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  Humpback dolphin -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
These (Any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises) dolphins are characterized by the conspicuous humps and elongated (Unpaired median fin on the backs of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates that help to maintain balance) dorsal fins found on the back of adult members of the species.
The taxonomy of the Sousa genus is complicated and disputed.
The Humpback Dolphins have a distinct surfacing pattern - rising at an angle of 30-45 degrees.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/hu/humpback_dolphin.htm   (376 words)

  
 Dolphins
Dolphins once were hunted commercially, especially for the small quantity of valuable oil extracted from parts of the head and used to lubricate delicate watch mechanisms.
Because of the ability of dolphins to learn and perform complex tasks in captivity, their continuous communications with one another, and their ability, through training, to approximate the sounds of a few human words, some investigators have suggested that the animals might be capable of learning a true language and communicating with humans.
The bottle-nosed dolphin is classified as Tursiops truncatus, the common dolphin as Delphinus delphis, and the tucuxi dolphin as Sotalia fluviatilis.
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 Dolphin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Dolphins are certain aquatic mammals related to whales and porpoises.
The dolphin brain is large and has a highly structured cortex, which often is referred to in discussions about their high intelligence.
Dolphins are social animals, living in so called schools of up to a dozen animals.
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 ipedia.com: Dolphin Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Dolphins, along with whales and porpoises, are descendants of land-living mammals, most likely of the Artiodactyl order.
Dolphins trained to perform in front of an audience have become a favorite attracton at places such as SeaWorld.
Dolphins are predators, chasing their prey at high speed.
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 Cetacean Bycatch - Papers Sorted by Author
Dolphin mortality incidental to purse-seining for tunas in the eastern tropical Pacific inflicted by the US fleet in 1983 and non-US fleet in 1979-1983.
Hammond, P.S. Dolphin mortality incidental to purse-seining for tunas in the Eastern Tropical Pacific, 1982.
Geographic variation in external morphology of the spinner dolphin Stenella longirostris in the eastern Pacific and implications for conservation.
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 Ecotours By C & A Tours
The Chinese White Dolphin (Sousa chinensis) is a subspecies of Indo-Pacific hump-backed dolphin.
This population is usually found to the north of Lantau Island and occasionally to the southwest, near the Soko Islands, and the southeast, near Peng Chau.
Since Chinese White Dolphins are territorial animals and rarely stray far away from their habitat, the water pollution in Hong Kong has a high impact on them.
www.ecotours.com.hk /suburban_hk/dolphin_eng.php   (932 words)

  
 Humpback Dolphins
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The Indo-Pacific Hump-backed Dolphin (Sousa chinensis) is a species of dolphin which can be found throughout Southeast Asia, and they breed from South Africa to Australia.
The two subspecies differ in colour, and the size of their dorsal fin.
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