Dolphins - fish or mammal - Here's the facts

[Bob Cotter]

In article <3813AAA3...@home.com>, Barbara Brown <bab...@home.com> wrote:

> Dolphins are small members of the whale order, Cetacea.

Those interested in this subject might look to the "Dolphins - Oracles of
the Sea" website at:

http://library.advanced.org/17963/index-1.shtml

This was one of the sites submitted by high school students in the
ThinkQuest challenge...

Cheers,

Bob Cotter
GCC2K - coming soon!

[Barbara Brown]

Dolphins are small members of the whale order, Cetacea. Although the
terms dolphin and porpoise are sometimes used interchangeably to refer
to any member of the group, biologists recognize three distinct
families: the true porpoises, with six marine species; the river
dolphins, with five freshwater species; and the true dolphins, with more
than 30 marine species. The killer whales and pilot whales are closely
related to the true dolphins and are included in the same family.

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From Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia Š 1998 The Learning Company,
Inc.

Dorado, the goldfish, ... (also called DOLPHINFISH and mahi-mahi), which
inhabits the tropical and semitropical waters of the Atlantic, Pacific,
and Indian oceans.

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From Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia Š 1998 The Learning Company,
Inc.

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Barbara A Brown
bab...@home.com
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