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ECHOES OF THE SEA

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THERE ARE AROUND 40 SPECIES OF DOLPHINS IN THE WORLD, ADAPTED TO DIFFERENT SEAS AND ECOSYSTEMS.

WHERE
THEY
LIVE

They inhabit temperate, tropical, and some cold-temperate waters around the world, including the Red Sea, the Mediterranean, and the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans.

A robust, streamlined body, gray with a paler underside.

A short, rounded snout that gives them their characteristic "smile."

Extremely social and intelligent: they live in groups called pods and cooperate when hunting.

They communicate through a complex range of sounds, whistles, and clicks.

They can swim faster than 30 kilometers per hour and leap as high as 5 meters.

DID YOU KNOW?

They can recognize themselves in a mirror, a sign of self-awareness shared by very few animals.

• They sleep with only one hemisphere of the brain at a time. The other remains alert so they can continue breathing and watch for predators.

• They have been observed helping sick dolphins, injured sharks, and even humans lost at sea.

Every dolphin has a unique whistle, a kind of personal "name" through which they recognize one another.

Ph. by M. Herko / NOAA · Public Domain

Because they remind us that living also means playing, exploring, and enjoying the journey.

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FROM THE SEA INTO YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE
The same illustration in two formats.
 

One to keep at home. Another to carry the sea with you wherever you go.