Dolphins and Porpoises

Some gray whales have been observed in homosexual behavior.

Both dolphins and whales have blowholes because they do not have noses to breathe but a hole to breathe when they reach the surface of the water.Therefore,this is an adaptation for both animals.

$40,000 USD About $40,000/year.

Getting Your Feet Wet

There are two routes to take depending where you are in your life when you decide you want to work with marine mammals. If you are fortunate enough to realize this is something you want relatively early, like before you are through college, you are ahead in the game. A degree in zoology, marine biology, biology, or other related courses will advance your career quickly. It will also give you broader knowledge and background information associated with your career, like why dolphins always look like they are smiling.

Technically a college degree is not necessary. But the truth is most places will not hire someone lacking a degree unless they have a substantial amount of experience. The famous Catch-22 question is: How do I get experience if no one will hire me without a diploma? The best choice is either interning or volunteering at an aquatic facility (no, life guarding doesn't count). The little to no pay can be a drawback, but like anything worth pursuing, everyone must pay some dues. This also demonstrates desire, a quality employers value.

Looking Before You Leap

According to the International Marine Animal Trainers Association, marine mammal training "is a conditioning process through which animals receive mental stimulation, physical exercise, and husbandry care." So it's not just making dolphins jump through hoops. Trainers spend a great deal of their work time caring for the animals. This includes pool maintenance, food and diet preparation, and upkeep of the animals' water.

Another facet to a career as a marine mammal trainer is participating in and creating the numerous education programs facilities host. All of the organizations connected to marine mammal professions stress that through education, the public can better appreciate and understand the animals and their environments. With this in mind, it is helpful to have solid public-speaking skills and a lengthy temper.

What's Left?

So either you have your degree in hand or you have accumulated enough volunteer hours so that your hands are permanently wrinkled and you smell like fish no matter what soap you use. What other requirements are there? Most positions require a certification in SCUBA, first aid, and water rescue (OK, so life guarding may help). Also considering the nature of the position, you need to be in above average physical condition. Medical examinations are usually mandatory and absolutely no drugs are tolerated.

Swimming in the Greenbacks

Quick warning: You will not get rich with a career in training dolphins. One organization's Web site reminds visitors "marine mammal scientists enter this field for the satisfaction of the work, not for the money-making potential of the career." Like any other career the money goes up with experience. But the competition is intense for such positions. And why not? Part of your job is to swim with dolphins. Average folks have to pay for the experience. In a recent survey, the median salary in the field was around $40,000. Those numbers won't break the bank, but you won't starve either. And if you do get a little hungry, you can probably sneak some smelt as a snack.

That's how they breathe, Mammalian fish such as the whale or dolphin need air to breathe just as much as they need water to swim in. When they break the surface and blow out the water they also take in a breath of air before diving back down

No dolphins chew their food. They just use their teeth to grasp food and then they swallow it.

Narwhals have no legs.

Squid eat mostly crabs,fish,and smaller squid.

Because at a first glance, they look like big fish. It takes careful study of their lifestyle to realize they're mammal---giving birth to live young, feeding them milk like we feed our children, breathing air, not water, and being warm blooded. This classification goes the same for whales and porpoises. But some people don't realize these facts about dolphins and assume that because they're in the water, they're fish---which is a misconception. Bats, for instance, fly in the air like birds, but they are also mammals.

No they DO NOT, they prefer fish

The movie was made recently,so the dolphin and if the real dolphin was used in the movie then y es, the dolphin is alive.

Yes. When they hibernate they curl up in a ball for warmth and sink to the bottom of the ocean

Yes

benthos :)

Dolphins are sometimes eaten by a specific type of shark. (not sure what shark though) Only because they have no other choice it is a food source so don't go hating sharks because one type of shark eats dolphins and don't hate that type of shark because it eats dolphins

Some of the dolphin`s family is the orca,pilot whale, and some porpises.Although this is not a complete answer.

Oil spills, human manufacturing and other polluting activities.

The greek word delphis (related to delphys meaning womb) is interpreted to mean "fish with a womb. It became delphinusin Latin, dolfinus in Middle Latin, and daulphin in Old French.

yes there is and it is that you can adopt one at wdcs.org please help protect these intelligent animals

They can swim 260 meters below the surface of the water at speeds of 25 mph, and they can swim 5 to 112 kilometers per hour; these underwater mammals can last 15 minutes underwater before taking another breath of air.

a porpoise can stay underwater for about 30 minutes or longer

Well they use ecolocation (a type of sonar) to track food and predators and such. They give out clicks, and whistles and then the sound bounces off the object and gets absorbed back into the dolphin's forehead.

Dall's Porpoise, Harbour porpoise and pacific whitesided dolphins are the three most comman but there well be different kinds in alaska.

Yes, a dolphin is a mammal!

Even if the dolphin swims in the ocean, it is in fact a mammal, like whales.

Like other mammals, dolphins give live births (meaning their offspring is not hatched from eggs but alive and functional as soon as it exits the mother's body)

The mother dolphin also feeds its offspring milk, something that only mammals can do.

Finally, dolphins don't have gills like fish and must surface frequently to breathe the air.

There is no measure of dolphin IQ, and since dolphins and humans use their intelligence in different ways it is hard to compare their intelligence. However, according to the Encyclopedia of Marine Animals, dolphins have 0,87 · 10^14 synapses in their cortex while humans have 1,3 · 10^14, which is about 67% of human synapses. That's probably the best idea you can get of dolphin intelligence.