Hawaii Spinner Dolphin

The Hawaiian Dolphin

The most common and smallest dolphin seen around the islands of Hawaii. The are playful, follow boats, engage with swimmers and divers and are very friendly. The Hawaii Spinner Dolphin gets its name from the the ability to spin their body around when they leaps out of the water.

Dolphin Communication

Dolphin Communication

Their sounds include echolocation clicks, whistles, and others broadly defined as burst-pulses. In the past, spinner dolphins were found to be acoustically silent during rest and that the amount of sound produced by the dolphins was positively related to their activity level.

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Dolphin Biology

Man has long been curious about the history and origins of the dolphin. The dolphin predates homosapiens by 50 million years. We share many traits with dolphin including emotions, intelligence, a mother nurturing and nursing its baby, and family structure. One of the reasons we need to understand the dolphin

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Dolphin Brain

The Dolphin is believed to be the most intelligent animal on earth with a brain much larger than the humans and the capacity to use their brain in ways the human can’t yet understand. They can use sonar to communicate, map their surroundings as well as stun prey to just scratch the surface.

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