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The "Wild Dolphin" site has numerous pages, each better then the one before. For example, page one is full of colorful images of dolphins in the wild and offers tons of information on wild dolphins. Also on page one are wonderful dolphin related poems by Hoarse Dobbs and Scott Starbuck, and quotes by John Galsworthy and Ric O'barry, as well as many others.
Page two can help you find the perfect place for you to view dolphins in the wild, and offers some very useful hints on what you should and shouldn't do when you do.
Sally Kirby's "Wild Dolphins" site is a must see for any dolphin lover. This is one you do not want to miss.
Just a Few Wild Dolphin Facts:
The Bottlenose dolphin’s brain weighs approximately 1,500 grams (the human brain weighs 1,200).
Adult dolphins, such as the Bottlenose Dolphin, can eat as much as 30 pounds of fish per day.
Just as the features on their face identify a person, wild dolphins are identified by the traits of their dorsal fin (the fin on their back).
The largest wild dolphin is the killer whale – which can grow to approximately 30 feet in length.
Some dolphins have been documented diving to as much as 1,000 feet deep.
It is believed that dolphins evolved into water creatures after thousands and thousands of years. What was once their front “legs” are now their front flippers.
Dolphins have two stomachs; one for storing food they eat, and one for digesting it.
Dolphins have a very poor sense of smell, but locate their food, and even identify their family members with the use of sonar.
Dolphins have their own language that they use to communicate with each other and with humans. Even though we do not understand their words, sounds, noises, and clicks exactly, we do know that they are communicating feelings, emotions, thoughts, and behaviors just as humans do.
There are currently 8 species of dolphins on the endangered species list. Two species of dolphins number fewer then 500 in the world. If nothing is done to help protect and preserve these species of dolphins, they may be gone forever.
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