.2m (3.5ft) in Heaviside's dolphin to 7m (23ft) in the Killer whale: weight from 40kg (88lbs) in Heaviside's dolphin to 4-5 tons in the Killer whale. |
 | | The dolphins intelligence and developed social organization are equalled only by the primates, maybe only by man, while their general friendliness and lack of aggression are compared favorably with man. |
 | | Specie include: Bottled-nose (tursiops truncatus), Bridled dolphin (stenella attenuata), Bommon dolphin (delpinus delphis), False killer whale (pseudorca crassidens), Guiana dolphin (sotalia guianensis), Humpedback dolphin(sousa teuszii), Killer whale (orcinus orca) Melon-headed whale (peponocephala electra), Risso's dolphin (grampus griseus), Spinner dolphin (stenella longirostris), Tucuxi (sotalia fluviatilis) |
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