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Just in case |
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Just in case you so happen to see a dolphin, Here are some tips -
Dealing with Dolphins
- Don't ever touch a dolphin unless it touches you first
- NEVER touch a dolphin's blowhole. Just imagine if a giant stranger came up to you and picked your nose with its big grubby fingers. You'll know why dolphins don't like this
- If you do touch the dolphin touch its sides. Dolphin skin is sesitive and it's easily injured, so be gentle
- Try not to cough or sneeze near a dolphin - they can catch illness from us.
- If a dolphin offers you a fish,take it politely and never try to give it back. Don't worry you don't have to eat it.
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Dolphin Homes |
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- Bottlenose dolphins live in all the world's seas except the icy cold oceans at the top and the bottom of the earth. That gives the dolphins a very large home,because oceans cover nearly 71% of Earth!!
- Dolphins who live in colder areas are more likely to grow larger
- Some dolphins like the river dolphins live in rivers.
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Dolphin Babies |
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A new born baby dolphin is more than one-third the length of its motherand can weigh up to 44 pounds. Dolphin babies must be big and strong in order to swim as soon as they are born
Baby dolphins are more chubby than adults. Some babies have whiskers, which they lose as they grow up. What I just can't imagine is if human babies had bushy mustaches!
Dolphin Milk is many time richer than human milk. It's full of fat and protein that a baby dolphin baby needs to grow quickly. [WARNING: Do not milk a dolphin. You maybe charged for endangering dolphins.]
A dolphin mom needs to be a good hunter to catch enough fish to feed her babies. The baby starts to eat fish after about four months, but it continues to drink milk for another two years or more.
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Danger for our beloved dolphins |
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Do you think that dolphins live a care-free life. Well they don't they have to worry about predetors and many other dangers of the seas.
- Tiger sharks - they attack dolphins at night. They like weak dolphins (the sick,young,old.....)
- ANY OTHER SHARK - Attack the weak dolphins as food
- Scorpian fish - using the all-powerful spines (with poison) can kill dolphins
- Stonefish - using poison once again
- Stingray - using their tails like whips, they can hurt the dolphins really badly
- Killer whake (orca) - eat dolphins that are smaller than itself. [The killer whale is a dolphin]
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Swimming and Leaping |
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A dolphin can swim at about 3 miles (5 km) per hour, with a top speed of almost 35 km per hour. This misht not sound so fast, but because the water slows you down. Even so, a dolphin's usual swimming speed is just as fast as a human Olympic champian's. PLUS the dolphin does it without even trying!!
Dolphins often leap t go faster since it's less effort to fly through the air than to swim in the water.
Leaping is also a way to have fun and to boast at how high they can leap to its dolphin friends.
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Damage to Dolphins |
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Dolphin skin break easily, but because they live in water, their wounds can't dry into dry,crusty scabs like humasn's do.
Some ofthe dolphin's skin dies and hardens to keep germs away. However this protection doesn't always work and so the germs could make the dolphin sick
Dolphins can also get sunburns if they are out in the sun for to long. The only reason they would get caught in the sun is if they are stranded. Some people think that they can't live in the sun because they can't breath,but it is really because they get sunburn.
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Humans and Dolphins |
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The biggest danger to dolphins is the fishing and the polution
- Since the 1950s, some dolphins (especially the spinnger and the spotted dolphins) have drowned in fishing nets
- Most of the poison that is carried overseas are often dropped into the ocean or the river. Causing harm to the dolphins.
- Even if they survive, they will be weaker. The dolphin will also get more germs and diseases.
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The information above was given by.... |
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- Wild Lives Diving with Dolphins By Nick Arnold
Thanks to that book, I have found much information about dolphins. More than i had ever learned about
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