that I read was Behind the Dolphin Smile written by Richard O’Barry and Keith Coulbourn. It has 288 pages‚ and was Published July 7th 2000 by Renaissance Books (first published September 1st 1991). Behind the Dolphin Smile is a book that is based on the true story of a dolphin trainer that was holding the dolphin that played Flapper on TV in his arms as it died of stressed. It was then that he realized that his career training dolphins had been a mistake and that dolphins deserve the same freedom as
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Dolphin assisted therapy (DAT) is a highly controversial topic in the medical world. Is it medicine or simply recreation? Whatever you might believe‚ you cannot deny the fact that dolphins are loving and nurturing mammals with the ability to show compassion. Along with that ability for compassion‚ some may claim that there is actual science‚ which proves that interactions with dolphins have helped to treat many patients. Most of the patients in dolphin assisted therapy are children with autism‚ Down’s
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How To Protect Endangered Species? Indus River Dolphin Common names: Indus river dolphin‚ bhulan‚ blind river dolphin‚ Indus dolphin‚ side swimming dolphin‚ Plataniste de l’Indus (Fr)‚ Delfín del Indo (Sp) Scientific name: Plantanista minor What are Indus river dolphins? The Indus River dolphin (Platanista minor) is one of the world’s rarest mammals and the second most endangered freshwater river dolphin. The species is characterized by a long beak‚ rounded belly‚ stocky body‚ very small dorsal
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isolated community of Taiji into the midst of an ever-growing controversial debate surrounding the slaughter of 2047 dolphins and the captivity of 58 dolphins for human entertainment over the past year. The cove‚ surrounded by rocky shoreline was once the perfect hiding spot to keep prying eyes away‚ but it could only stay hidden for so long as people started to wonder why during the months of September through February‚ the waters ran a deep crimson red. The newly named dolphin slaughterhouse within
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WEEK ONE What is Forensic Psychology? * Psychology * The science of human * Thought * Emotion * Behaviour * Forensic: means ‘of the courts’ * Literal interpretation: ‘Psychology of the courts’ * Criminal psychology * Relates to the psychology of criminal behaviour as well as the social context in which it occurs * Forensic psychology is broader than criminal psychology. It relates to: * Criminal law * Civil law
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White Dolphins in Hong Kong Periodically‚ all government needs to balance between economic and environmental development. Chinese White Dolphin‚ being one of the marine biodiversity indicators‚ has been under international concern in the 1990s. Being one of the major habitats of the Chinese White Dolphin‚ the seabed near Northern Lantau was under reclamation for the Chek Lap Kok Airport construction‚ which resulted in a loss of local habitat and cause rapid decline in population of the dolphins. Soon
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January 2011 Dolphin Trainer A Dolphin Trainer is a dream career of many people! Almost everyone has seen a dolphin‚ read or had some type of interaction with them. It’s amazing how such these beautiful creatures can perform such cool tricks. It’s even more amazing what the trainers have to do to instruct the animals to perform the tricks‚ it might seem easy while they are cueing the dolphins‚ but there is so much more behind of all of it. What people don’t see is the unique dolphin-human relationship
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When the word dolphin comes to mind what do you think of? Seaworld? Flipper? or what about tuna? What most people don’t think about is Dolphins helping the United States Navy. Since 1950’s dolphins have been trained in captivity to assist the navy with important missions. The Navy also has done research with dolphins to help better understand the way this animal lives in its environment and to see how to protect it. This program is called Navy Marine Mammal Program(NMMP).This program turns heads
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1. Citation: Authors: Stefan Miedler‚ Andreas Fahlman‚ Monica Valls Torres‚ Teresa Alvaro Alvarez‚ and Daniel Garcia Parraga Year published: 2015 Title of the Article: Evaluating cardiac physiology through echocardiography in bottlenose dolphins: using stroke volume and cardiac output to estimate systolic left ventricular function during rest and following exercise Journal: Journal of Experimental Biology Volume: 218 Page numbers: 3604-3610 2. Research Sponsor: a. The authors of this experiment
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Dolphins in the Ocean Park The main attraction at Hong Kong’s Ocean Park is a dolphin show with an earnest message about humans and animals living in harmony. Yet‚ David Wong of Hong Kong animal rights group Animal Earth says the shows are "detrimental to moral thinking." He also says that the very act of capturing the animals strips people of all respect that they may have for animals. There was an anti-dolphin show campaign by local animal rights groups in the summer of 2012. They wanted
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