DOLPHINS
DOLPHINS
This is a page made for me, by me and is not intended to impress anyone !
I love Dolphins
And just HAD to make a page with them on it, and the information I know about them
So maybe you can learn something
Or just have fun looking at the pictures and images
You can also go further down the page and visit my other pages
Or maybe write in my GUESTBOOK
Well ..... here we go then..................
Dolphins (Delphiniade) are in the same
family as whales. They live in all oceans. But are mostly found in The Mediterrannian
ocean and The Atlantic ocean. Sometimes they are found as far north as around Norway, but
then only as a singel individual. They are NOT fish, but mammals. They eat fish and
occtopus and other seacreatures. Dolfins used to live on land, but have addapted to a life
in the wather. Eveything about their body is changed except for the lungs. They have to
surface to breath.All organs that would reduce their ability to swim are
"shrinked". Like the "backlegs" and the outerear. The frontlegs are
now small finns and the tail are a very powerful movementorgan. It goes up and down, not
sideways like with fish.
Dolpins live in groups and are very
familiare. They take good care of the offspring and their friends. Sometimes they can be
friends with humans to. Dolphins like to have company..sometimes you can see them in
groups playing around ships, or just following the ship...often in front of the ship. It
has been messured that they can swim as fast as 18 knots !
Dolphins give birth to babies, whom drink
milk from their mother. Evey other year they can get a new baby. They go pregnant in 11-12
months ! Dolphins are very devoted parents, and the hole group takes care of the small
ones. Dolphins also takes care of other Dolphis in need of help.
Dolphins can get to be about 2 m. long.
They are blackbrown on the top and white under. Their hearing is very good, they
communicate with wisteling sounds and ultrasound. Scientists have learned how to
communicate with the Dolphins.
The Dolphins brain is bigger than humans
and very developed. Scientist has discovered that the Dolphins learn very quick..and since
they love to play; the are put in pools and have to perform for us humans. Luckuly it
seems that they like it.
One group of Dolphins live only in fresh
wather, the Riverdolphins. They can be found in rivers like Ganges and The Amazonasriver.
Another familymember is the Orca (Orcinus Orca). They are a lot bigger, about 9 m. long. And are the fastest swimmers in the sea. They live in both warm and cold wather.
