Chad’s Dolphin Page

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Save the dolphins!

  This is my homepage all about dolphins. I really like dolphins. In fact I have organized a save the dolphins type program. I eat dolphin safe tuna and I hope that you do too. I hope that you enjoy my page and please use all precautions as you can to save dolphins and whales.

What is a dolphin?

   Dolphins are mammals, not fish. They are warm blooded like man, and give birth to one baby called a calf at a time. At birth a bottlenose dolphin calf is about 90-130 cm. long and will grow to approx. 4 meters, living up to 40 years. They are highly sociable animals, living in pods which are fairly fluid, with dolphins from other pods interacting with each other from time to time. With the help of several beautiful bottlenose dolphins we can see how well the dolphin body is adapted for their life in the ocean. Dolphins use their powerful tail flukes in an up and down motion to move through the water. They also use their tails when hunting, hitting a fleeing fish up into the air with their tail, stunning it, then scooping the fish up when it falls back into the water. A dolphin slapping its tail on the water in the wild may be a sign of annoyance, or a warning to other dolphins of danger.

What can we do to keep dolphins and whales enviroment clean and safe?

Tips and Suggestions

   Only buy dolphin safe tuna. Smaller whales and porpoises also are harmed by tuna nets.

   Participate in Adopt-A-Whale programs. For nominal fees, you can 'adopt' a whale or even a dolphin. Although you are not really adopting a whale all to yourself, you are sponsoring the research and protection of them with the money you send. It is also fun to receive information for the whale you choose on a regular basis.

   Although whales are endangered and it is illegal to kill them, it still occurs in some parts of the world.
If you visit these places, be sure not to buy anything that was made from or is a part of a whale. To stop the killing, you have to put the killers out of business.

   Certain captive whales are treated very humanely, and are happy in their surroundings. If you visit a place that is obviously mistreating their animals, as in Keiko, speak out or boycott the park.


   Recycle.

   Don't litter, even if you live inland. It may not seem to effect whales directly, but it does. The garbage that you throw away, and others throw away will make their way to the seas and pollute the waters. Pollution is very dangerous to whales as well to all living beings. If you won't do it for the animals, do it for yourself.

7.   Participate in beach clean up programs. You may not litter, but others do. The little work you do by cleaning up a beach will make it nicer for everyone, and less dangerous for animals.

These are a couple of my favorite links:
My science page
I also make websites
The ultimate science site
My sister's page on deformed frogs