Introduction
Dolphins are one of the worlds most loved animals. For years, scientists have done research and studies to lean more about these wonderful creatures. Please take a look around this web site and hopefully soon you will know more about Dolphins than before.
WHAT IS A DOLPHIN?
Dolphins are marine animals. They live in oceans around the world and come from the family, CETACEA (sey-tay-sha) . They are mammals because they have lungs not gills, they have skin not scales, they give live birth and don't lay eggs and nurse their babies (calves) on milk.
Below is the biological classification for the common dolphin:
Kingdom: Anamalia Phylum: Cordata (vertebrates) Class: Mammalia Order: Cetacea Sub-order: Odontoceti Family: Delphinidae Genus: Delphinus Species: delphis
Every dolphin has it's own song, or whistle. You can hear a dolphin by clicking below.
Listen to a dolphin
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BIOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY
http://www.earthtrust.org/wlcurric/dolphins.html
All about Dolphins
http://teacher.scholastic.com/dolphin/about2.htm#q1