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Dolphins In Captivity

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Dolphins are still being born in captivity to this day Captive killer whales and dolphins are forced to live their entire lives in awful conditions Orca breeding is currently ongoing in China Interest in dolphinarium marine parks like SeaWorld has started to rise again. Dolphins in the wild may swim up to 40 or 50 miles in a day and can dive to depths of hundreds of feet. Did You Know Dolphin Shows Are Part Of A Captivity Industry By Marilyn Regan Age Of Awareness Medium Whether in a captive dolphin experience at a marine park jumping through hoops or at a research institute performing monotonous tasks the sale of dolphins for these purposes has proven to be very lucrative. Dolphins in captivity . In reality captive breeding is just a way produce more animals who can be exploited for tourist entertainment. RSPCA Australia recognises that some animals have complex social physical or behavioural needs which are extremely difficult to provide for in captivity. While trade in dolphins ...

Dolphins And Porpoises

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Porpoises are shier of the two and are therefore rarely used in marine animal shows. Dolphins are also often longer averaging about six to 12 feet in length where porpoises only reach a maximum seven feet in length. Wild Dolphin Project Are Dolphins And Porpoises The Same Thing If you consider that dolphins and porpoises are. Dolphins and porpoises . All are air-breathing warm-blooded mammals that nurse their young. Dolphins and porpoises are at the top of the food chain and play an important role in the overall balance of the marine environment. Dolphins tend to have prominent elongated beaks and cone-shaped teeth while porpoises have smaller mouths and spade-shaped teeth. Its a huge group though currently comprising around 90 whale dolphin and porpoise species so lets break it down. Cetaceans are warm blooded breathe air through lungs give birth to live young that they produce milk to nurse and have. Dolphins usually have beak-like pointed snouts while porpoises have blu...

Are Dolphins Smart

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Dolphins and other cetaceans are known to be some of the smartest animals in the world beside humans along with elephants great apes and corvids the crow family however despite the existence of no convincing evidence many people believe that they are almost as smart as smart or even smarter than humans. They found that humans came in the highest followed by several species of dolphins. Are Dolphins Smart How Are Dolphins Intelligent Earth Com Using brain size as a barometer dolphins come in second only to humans in brain-to-body size ratio. Are dolphins smart . They are notoriously talented mimics and quick learners. But while theyre undeniably smart they arent the only smart animals out there. Though this advanced ability is most often associated with organisms that are deemed to be the most intelligent cough humans cough the truth is that spindle neurons have been isolated in the brains of both whales and dolphins which suggests that whales do a lot more thinking than previously ...