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    Bottlednosed Dolphins

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    Bottlenose dolphins are among the most vocal of the nonhuman animals and exhibit remarkable development of the sound production and auditory mechanisms. This can be seen in audition‚ which is shown in the animals highly refined echolocation ability‚ and in tightly organized schools in which they live that are made up by sound communication. In testing the communication skills of dolphins‚ extensive studies have been done on vocal mimicry‚ in which the animal imitates computer-generated sounds in

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    The Burrunan Dolphin

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    Biology assignment #2 Tursiops australis‚ otherwise known as the Burrunan dolphin was recognized in 2011 south-east of Australia by Kate Charlton-Robb and colleagues. The Burrunan dolphin is a type of bottlenose dolphin. There are actually two new distinct species of Tursiops dolphins found in Australia that are under controversy. At one time‚ all Tursiops dolphins were recognized as belonging to T. truncates. However T. australis‚ T. truncates and T. aduncus are all distinctly recognized species

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    Bottlenose Dolphins

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    Dolphins are marine mammals and fully adapted to live in water. It is generally believed that dolphins are some of the most incredibly intelligent creatures on earth. They belong to a group of mammals called Cetaceans‚ which also include all whales. Besides‚ dolphins are warm blooded and use the blow hold at the top of their heads to breathe air like other land animals although they live in the sea. There are 32 different species of oceanic dolphins‚ 5 species of river dolphins‚ and 6 species of

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    The Boy on a Dolphin

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    to end up in the wrong hands of Victor Pharmalee. He wants the country of Greece to hold claim to their ancient t culture such as the boy on the dolphin‚ he does not want them to lose that. 2. Victor Pharmalee’s motivation for pursing the boy on the Dolphin is so that he can steal the archaeological find and make a profit. He wanted to get to the Dolphin before Calder so that he could inherit a large fortune. His motivations for the statue are purely for himself. 3. Phaedra’s view at first toward

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    Dolphin Poster

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    A Strategy for Protecting Irrawaddy Dolphins in the Mekong Delta Region. Huyen Tran‚ jessi00tran@gmail.com Bunker Hill Community College Honors Program‚ Boston Massachusetts Introduction Problem Solutions      The Irrawaddy dolphins (Orcaella Brevirostris)‚ which are  considered as the Mekong’s spirit‚ have developed a mutually  beneficial relationship with fishermen in the Mekong Delta and  the river’s branches in Laos‚ Vietnam and Cambodia. In spite  of its important role to many provinces along the Mekong 

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    Dolphin Evolution

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    A Dolphin Organism Evolves Anthony Youmans BIO/101 Pamela Buckman April 13‚ 2013 Kingdom: Anamalia‚ Phylum: Cordata‚ Class: Mammalia‚ Order: Cetacea‚ Sub-order: Odontoceti‚ Family: Delphinidae‚ Genus: Delphinus‚ Species: Delphi’s‚ or better known as‚ Dolphin. Dolphins occupy all oceans and major seas‚ even some are in larger river systems. This paper will cover characteristics of a dolphin‚ the ancestry to the modern dolphin‚ and what adaptations the dolphin has gone through to be the survivor

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    Bottlenose Dolphins

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    Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops Truncatus) are very beautiful mammals to see and study. If you have ever seen a Bottlenose Dolphin up close you may have been curious about the dolphin’s age‚ and how much a Bottlenose Dolphin may weigh. The Bottlenose dolphin can swim anywhere from 5 to 12 kilometers per hour; although‚ they can reach a high of 32 kilometers. Also‚ a Bottlenose dolphin can stay under water for fifteen minutes at a time. The average human being cannot stay under water longer than one

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    Bottlenose Dolphin

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    Bottlenose dolphins‚ the genus Tursiops‚ are the most common and well-known members of the family Delphinidae‚ the family of oceanic dolphin.[1] Recent molecular studies show the genus contains two species‚ the common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) and the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus)‚ instead of one. Research in 2011 revealed a third species‚ the Burrunan dolphin (Tursiops australis). They inhabit warm and temperate seas worldwide. Bottlenose dolphins live in groups

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    Dolphins as Entertainers

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    Sociology of Animals Term Paper Dolphins as Entertainers When one goes on vacation to a tropical island or visits an aquarium such as Sea world‚ we all wish to see the dolphins splashing and performing tricks for our entertainment. Although they are loveable creatures they are treated unfairly by society. Dolphins are wild sea mammals that are captured from their natural habitat by humans and forced to live in small habitats in marine mammal parks or swim with dolphin attractions where humans pay to

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    Evolution of Dolphins

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    Joseph Castaneda Miami High School Abstract Over 50 million years ago‚ the creature that we know as the dolphin today was a land based animal. It would venture into the sea‚ or water to eat. Over time though the evolutionary process would see to it that this once land based creature would become a part of the water‚ evolving in such a way that it would never again see the land. Along the way there have been numerous changes that have taken place to the animals physiological

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