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Dolphins (family Delphinidae) and river dolphin (family Platanistidae). Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis). Commerson's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus commersonii). mammal: dolphins jumping South American river dolphin common dolphin dolphin dolphin river dolphin
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Bottle-nosed dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)
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Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters
Animal Group Names
Lion (panthera leo)
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Dolphin whistle decoders win $100,000 interspecies communication prize • May 16, 2025, 6:46 AM ET (The Guardian)

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Dolphins (family Delphinidae) and river dolphin (family Platanistidae).
Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus).
Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis).
Commerson's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus commersonii).
mammal: dolphins jumping
South American river dolphin
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Learn how dolphins use echolocation to detect any object
Observe social interactions of bottlenose dolphins at Scandola Nature Reserve on the coast of Corsica, also home to crabs and lobsters and other marine life
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Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters
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