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Dolphins
Title: Dolphins
Category: Science & Technology
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Dolphins
The mammalian dolphins are small, streamlined whales, usually with
a well-defined, beaklike snout. They are often called porpoises, but
that name is usually reserved for similar, but beakless, whales of the
family Phocoenidae (see porpoise). Dolphins are popularly noted for
grace, intelligence, playfulness, and friendliness to man. The most
widely recognized species are the common and bottle-nosed
dolphins (Delphinus delphis and Tursiops truncatus; see photograph);
both are of the family Delphinidae and are widely distributed …showed first 75 words of 517 total…
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waters throughout the world. It has a large, blunt head, a tapered body, and a
slender, forked tail. The male, considerably larger than the female, may attain a length
and weight of about 1.5 m and 30 kilograms (70 pounds). A swift carnivorous fish, this
dolphin lives alone or in schools and feeds on invertebrates and other fishes. It and
the similar, though smaller, pompano dolphin (C. equiselis) are the only living members
of the family Coryphaenidae.
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