| Unlike bottled-nosed dolphins, the smaller spinner dolphins travel in schools of up to 100 or more. |
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| The ferry crew commented that it was the biggest number of dolphins they had seen together at one time in Scapa Flow. |
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| Lescarbot also observed Mikmaq spearing salmon, sturgeon and dolphins and jigging for cod. |
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| We were told that whale sharks, whales and dolphins are abundant during the summer, between November and April. |
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| How many harbours play host to everything from seahorses and frogfish to whales and dolphins? |
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| Up until quite recently we had no idea of the numbers and variety of the whales, dolphins and porpoises round our coast. |
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| Orkney folk are being urged to keep a look out for whales, dolphins and porpoises this weekend. |
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| Whales and dolphins were also hunted for their meat, as well as other useful products such as whalebone and fat. |
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| Swimming with dolphins has had an amazing effect on many people, helping them overcome a variety of afflictions. |
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| The brain-to-body ratio of crows, ravens and magpies equals that of dolphins and nearly matches humans. |
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| The large lagoon and break in the reef attract many species, including dugongs, whale sharks, dolphins and manta rays. |
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| Tuna boats, for example, often kill sharks, turtles, and dolphins that get trapped in their nets. |
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| The most popular attractions, particularly with the kids, are the dolphins, the killer whale and the five beluga whales in a tank. |
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| The infamous killer whale has a reputation for attacking mammals such as sea-lions, smaller dolphins and, in packs, even other whales. |
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| Not only do the dolphins understand the meaning of individual words, they also understand the significance of word order in a sentence. |
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| This environmentally protected area is home to turtles, crabs, dolphins, and alligators. |
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| During the 1960s, 200,000 dolphins a year drowned in drawstring nets used for Pacific yellowfin tuna. |
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| Like Majorca, the sea around Menorca abounds with shoaling barracuda, amberjack, dentex and dolphins. |
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| Inside the thick envelope was a card showing a school of dolphins from above, surfacing through crystal water. |
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| You may also see seals, dolphins and sometimes whales, as well as bird and fish life. |
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| Previous animal work with apes, dolphins, and parrots followed the experimental control paradigm. |
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| She has a scholarship to study river dolphins of the Ganga and Irrawady known to frequent waterways in the Sunderbans. |
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| A week might pass, as they sailed through isolated reaches, when the river dolphins would be the only signs of life they came across. |
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| These dolphins and other cetaceans don't like divers' bubbles, which is why we had to leave our aqualungs on the boat and snorkel. |
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| He was much more at home in rumpled khakis or a wet suit and in the aquarium with the dolphins. |
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| In contrast to fish myomeres, the axial locomotor muscles of dolphins are organized into longitudinal tracts as is typical of mammals. |
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| His artsy-craftsy zoo has a wide range of snakes, alligators, canines, dinosaurs, kangaroos, horses, dolphins, apes, chimpanzees et al. |
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| Scuba diving and snorkelling among the exotic fish, dolphins, rays and sharks is hugely popular. |
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| The two men stood for a bit more at the railing and watched as a school of dolphins raced parallel to the moving freighter. |
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| We held on for dear life, braving the swells of the Tasman Sea, as the dolphins played on the bow and jumped in our wake. |
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| Discover how mother dolphins pass along the secrets of survival to their young, and watch calves as they test their skills at work and at play. |
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| Spinner dolphins, endangered Hawaiian monk seals, and green sea turtles also live here. |
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| We went whale watching and saw two grey whales spurting in unison, dolphins, more sea lions and a sea otter. |
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| Harbour porpoises, the smallest of their family in the UK, are a common sight here, along with minke whales, dolphins and basking sharks. |
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| He will also be able to enjoy spectacular scenery and get close to wildlife including basking sharks, dolphins, puffins and gannets. |
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| Incoming tides also bring at certain times of the year shoals of mackerel and bass, dolphins, basking sharks and giant jellyfish. |
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| The WDCS reports that Atlantic bottlenose dolphins are usually captured using speedboats and a seine net. |
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| Try as we may, no one has been able to fully explain why whales and dolphins beach themselves in the hundreds each year. |
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| The big grey animals with sickle-shaped dorsal fins and prominent beaks are bottlenose dolphins. |
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| Smaller species such as pilot whales, Baird's beaked whales and dolphins, are not subject to IWC restrictions. |
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| One hapless tourist was bitten by a tiger shark while swimming with dolphins out in deep water. |
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| Fabulous sea creatures, giant fish, mermaids and dolphins circulate through the hulls of wrecked ships. |
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| Laurea watched as the mermen nodded and took the load from one of the dolphins' backs and distributed the items amongst the remaining dolphins. |
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| By understanding how dolphins move in the water, perhaps they could improve torpedo, ship and submarine designs. |
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| Like his predecessors, Lt Patrick Ryan caught his dolphins between his teeth from the bottom of the glass as he knocked back a tot of rum. |
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| There have even been a few documented cases of dolphins supporting drowning swimmers to shallow water. |
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| As many as 10,000 dolphins are slaughtered off the coast each year solely for shark bait. |
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| It may involve mimicry, he said, as dolphins are unsurpassed in imitative abilities among nonhuman animals. |
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| The species deserve the same concern that many people give to whales, dolphins, and big cats, he says. |
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| In comparison, the tucuxi, one of the smallest dolphins, is about 5 feet long and 100 pounds. |
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| Little Chloe Hampson may have missed out on her chance of swimming with dolphins because of a tummy upset. |
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| Thousands of dolphins are killed every year by Pacific tuna fishing fleets. |
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| Whales are often sighted in the early part of the year and we were lucky enough to spot schools of dolphins on the surface. |
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| It'll not be long now before we'll be able to see the same sight on Cardigan Bay and, with any luck, watch the dolphins playing in the moonbeams. |
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| Over the 1997-1998 summer a survey of tourists on the dolphin boats found that 45 per cent wanted to see dolphins unconfined, in close proximity. |
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| If you look at dolphins, orcas, and blue whales, all fully aquatic animals, you would have a hard time imagining them walking on land. |
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| Charles hurriedly had his friends assist him in launching his rowing skiff and went after the dolphins. |
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| At the last moment the dolphins turned and continued at speed towards the deep. |
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| Two of my many still unfulfilled ambitions are to snorkel on the Great Barrier Reef and to swim with dolphins. |
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| Bacher also spoke of local legends about the pink dolphins that raced along with the boat, botos as the natives called them. |
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| The group includes bottlenose dolphins, killer whales, pilot whales, Pacific striped dolphins, and many more. |
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| Because of this, there has been a surge in interest in the more accessible Dolphin Coast, which is famous for its bottle-nosed dolphins. |
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| The two Pacific white-sided dolphins riding the bow wave of our boat are a paean to power and a testament to biomechanical efficiency. |
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| Groups of dolphins often follow ships, riding the bow wave and sometimes making spectacular, acrobatic leaps. |
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| They have sailed with dolphins dancing on their bow wave, and have been rescued from a sinking tourist boat in the Galapagos. |
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| The sun is shining, the sea is calm, the whales are breaching and a large pod of dolphins comes to escort our departure. |
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| She loved to play with the dolphins, and usually escaped from Marina's wrath someway or another to visit them. |
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| Most dolphins are well habituated to small boats, allowing us to follow individuals for many hours. |
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| The knowledge the researchers gain about bat sonar is tested out on dolphins and applied to human sonar systems. |
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| And the curves of the platform above the dolphins have delicate carved acanthus leaves finished in verd-antique. |
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| This arguably is the highlight of the videogram as it has the most beautiful footage of Olivia swimming with the dolphins. |
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| As if Nature's colourful display was not enough, a school of small spinner dolphins coursed by the Pelagian, chasing a school of tuna. |
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| Another treat was a visit by hundreds of spinner dolphins that Capt. Steve spotted with his razor-sharp eyes before any of us could see anything. |
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| Its crew is looking not for tuna but for schools of spotted or spinner dolphins skimming along the surface in pods of up to a thousand or more. |
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| You may find your craft escorted by spinner dolphins or see a double rainbow spanning the sculpted cliffs. |
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| Frequently eluding humans are the spinner dolphins that swim close to shore at Baia dos Golfinhos on average twice a day. |
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| Worldwide, however, travelling divers are more likely to see pan-tropical spotted and spinner dolphins in the wild. |
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| Last summer, participants observed spinner dolphins on Midway Atoll and documented seabirds in California. |
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| On the obverse, it is a picture of a quadriga and the reverse is a picture of the goddess Artemis-Arethusa with four dolphins around. |
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| The owls were picked from the birds of prey, wolves from canines, dolphins from sea mammals. |
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| The mystery surfaced when a separate group of dolphins was washed from a commercial oceanarium on the Mississippi coast during Katrina. |
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| Before the storm oceanarium officials had evacuated 6 of the facility's 14 dolphins to hotel swimming pools. |
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| Romano-British floor mosaic, featuring an elaborate design of four octagons and canthari and dolphins. |
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| Experience in Queensland has shown that some turtles unfortunately also tend to take the bait, but dolphins and stingrays do not. |
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| We see grey nurse sharks and stingrays and dolphins are a common sight in the bay. |
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| Sharks have not displayed the intelligence that dolphins, orcas or even whales have. |
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| The area is home to orcas, dolphins, and a wealth of other marine mammals and birds. |
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| When the dolphins appear the passengers hang onto buoy lines and squeal with delight as the mammals leap and cavort nearby. |
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| The dolphins could also attach a clamp onto an intruding diver, which would act as a restraint device. |
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| While it deals mainly with seals it has also rescued dolphins, porpoises, otters, deer, numerous birds and even a Siberian tiger. |
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| Whales and dolphins have followed the herring and sprat shoals into the harbour. |
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| The order Sirenia is composed of manatees and dugongs, and the order Cetacea includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises. |
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| From it, blown green glass dolphins supported a smaller basin from which sprang bizarre blown-glass hippogriffs. |
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| The nets indiscriminately trap fish, dolphins, and other animals that swim into them. |
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| They first perform a ritual, using song, dance, and clap sticks, not to call the dolphins, but to get into a state which they call the Dreamtime. |
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| Bottlenose dolphins appear uniform grey, but their colouring can be very variable. |
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| While the work may be photorealistic, my goal is to make the scenes romantic, make the dolphins look like a family. |
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| Scientist say that they need at least 20 white-flag dolphins to carry out artificial fecundation and ensure the quality of the offspring. |
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| A kid's mural of dolphins and fish graces the wall, and a big picture window overlooks the water. |
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| A pilot whale and some Risso's dolphins add to the list of unusual sightings. |
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| Alarms known as pingers that are attached to fishing nets can annoy whales, dolphins and porpoises enough that they swim away to safety. |
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| Well, these aquarium dolphins were moved inland from the coast to a hotel pool last night in Gulf Port, Mississippi. |
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| Researchers in inspection stations will closely watch the white-flag dolphins and finless porpoises. |
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| He is a likeable chap and as much a well-loved local icon as Inverness Castle and the nearby firth's dolphins. |
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| Thousands of porpoises, dolphins and whales are dying in European waters each year, due to entanglement in fishing nets. |
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| In 1985 he was contracted to film crocodiles and dolphins in China, the beginning of an amazing career spanning nearly 20 years. |
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| On the journey he encountered many stunning sights including smoking volcanoes, blazing sunrises and pods of whales and dolphins. |
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| We were also joined by a pod of dolphins, audible for much of the dive but visible only at the end when they swam past. |
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| The first encounter was in the Red Sea, when a small pod of dolphins passed us just at the edge of visibility. |
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| The plane was on a return flight from an outing in which the couple swam with dolphins close to their luxury resort. |
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| There were dolphins, and swans, pomegranates and lime trees as she toyed with her human lover, Adonis, arguing for his love with Persephone. |
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| The crows nest has become an ideal lookout post for sighting dolphins, whales, porpoises, seabirds and turtles. |
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| More and more, researchers are finding out just how important sound is to cetaceans like dolphins, porpoises and whales. |
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| The Cetacea are, of course, best known from their modern representatives, the porpoises, dolphins and whales. |
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| The boat cruised gently forward, while on the flying bridge above us the captain looked out for more dolphins. |
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| Our streams and rivers teem with crocodiles, gharials and a large variety of fish, turtles and dolphins. |
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| In summer, dolphins frolic just past the breakers, and shorebirds play tag with the crystal waves. |
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| A youngster who suffers from a rare neurological condition is making progress after swimming with dolphins in America. |
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| The prototype device for dolphins will be tested by one of the two Scottish trawlers fishing for sea bass in the Channel this month. |
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| Contained within a circle, the gorgoneion was the central motif of an ornamental composition of confronting dolphins. |
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| Congress enacted the Marine Mammal Protection Act in 1972 to protect dolphins from the effects of purse seine tuna fishing. |
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| When the tuna is harvested with purse seine nets some dolphins become trapped and often die unless released quickly. |
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| Toothed whales, such as dolphins, rely on this auditory sense when hunting prey by echolocation. |
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| Like bats, dolphins use echolocation, an internal sonar system, to help them navigate, avoid predators and find food. |
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| There are also putti riding dolphins and angels with fluttering tunics pressing against their epicene bodies. |
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| They have an educational web site where you can learn about the dolphins that visit the resort. |
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| In Florida he swam with dolphins, symbolised by two stone dolphins carved at the top of his gravestone. |
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| Bottlenose dolphins feed on squid, shrimp, eels and a wide variety of fish. |
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| On these tours you can see dolphins, sperm whales, grey whales, and more depending on the time of year. |
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| We anchor alone in the lee of the cay, pile into the inflatable dinghy, don our masks and fins, and spend the next hour swimming with dolphins. |
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| That label has guaranteed consumers for more than a decade that the tuna they're buying was caught in nets that didn't ensnare dolphins. |
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| Litter poses a threat to dolphins, whales, turtles and seabirds by entanglement in and ingestion of plastics. |
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| They go to watch sperm whales spout and dive or to swim with pods of dusky dolphins. |
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| Every year, she dove into the water, waiting for the dolphins to make contact. |
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| Researchers have identified what could be signature whistles in other dolphin species, including spotted, white-sided, and dusky dolphins. |
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| She has also studied baboons in Kenya and dolphins off the coast of western Australia. |
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| She pointed to the ocean and he looked and they saw dolphins jumping by the side of the ship. |
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| We passed numerous sting rays gliding along, then a large school of spinner dolphins leaping across our bow. |
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| And captive bottlenose dolphins have shown themselves to be skilled at replicating computer-generated sounds. |
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| Wild dolphins off the west coast of Australia were the first marine mammals in which cultural learning was observed. |
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| When curious dolphins swim around the boat, the team launches an inflatable boat. |
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| Spotted and spinner dolphins inhabit tropical seas around the world along with yellowfin tuna. |
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| The former group also gave rise to various endemic lines of river dolphins. |
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| In Australia it is illegal to feed wild dolphins or for a swimmer to approach within thirty metres of them. |
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| It's a place that rehabilitates dolphins rescued from dolphinarium and circus, and even those retired from military careers. |
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| The therapy typically occurs in marine parks and dolphinariums as part of programs that allow people to swim with dolphins. |
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| Atlantic bottlenose dolphins are among the best-known to the public, from appearances in films and dolphinariums. |
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| They're bigger than dolphins and seals, smaller than other whales, have tall dorsal fins and are black and white. |
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| Over-fishing results in decimated fish populations, whilst dolphins and whales become trapped in drift nets. |
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| But every year, several hundred whales and dolphins are killed by the drift nets that catch the prized fish. |
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| When dolphins beach themselves, entire seaside towns drop everything to whisk them back into the water. |
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| I felt like Alice through the looking glass, enjoying the sublime sea's surreal realm, a marine dominion ruled by stingrays, dolphins, Napoleons, moray eels. |
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| Apart from the whales, it's a certainty you'll see dolphins galore. |
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| Deciding that he was going to go swimming with wild dolphins, he jumped into the middle of a school of aggressive, seven-foot bull sharks, one of which bit him in the foot. |
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| This site is well known for the large pod of about 100 spinner dolphins that make their way out of the atoll every evening to hunt fish and squid in the open ocean. |
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| They went swimming with loggerhead turtles, bottle-nosed dolphins, nurse sharks, moray eels, stingrays, and porcupine fish at one of the world's top dive sites. |
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| In the State of Victoria it is illegal to feed wild dolphins. |
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| That's because they make a habit of swimming below dolphins and other toothed whales, picking off injured fish or parts of fish that the dolphins drop during feeding. |
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| Above 20,000 hz the high-pitched sounds are not heard by the human ear, but ultrasonic sound is perceptible and even produced by certain animals such as bats and dolphins. |
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| Unlike other porpoises and dolphins, belugas are quite leisurely. |
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| It's like SeaWorld out there, scores of porpoises slashing through the bait, the air teeming with bottle-nosed dolphins as if they're popping out of toasters. |
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| The Yangtze River is no longer an Eden for white-flag dolphins. |
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| Luckily they have staff employed expressly to film you as the dolphins lift you through the water with their noses, or chum you along with their silky-soft fins. |
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| In Australia, bottlenose dolphins place sponges over their snouts as protection from the spines of stonefish and stingrays as they forage over shallow seabeds. |
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| Accessible only by boat, the island provides a natural habitat for a diverse community of wildlife including alligators, fallow deer, dolphins, river otters, and armadillos. |
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| As it stood only about half a metre proud of the sea's surface, all I could make out was the huge bow wave where common dolphins flanked the whale as they would a ship. |
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| These in turn fall victim to the snapping jaws of small to medium-sized ichthyosaurs, marine reptiles not unlike modern dolphins, and averaging some 3 meters in length. |
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| Almost as soon as we dropped into the water we were deafened by a series of high-pitched clicks and squeaks and whistles, and about 20 dolphins turned up. |
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| All through the shimmering gulf we were accompanied by schools of dolphins, innumerable sea birds and many other manifestations of unfettered Nature at her best. |
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| In two decades operating on the banks, Scott has seen three generations of dolphins born, and recognises numerous individual animals within the resident pods. |
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| The scientists had long theorized that dolphins possess the intelligence of an average human teenager and their suspicions were confirmed in this study. |
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| Foxes, red squirrels, badgers, hares, otters, Scottish wild cats, seals and bottle-nose dolphins can be seen if you have the dedication to find them. |
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| It is believed that swimming with dolphins has a therapeutic effect. |
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| Visitors can feed dolphins, pet stingrays, catch a Cirque de la Mer acrobatic show or enjoy a host of rides like Journey to Atlantis, Kraken, or Wild Arctic. |
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| The surrounding sea is visited by dolphins, cachalots and whales. |
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| Like all dolphins, these marine mammals gather information about their environment by emitting high-pitched sounds, or clicks, and analyzing the returning echoes. |
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| Meant to capture fish by the gills, they snare anything from sea turtles to dolphins. |
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| Marine biologists have found that that while dolphins may not snore, they do vocalize in their sleep. |
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| The Second Conference of the Parties added harbour porpoises, bottlenose, common, risso's, white-beaked and white-sided dolphins, and the long-finned pilot whale. |
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| Wildlife Connection is one of several outfitters that run boat trips out into the bay where tourists can watch humpbacks breach and bottlenose dolphins frolic in the waves. |
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| The dolphins made it to the beach and the capitulators made it into deep water with minimal disturbance to the circadian rhythms of the seafront dwellers. |
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| The foundation, which helps make the dreams of poorly boys and girls come true, arranged for Chloe to meet some dolphins at an aquarium in Benidorm. |
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| Also, looking back over a decade of stranding records from Britain, the researchers found seven dolphins and porpoises and one beaked whale with puzzling gas bubbles. |
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| Dams and irrigation barrages have also added to the woes of the dolphins. |
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| It's not unusual to see dolphins cavorting near the boat when in the tropics, but during one trip we saw a humpback whale lumbering along in its own beautiful way. |
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| Nobody should wish it any harm because, among others, its ship sails the oceans protecting whales and dolphins, seals and fish from over-exploitation. |
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| There are over 80 species of cetaceans, marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins and whales, but the Norwegians have traditionally hunted minke. |
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| Expect to see lots of tall ships, small ships, rafts, submarines, mermaids, dolphins and lots more, so why not participate this year there's still time! |
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| At times the sea was glittering with phosphorescence, and when dolphins appeared around Pindar at that time, they left silver streaks in the water like Walt Disney characters. |
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| But along with whales, their mammal cousins, dolphins may face more danger over the long term below the surface of the sea. |
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| I worked once on a research vessel in the Bahamas, and each afternoon at about three, a pod of dolphins surrounded the boat, enjoining us to come play. |
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| Last year several basking sharks cruised within 100m of the beach and a pod of dolphins made regular visits, so you never can tell what might turn up. |
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| And this in turn affects the fish, Whales, dolphins, turtles, dugongs and seabirds that live within the Reef. |
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| That plan will see a ban on driftnets in some EU waters and the use of acoustic devices, or pingers, to repel dolphins and related species from driftnets. |
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| There are still 226 plant and animal species and 41 natural habitats under threat in Scotland, including capercaillies, cornflowers, red squirrels, dolphins and butterflies. |
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| Striped dolphins are one of the targeted species in the Taiji dolphin drive hunt. |
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| A group of bottlenose dolphins worked up quite an appetite hunting in Scotland's Moray Firth. |
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| Microbats and toothed whales including oceanic dolphins vocalize both socially and in echolocation. |
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| Though not as fast in the water as dolphins, seals are more flexible and agile. |
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| But what surprised diggers were the numbers of bottle-nosed dolphins eaten by the site's inhabitants over 400 years. |
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| Cetaceans produce a number of vocalizations, notably the clicks and whistles of dolphins and the moaning songs of the humpback whale. |
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| Many species of dolphins hunt accompany large tunas on hunting expeditions, following large schools of fish. |
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| Because of their mental faculties, dolphins were considered for the god Dionysus. |
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| Despite the controversy thousands of dolphins are caught in drive hunts each year. |
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| Some of our most special species include basking sharks, bottle-nosed dolphins, corals and anemones. |
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| When the nets are pulled together, the dolphins become entangled under water and drown. |
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| Whales and dolphins who live in pods may accompany sick or debilitated pod members into shallow water, stranding them at low tide. |
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| Turtles and common bottlenose dolphins are also being killed by fishing nets. |
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| The Greeks paid tribute to both whales and dolphins with their own constellation. |
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| Whales and dolphins have been kept in captivity for use in education, research and entertainment since the 19th century. |
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| Bottlenose dolphins are the most common, as they are relatively easy to train, have a long lifespan in captivity and have a friendly appearance. |
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| Kannan and his colleagues took tissue samples from bottle-nosed dolphins that had died along the Florida coasts. |
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| Juvenile dolphins have a more muted appearance and become more distinguishable when they mature. |
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| Traces of hybridization were found on Striped dolphins, leading further credence to their inability to survive in such groups. |
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| Quay West Holiday Park in West Wales is ideally placed for trips across Cardigan Bay to spot the resident school of bottle-nosed dolphins. |
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| Under this definition, the closest living land relative of the whales and dolphins is thought to be the hippopotamuses. |
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| The most notable adaptation is the development of echolocation in whales and dolphins. |
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| These gentle mammals feed on the sea grass and closer relatives of certain land mammals than the dolphins and the whales. |
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| Even dolphins that frequent the gulf in northern waters, around Iran are at serious risk. |
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| This was when we became surrounded by the vast pod of dolphins, staying with us, surfing the bow wave, for well over 10 minutes. |
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| Achieving almost one third of the vote, dolphins swim into first place for braininess. |
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| Alexander von Humboldt explored the basin in 1800, reporting on the pink river dolphins. |
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| Back on stable land, we caught The MV Sheerwater ferry back to Arisaig and searched for dolphins. |
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| The supermarket's new Kids Bathtime range of shampoo, shower gel and bubble baths is decorated with cute ducks, crocodiles and dolphins. |
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| According to Slooten, an estimated five Maui's dolphins are killed annually as fishing industry bycatch. |
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| Canine distemper has also infected both seals and dolphins in Western Europe and Russia. |
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| Blue whales, minkes, killer whales and dolphins made regular appearances, delighting passengers with their acrobatics. |
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| They will help us to understand which areas of the Irish Sea the minkes and dolphins are using, and the strength of the population. |
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| The dolphins use echolocation to navigate and hunt in the river's tricky depths. |
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| Scores of dolphins, shoals of barracuda and basking fur seals provide a bonus as a graceful mollymawk, a small albatross, glides by. |
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| The aquarium would include manta rays, hammerhead sharks and controversial Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins. |
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| In 2003, Bahrain banned the capture of sea cows, marine turtles and dolphins within its territorial waters. |
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| Excursions to Cancun and the Tulum archaeological site are possible, as well as snorkeling in cenotes and swimming with dolphins. |
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| As dolphins are mammals and do not have gills they may drown while stuck in nets underwater. |
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| Not only was there a fin whale but also six bottlenose dolphins, one white-beaked dolphin and three harbour porpoises. |
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| Just last year, 759 harbour porpoises were spotted, as well as 179 whitebeaked dolphins and 54 minke whales. |
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| It is a wide-ranging, toothed whale that belongs to the dolphin family and which, among dolphins, is second in size only to the orca. |
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| That's been borne out with killer whales, which are another toothed whale similar to bottlenose dolphins. |
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| In regards to wildlife, bottlenose dolphins and Florida manatees can be observed in the bay. |
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| England's seas are a haven for many sea mammals, including various types of whales, dolphins and seals. |
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| Whether it's grinning ginger kittens, delighted dolphins or chortling chimps there's plenty of happiness out there. |
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| Ok. The dolphins got off the shneid by finally beating the Jets in the first go round. |
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| The dwarf sperm whale is the smallest of all the whales and even smaller than some of the larger dolphins. |
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| Officials said the oil spill is threatening various species including rare Irrawaddy dolphins. |
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| You can feed Cownose Ray or enjoy The Dolphin Bay lagoon, which has seven interconnected pools for dolphins and even lets you play with them. |
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| The self-confessed MAMIL also encounters snakes, funnel web spiders and dolphins. |
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| We stood on the deck and watched dolphins swim near the ship. |
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| The US has worked on some innovative mine hunting countermeasures, such as the use of military dolphins to detect and flag mines. |
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| Whales, dolphins and porpoises all frequent the Irish Sea, but knowledge of how many there may be and where they go is somewhat sketchy. |
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| The dolphins make use of a six-step procedure to get rid of the invertebrate's unappetising ink and hard-to-swallow cuttlebone. |
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| Bangladesh has one of the largest population of Irrawaddy dolphins and Ganges dolphins. |
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| A 2009 census found 6,000 Irrawaddy dolphins inhabiting the littoral rivers of Bangladesh. |
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| Offshore, minke whales, Killer whales, basking sharks, porpoises and dolphins are among the sealife that can be seen. |
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| Typical woodcarvings include sharks, fish, whales, dolphins, turtles, vases, birds, walking sticks, book boxes, and models of the Bounty. |
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| There are fifteen to twenty types of marine mammals, including whales, dolphins, seals, walruses, and polar bears. |
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| Though the pink dolphins are protected by law, the fishermen see them as nettlesome competitors for the catches that feed their families. |
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| The Moray Firth is one of the most important places on the British coast for observing dolphins and whales. |
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| It is home to Pacific and Black Sea bottlenose dolphins and northern fur seals. |
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| The popular wildlife viewing area located at Chanonry Point host some spectacular displays of dolphins within the inner Moray Firth. |
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| The Pembrokeshire coast is home to common porpoises and bottlenose dolphins. |
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| Male dolphins typically mate with multiple females every year, but females only mate every two to three years. |
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| Although dolphins do not possess fully developed hind limbs, some possess discrete rudimentary appendages, which may contain feet and digits. |
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| In dolphins, and other marine mammals, there is no great difference between the outer and inner environments. |
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| Though most dolphins do not have hair, they do have hair follicles that may perform some sensory function. |
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| The olfactory lobes are absent in dolphins, suggesting that they have no sense of smell. |
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| Acts of aggression can become so intense that targeted dolphins sometimes go into exile after losing a fight. |
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| Typically dolphins give birth to a single calf, which is, unlike most other mammals, born tail first in most cases. |
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| Occasionally, dolphins behave sexually towards other animals, including humans. |
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| Coralling is a method where dolphins chase fish into shallow water to catch them more easily. |
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| Orcas and bottlenose dolphins have also been known to drive their prey onto a beach to feed on it, a behaviour known as beach or strand feeding. |
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| Here, dolphins drive fish towards fishermen waiting along the shore and signal the men to cast their nets. |
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| Bottlenose dolphins have been found to have signature whistles, a whistle that is unique to a specific individual. |
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| These whistles are used in order for dolphins to communicate with one another by identifying an individual. |
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| In order to obtain each individual whistle sound, dolphins undergo vocal production learning. |
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| This consists of an experience with other dolphins that modifies the signal structure of an existing whistle sound. |
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| Because dolphins are generally associated in groups, communication is necessary. |
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| Dolphins tend to travel in pods, upon which there are groups of dolphins that range from a few to many. |
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| Although they are traveling in these pods, the dolphins do not necessarily swim right next to each other. |
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| Juvenile dolphins off the coast of Western Australia have been observed chasing, capturing, and chewing on blowfish. |
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| While this particular study has not been repeated since then, dolphins have since passed the mirror test. |
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| In captivity, dolphins seemingly enter a fully asleep state where both eyes are closed and there is no response to mild external stimuli. |
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| The healing process is rapid and even very deep wounds do not cause dolphins to hemorrhage to death. |
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| Various fishing methods, most notably purse seine fishing for tuna and the use of drift and gill nets, unintentionally kill many dolphins. |
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| The dolphins are netted only while fishermen are in pursuit of smaller tuna. |
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| By numbers, dolphins are mostly hunted for their meat, though some end up in dolphinariums. |
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| The Navy has never trained attack dolphins, as they would not be able to discern allied soldiers from enemy soldiers. |
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| Traditionally, the stylised dolphins in heraldry still may take after this notion, sometimes showing the dolphin skin covered with fish scales. |
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| Hundreds if not thousands of bottlenose dolphins live in captivity across the world, though exact numbers are hard to determine. |
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| There are also fewer than ten pilot whales, Amazon river dolphins, Risso's dolphins, spinner dolphins, or tucuxi in captivity. |
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| Although dolphins generally interact well with humans, some attacks have occurred, most of them resulting in small injuries. |
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| A number of militaries have employed dolphins for various purposes from finding mines to rescuing lost or trapped humans. |
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| The United States Navy denies that at any point dolphins were trained for combat. |
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| In 2000 the press reported that dolphins trained to kill by the Soviet Navy had been sold to Iran. |
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| For example, a 2005 study found dolphins an effective treatment for mild to moderate depression. |
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| For example, it is not known whether dolphins are more effective than common pets. |
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| Marine mammals, such as dolphins, whales, otters, and seals need to surface periodically to breathe air. |
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| They are small toothed whales that are very closely related to oceanic dolphins. |
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| The cetaceans diversified, and fossil evidence suggests porpoises and dolphins diverged from their last common ancestor around 15 Mya. |
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| Porpoises and other smaller cetaceans, mainly dolphins, are hunted in an activity known as drive hunting. |
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| Bottlenose dolphins, the genus Tursiops, are the most common members of the family Delphinidae, the family of oceanic dolphin. |
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