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Dolphins are increasingly being used in therapeutic treatments Swimming with dolphins appears to help alleviate mild to moderate depression, researchers have found. A University of Leicester team tested the effect of regular swimming sessions with dolphins on 15 depressed people in a study carried out in Honduras.

They found that symptoms improved more among this group than among another 15 who swam in the same area - but did not interact with dolphins.

The study of the above dolphin therapy is published in the British Medical Journal.

2) Dolphins Playing with Bubble Rings Dolphin Bubble Ring

A game that these dolphins like to play is 'bubble ring'. What they do (you could imitate underwater) is purse their lips. Pretend that you are about to kiss your beloved. Start blowing out through your mouth. This is the crucial part. The next sequence is the knack of blowing a bubble ring.

Quickly open and close your lips so they push out a small bubble of air. The key is break-off abruptly. The air should rush out. Don't worry if you don't create a perfect ring at first. Keep practising and you will get a bubble ring, just like the dolphins.

3) Pink Dolphin Pictures Pink Dolphins

The pink dolphin lives in the Amazon rainforest. They are usually born grey and become pinker with age: they are found in the tributaries and main rivers of the Orinoco River systems in South America. This animal can stay submerged for up to fifteen minutes; males sleep just below the surface and they come up to breathe. The pink dolphin's body has adapted to the rivers of the Amazon.

These Amazon dolphins are also known as 'botos'. However, there are also relatives in the Chinese Yangtze river, where they are called baiiji. Unfortunately, both species are endangered due to thoughtless hunters.

Other pink albino bottlenose dolphins have been spotted in Calcasieu Lake, Louisiana, USA, reports Snopes.com.

Pink pacific humpback dolphins [known as white dolphins] are also found in small populations off the coast of China, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Hong Kong dolphin watch has been working since 1995 to increase the public’s awareness of these dolphins plight as they are struggling to survive.

The Pink Dolphin Appeal was launched in April 2003 and collects money for research into breast cancer.

4) I Wish I Could Swim With These Dolphins

Lovely, Happy, Carefree Dolphins

Dolphin Engrish

Because there is danger that is involved in a dolphin. Please do not grow a hand in a fence.

It's unlikely this dog read the above dolphin sign

Interesting Facts About Dolphins

Watching dolphins feeding on shoals of fish is fascinating. The school of dolphins herd the fish into a ball, then each dolphin in the school takes it in turn to swim through the fish and seize a tasty snack. Such is the control of the dolphins, that it is impossible for the fish to escape until all the dolphins have had their fill.

How dolphins drink water is a conundrum. In a nutshell, they don't drink seawater, because of the salt concentration. Thus they have to obtain water through their food, for example, squid or sea cucumber. The rest of their water balance is down to having efficient kidneys. Talking of water balance, let us consider, how do we humans 'lose' water? The answer is by sweating and through exhaling, both of which are reduced in the dolphin.

Dolphins see and navigate their underwater world by echo location. By generating clicks at about 500 clicks per second, dolphins can echo locate, their friends, their foes and their prey. We are only just appreciating their skill in simultaneously detecting objects, both near and far, moving and stationary.

Although dolphins are more closely related to dogs than cows, the males are called bulls, the females cows, and their offspring are calves. I am never sure why a group is called a school of dolphins, is it because of their playfulness, or is it their keenness to learn?

If you research the meaning of the English word 'Dolphin', you will find that it leads to the Latin word delphinus and ultimately to the Greek, delphís. The meaning of these words is linked to the Greek for womb, perhaps the ancients were seeking a name that showed that this animal was a mammal and not a fish.

It is also suggested that dolphin means beak. Whilst the beak is a key feature of the dolphin, and is useful in telling the difference between the various species, I cannot immediately see how Dolphin MEANS beak. I go with dolphin meaning 'womb fish'.

Swim with Dolphins

Will and Guy's Strange But True Dolphin Stories

1) Swim with Dolphins

2) Dolphins Playing with Bubble Rings

3) Pink Dolphin Pictures

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4) I Wish I Could Swim With These Dolphins

Lovely, Happy, Carefree Dolphins

Dolphin Engrish

It's unlikely this dog read the above dolphin sign

Interesting Facts About Dolphins

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