Dolphins
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Dolphin Topic Update
Several new topics you might want to check out!
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Kids Want To Know - Dolpins in Captivity
Dolphins in captivity are not necessarily in harm's way or living as prisoners. Often times these dolphins thrive in an environment instead of surcoming to the awful fate that the wild had for them.
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Kids Want To Know - Dolphin Babies
If dolphins live in the water, but need air to breathe, how do they have babies?
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Dolphin Feature - Bermeister's Porpoise
One of the mystery's of the sea, Bermeister's Porpoise is another species we are still learning more about.
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Kids Want to Know - Part II
Victoria Walker asks, "How do dolphins breath both above water AND under water?"
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Kids Want to Know....
Kids want to know all kinds of things. Now, at the Suite 101 Dolphin site, kids of all ages are getting their chance to ask the questions they have about dolphins and get them answered.
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Fatality in the Faeroes
In the Faeroes Islands, there is a practice known as "grindadrap" which has outlived it's time, and too many Pilot whales.
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Site Review: Delphina's Dolphins
Ever want to send an email to a dolphin? Wish you could actually join a POD? Have you been wanting to read some really great poetry inspired by and about dolphins? Well, now there is a place where you can do this and more; Delphina's Dolphin Site.
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Site Review: The Dolphin Society
The pages of the Dolphin Society site are full of information, education, images, and support for the "human-dolphin" experience. Don't know what that is? Visit this site and find out.
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Site Review - Wild Dolphins
The "Wild Dolphin" site by Sally Kirby offers beautiful images, fun facts, insightful quotes, and wonderful poetry all related to dolphins. It is a must see for true dolphin lovers.
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Let's Get to the Truth
What myths or stories do you know about dolphins? Have you heard a dolphin myth, and have always wanted to know where it came from or if it holds any truth? Well, now is your chance to find out.
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Close Encounters of an Unforgettable Kind
Although most have visions of what a dolpin looks like and what they are capable of. However, to appreciate the totality of the dolphin species, you must experience them with all your senses.,Although most have visions of what a dolpin looks like and what they are capable of. However, to appreciate the totality of the dolphin species, you must experience them with all your senses.
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Dolphin Feature - Fraser's Dolphin
Nonclassified until the 1950's, Fraser's dolphin has made his presence known.
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Dolphin Feature - Northern Right Whale Dolphin
Once an endangered species, the Northern Right Whale Dolphin is making a timely return.
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Dolphin Feature - The Dusky Dolphin
The Dusky dolphin is often mistaken for another species. However, this dolphin unique in more ways then one.
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Dolphin Feature - The False Killer Whale
Don't judge this species by its looks. It may look like a whale, but it is indeed a dolphin.
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Dolphin Feature - the Hourglass Dolphin
Swimming in the arctic seas of the southern hemisphere is a little known species of dolphin who beauty is truly unique.
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Dolphin Feature - the Atlantic Spotted Dolphin
Many species are given names according to their appearance and/or location. The Atlantic Spotted Dolphin has been given both.
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Dolphin Feature - The Spinner Dolphin
The name says it all with this species of dolphin. Known for the high jumps, various spins, and flips of all kinds, the Spinner dolphin is one of the most acrobatic dolphin species.
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Dolphin Feature - The Risso Dolphin
Not all dolphins offer the standard silver-gray body, long beak and sleek slim line. Take a look at one of the different species of dolphins that adorn us with it's presence.
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Dolphin Feature - The Narwhal
Most are familiar with the myth of the legendary unicorn. What if you could see a real, live, breathing creature who possessed a spiral horn?
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Dolphin Feature - The Chilean Dolphin
dorsal, docile, predominant, beak, cap, lateral fin
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Dolphin Feature - The Irrawaddy Dolphin
With its round face and big, bright eyes, this dolphin will capture both your heart and your imagination...
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Dolphin Organization Feature - The Dolphin Research Institute
The Dolphin Research Institute, Inc., is just one of the many organizations that have dedicated their time, effort and emotion to ensuring the safety, and longevity, of the dolphin.
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A Wish for the New Millennium
Dolphins have been a member of earth's society for thousands of years. What will happen to them over the next ten years, or twenty? Will there be any left for future generations to learn of and see?
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Dolphin Feature - The Bottlenose Dolphin
If asked "what is a dolphin," most will answer with a description of the Bottlenose. Most know what a Bottlenose dolphin looks like, but how much do we really know about our favorite aquatic "stars"?
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Dolphin Feature - The White Beaked Dolphin
The White Beaked dolphin may not always live up to its name. Depending upon the area the dolphin choses to call home will determine the coloring of the dolphin.
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Dolphin Feature - The Common Dolphin
The Common dolphin is just that, common. Although they are very numerous, these dolphins have their own unique beauty.
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Be Thankful for the Dolphins
Dedicated to all species of dolphins, a Thansgiving poem for them dolphin poem,
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Dolphin Feature - The White Sided Dolphin
Don't be fooled...the dolphins swimming next to the ship in the Ocean may not be the ones you think they are.
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Dolphin Feature - The Susu
While losing its sight, the Susu makes up for it by being a unique river dolphin.
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Dolphin Feature - The Amazon River Dolphin
In the murky river waters of the Amazon lives a unique species of dolphin.
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Dolphin Feature - Hector's Dolphin
Exclusively located off the shores of New Zealand, the Hector's Dolphin is one of the smallest of all dolphin species.
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Dolphin Feature: Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin
In the waters of the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific Ocean there is a unique species of dolphin who is near extinction...The Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin.
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Good, But Not Plenty - Endangered Dolphins
Currently, there are (at least) 14 species of dolphins that are on the endangered species list...two on the brink of extinction. What are the causes? Who is doing something about it?
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Mystic Medicine
Traditional medicine has a new partner, "alternative" medical practices. Dolphin Assisted Therapy, known as DAT, has given new hope to patients who felt that they would have to accept their conditions as part of their lives.
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Friend or Foe: Dolphin Aggression
With numerous reports of "dolphin attacks", people have begun to question the tranquility of dolphins. Information is the best weapon against prejudice.
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Motherhood Knows No Boundaries
Just as humans nuture and care for their children, dolphin mothers have been known to give their lives for their young.
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Water Dance
Dolphins express their emotions, and feelings, with a language not yet completely understood by humans.
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