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Wholphin behavior represents both parent species. They are intelligent, highly social, and can be trained to do complex tasks; shared traits of false killer whales and bottlenose dolphins alike. Captive wholphins have been observed to be playful and show a great deal of curiosity about their surroundings, the same as bottlenose dolphins.
As the name implies, they tend to be found in the open seas, unlike the river dolphins, although a few species such as the Irrawaddy dolphin are coastal or riverine. The Delphinidae are characterized by having distinct beaks (unlike the Phocoenidae), two or more fused cervical vertebrae and 20 or more pairs of teeth in their upper jaws.
Pinky is an albino bottlenose dolphin found in Calcasieu Lake, Louisiana. [1] Pinky was first spotted in June 2007 by a boat captain, Erik Rue. In 2015, Rue was able to capture photo evidence of Pinky mating, proving that she is female. [2] The dolphin has become a tourist attraction, and conservationists have asked visitors to leave the ...
This dolphin is found mainly in the Alboran Sea and the north-western Mediterranean [13] [14] [17] [34] where its population is estimated at between 3,000 and 5,000 individuals. [2] The other pilot whale species, the long-finned pilot whale (G. macrorhynchus), seems to have been seen at least once in the Mediterranean, probably as a stray group ...
Oceanic dolphins or Delphinidae are a widely distributed family of dolphins that live in the sea.Close to forty extant species are recognised. They include several big species whose common names contain "whale" rather than "dolphin", such as the Globicephalinae (round-headed whales, which include the false killer whale and pilot whale).
Ecco from the video game series Ecco the Dolphin; Fungie; Flipper from the 1963 film of the same name and later film and television series in the same franchise; Hiapo; Hope, featured in the film Dolphin Tale 2; Mitzie, who portrayed Flipper [7] Moko; Opo; Peter, used in experiments in human-dolphin communication by John C. Lilly and Margaret ...
In the 1960s, British actress Julie Christie rose to fame as one of the world's most lusted-after bombshells. The leading lady of "Doctor Zhivago" and "Fahrenheit 451," Christie was not only a ...
The humpback dolphin is a coastal species found from Africa and India south to Australia, with variations in different regions. It has a distinctive hump in front of its dorsal fin and a keel on its belly. The dorsal fin is somewhat curved. Its pectoral fins are relatively small, and the tail flukes have a noticeable notch in the middle.