Dolphins Recognize and Admire Themselves in Mirrors.

There are 40 extant species of dolphins.

Dolphins have the longest memory in the animal kingdom.

The U.S. Navy has 75 trained dolphins to detect enemy swimmers and underwater mines.

The average lifespan of a dolphin is 15 years. However, some of them lived 50 years.

Dolphins sleep with one eye open.

. Baba Jix

Only one-half of a dolphin's brain goes to sleep at a time.

Dolphins can communicate with one another over a telephone, and appear to know who they are talking to.

Dolphins and whales give birth
with the tail first instead of the head.

Male dolphins are called "bulls", and females "cows".

A 2-headed dolphin was discovered on a beach in Turkey in 2014.

Killer Whales are actually dolphins, not whales.

Dolphin copulation happens belly to belly.

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Dolphins give each other names and will answer to it even when called by dolphins they don't know.

The wolphin is the result of the union of a bottlenose dolphin and a false killer whale.

Dolphin meat is consumed in Japan and Peru.

Infanticide has been observed in bottlenose dolphins.



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So informative,

Reading this, the film 'In the Heart of the Sea' automatically comes to my mind....

just that the film is about Whales


The film proves that living things (Both man and animals) will do anything to survive...

olihilistic:
Dolphins can communicate with one another over a telephone, and appear to know who they are talking to.

Nice one op but this one shock me

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olihilistic:
A 2-headed dolphin was discovered on a beach in Turkey in 2014.

Siamese twins dolphin

Very informative... Thumbs up Op

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Ls0fdk:
Nice one op but this one shock me
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Smellymouth:
Nice one Olihilistic..
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Thank you baba smelly.

olihilistic:
Dolphins can communicate with one another over a telephone, and appear to know who they are talking to.

I think this one is called echolocation.

olihilistic:
Dolphins sleep with one eye open.

The other eye watches out for predators and this is thanks to one-half of the brain being active.

olihilistic:
Killer Whales are actually dolphins, not whales.

I was shocked the day I found out about this one. I mean, why call it a 'whale' instead of killer dolphin?

Then again, if I could remember correctly, they move in a 'school' and this is particularly good as this helps protect the vulnerable among them like the pregnant ones and infants.

Modified: There is also this argument about the dolphin using 20% of its brain which has made it evolve into using those features and being intelligent. Some say it is a myth just like humans utilizing only 10% of their brains.