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Dolphins are playful and cleverness make them fascinating to watch . Dolphins
are not fish they are mammals that live in the sea . They have to come to the
top of the water every half minute , so they can breathe . But dolphins can stay
under the water for six or seven minutes ,if he holds his breath .
The dolphin breathes in his head because he has a blow hole in his head that
allows him to breathe . Dolphins have a lot of teeth to help them eat. Each
dolphin has almost one hundred teeth in his mouth all the same size and shape .
The only work the teeths have is catching food , but not chewing it. First the
dolphin catches a fish then he swallows it . A dolphin has a good eye . But
sometimes he can't see very well in the water because is so full of shadows ,
and mud , and plantsthat grow at he bottom .
The dolphin uses his ears so much it is hard to see his hears . They are
located in the sides of his heads and are two tiny pin holes . The dolphin can
hear very well . A dolphin sleeps a foot or two below the top of the water . He
takes little naps every half minute or so he moves his tail up and down .This
brings him up for a breath of air . Then he drifts down and sleeps some more .
Some dolphins stay together they play and learn and grow up . One reason they
stay together is the enemies in the sea .
The Shark is their enemy and so is the Killer Whale .If a killer whale comes
close , the dolphins make a circle . The female dolphins and their babies are in
the middle of the circle . The male dolphins swim around the outside of the
cicle . It is hard to attack when there is a bunch of dolphins . But sometimes
the enemy attacks and the dolphins attack back .
When a dolphin cries for help the other dolphin comes to help . One day some
dolphins were playing around a big boat they did flips in the water and jumped
high in the air . But one dolphin was jumping too high and was to close to a
boat . That fell against the hard side of the boat and was hurt . Then the
dolphins heard the whistle for help they swam over their hurt friend . But was
sinking in the water that the two friends started to push him up for a breathe
air . Then he took a big breath of air and he swam away with his friends .
That shows that the Dolphins stay together and are friendly . Dolphins are
among the most playful of all animals , even as adults .They play with each
other , with whatever the may find , and with the fish they are about to eat .
They even like to play with people , wich maybe people enjoy dolphins so much .
Dolphins learn humans games quickly , and they alsomake up their own games and
teach them mto people .
Dolphins will almost play with anything balls, feathers , and many other
things . They can play basketball ,play toss the ring , jump up high , fetch a
stick in the water , ring a bell when he is jumping and other varieties .
Sometimes dolphins are shy when they swim close to shore . If people are gentle
to the dolphins get over their shyness
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