The Probert Encyclopaedia of Nature

DOLPHIN

The Dolphin (formerly also known as a sea-goose) is a genus of cetaceans. The flesh is coarse, rank, and disagreeable, but is used by the Laplanders as food. Dolphins live on fish, mollusca, etc, and often may be seen in numbers round shoals of herring. The animal has to come to the surface at short intervals to breathe. The blow-hole is of a semilunar form, with a kind of valvular apparatus, and opens on the vertex, nearly over the eyes. The structure of the ear renders the sense of hearing very acute, and the animal is observed to be attracted by regular or harmonious sounds. One or two young are produced by the female, who suckles and watches them with great care and anxiety, long after they have acquired considerable size. Compactness and strength are the characteristics of the genus. Dolphins are renowned for being highly intelligent and friendly towards swimmers and ships.
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