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Lightning, Our Adopted Dolphin!
Our office has officially adopted a dolphin named Lightning. Lightning is a very acrobatic male. He loves to roam and travels further than the other dolphins. The large nick at the top of his fin makes him one of the most distinctive dolphins in the population. As his name suggests he is a super-fast swimmer - once he swam the 125 miles between Aberdeen and Cromarty in five days and he currently holds the Moray Firth's swimming record for traveling over 37 miles at a speed of almost 2 miles per hour! When he is in the inner Moray Firth, he likes to socialize with other dolphins such as Jigsaw. Here is his picture:

Echolocation is a very special skill that odontocetes use for hunting, keeping track of one another, searching for predators and 'seeing' their surroundings. It is rather like the system bats use to hunt in the dark and involves creating 'sound pictures' by making clicking noises and listening to the echoes that come back. The amount of information obtained through echolocation is astonishing. The time lapse between each click and its echo enables the whale or dolphin to estimate how far away an object is; the form of the echo helps to identify its size and shape; and the varying strength of the echo provides information on the direction in which the object is moving. Even prey hidden under the sand isn't safe because echolocation is so sophisticated that a dolphin 'see' through the sand and tell the difference between hidden rocks and hidden fish just by the type of echo produced. Some researchers have suggested that bottlenose dolphins can stun their prey by producing very loud noises.

Anyone can adopt a dolphin! It's simple. Our office contributed money to the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society at www.wdcs.org . You can too. In doing so will made a difference in protecting the dolphins and whales of the world. This organization is based in the United Kingdom and is the worldwide voice for the protection of dolphin, whales, and their environment. You can also check out more information about dolphins at www.seaworld.org/infobooks/bottlenose. I'll give 3 sand dollars to anyone who finds out the greatest depth that a dolphin has been known to dive under experimental conditions and the fastest recorded speed. You can find this on this web site!

They have several important programs such as the Cruel Seas Program where their experts do research and produce reports, run campaigns, informs the public, and attends meetings where the fate of whales and dolphins is decided. They encourage good whale watching and dolphin watching operations all over the world through their Positive Tourism Program. The Clean and Healthy Seas Program combats environmental threats such as pollution, plastic debris, over-fishing and climate change. They even have an Out of the Blue Whale and Dolphin Adventure Vacations with sailing trips to the Azores, the spectacular Peninsula Valdes in Argentina. They have weekend and one week trips to Moray Firth in Scotland, and treking and rafting adventures to Nepal. Go to www.bluetravel@wdcs.org for more information. Sign me up!!!

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