Dolphins are much more diverse than you probably think. There are almost 40 species of dolphins. And now get ready to grab the head from surprise. Ready? Guess who is the closest relative of the dolphins? You guessed it?…
It’s a Behemoth. No, we’re not kidding. Dolphins and hippos diverged in the evolutionary development of almost 40 million years ago. And even orcas that belong to the Dolphin family, is actually more closely related to hippos than with their larger cousins the whales. And yet they are more closely related with us than with any other sea dweller.
Actually dolphins have such “human” cognitive ability and behavior that some scientists have proposed to introduce a new classification of human personality.
When it comes to intelligence, there are only a few of the smartest animals, the brain which can’t be compared with the brains of dolphins. Even dogs fail, if you compare them with the dolphins. So get ready to plunge into the very interesting world of underwater mammals, because in front of you — 25 interesting facts about dolphins and their amazing abilities.
25. Like all mammals, dolphins have hair — at least when they are still young (the hairs around the beak).
24. Dolphins are actually in disguise (technically this is called “protesting”). They have a dark back and light belly. Thus, they are not visible against the dark surface of the bottom, when viewed from above, and against the bright water surface when viewed from below.
23. Dolphins are coping with consumers. Essentially, this means that they can eat anything.
22. Killer whales, along with the black dolphins are the only mammals, besides humans, where females experience menopause and live for several more decades without producing offspring.
21. Since 2005, went missing 36 armed dolphins killers of terrorists trained by the U.S. Navy.
20. Some scientists suggested giving dolphins “rights” as people, given their similar brain structure and social order. They are even called “non-human persons”.
19. In 2008, a Dolphin named Moko spent two sperm whales through a narrow channel after several unsuccessful attempts taken by the rescue team.
18. The researchers found that dolphins give each other names (by whistle).
17. In the Brazilian municipality of Laguna, at least since 1847, dolphins help the local fishermen to drive fish into their nets.
16. Because dolphins are not automatically breathing in order to breathe, they should always be in mind. That’s why during sleep, they always rest only one hemisphere of the brain.
15. Maui dolphins — the rarest and the smallest subspecies of dolphins. On Earth there are about 55 species of dolphins Maui.
14. In the Soviet Navy once trained dolphins to attach to the sides of the ships magnetic mines. Sometimes they even lowered by parachute to the desired area.
13. Dolphin who played the role of flipper in the television series of the same name in 1964, committed suicide by ceasing to breathe.
12. In 2013 scientists discovered a Dolphin who was “adopted” by a family of sperm whales.
11. Since dolphins are mammals, they have lungs and they breathe like people. It also means that they, like humans, can drown.
10. Male dolphins sometimes females are isolated from their families and kept on very short allowances until they agree to mate with them.
9. Sexually frustrated dolphins are known to start killing.
8. Dolphins sometimes ride on the backs of whales.
7. In 2006, after a series of unsuccessful attempts undertaken, to the highest man on the planet to Sisulu Bao (Bao Xishun) asked the trainers of the water Park from the city of Fushun (China) with the request to help to get out of the two dolphins stomach of a foreign body made of plastic. With its long arms (1.06 m) man saved the lives of two dolphins.
6. There is an organization called “Anti-Dolphin” (Dolphin Anti), which believes that dolphins are a threat to humanity and must be exterminated.
5. Dolphins, apparently, can recognize a person under water due to its sonar. They can use it for recognition of our skeletal structure.
4. It is known that dolphins saved people, shipwrecked, keeping them on the surface of the water, and even fending off sharks.
3. There is a subspecies of dolphins that are born blind in the Ganges river in Asia. They have an extremely developed system of echolocation (India Gangetic river Dolphin subspecies).
2. Calcasieu in the lake (Lake Calcasieu), Louisiana, USA, lives the pink Dolphin is an albino.
1. The dolphins rapidly heal injuries, such as, for example, the wounds from the bites of sharks.
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