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 Dolphin - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
The dolphin brain is large and has a highly structured cortex, which often is referred to in discussions about their high intelligence.
In return, in some cultures like in Ancient Greece they were treated with welcome; a ship spotting dolphins riding in their wake was considered a good omen for a smooth voyage.
Dolphins trained to perform in front of an audience have become a favorite attraction in dolphinaria, for example SeaWorld.
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 Dolphin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dolphins are aquatic mammals related to whales and porpoises, famous for their intelligence, apparent compassion, and joy.
Dolphins, along with whales and porpoises, are thought to be descendants of land-living mammals, most likely of the Artiodactyl order.
Dolphins are often regarded as one of the most intelligent animal species, though it is hard to say just how intelligent dolphins are as straightforward comparisons of species' relative intelligence are complicated by differences in sensory apparatus, response modes, and nature of cognition.
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 Dolphin
Dolphins are aquatic mammals related to whales and porpoises.
Most dolphins have acute eyesight both in and out of the water and their sense of hearing is superior to that of humans.
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 the vibrations to the middle ear via a fat filled cavity in the lower jaw bone.
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 The Ultimate Dolphin Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
They vary in size from 1.2 metres and 40 kg (Heaviside's Dolphin), up to 9.5 metres and 10 tonnes (the Orca).
There has been a report of dolphins protecting swimmers against a shark by swimming circles around the swimmers.
Dolphins are social animals, living in so called schools of up to a dozen animals.
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Dolphins are also famous for their willingness to occassionally approach humans and interact with them in the water.
Dolphins appear in a number of Greek myths, invariably as helpers of humankind.
dolphin are wild and associate with humans with no training or coercion (except food.).
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 Dolphin's Encyclopaedia Homepage
- info on reserving a home for dolphins
This website have been created, and is maintened by Rafael Muñoz Moreno Davila.
Global Warming is affecting dolphins, cetaceans and everyone,
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