Common Dolphins
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| Scientific name | Delphinus |
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| Family | Delphinidae |
| Length | Short-beaked common dolphin |
| Speed | Short-beaked common dolphin |
| Mass | Short-beaked common dolphin |
| Did you know | Common dolphins travel in groups of around 10 – 50 in number and frequently gather into schools containing 100 to 2000 individuals. |
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| ID | 1448498 |
About Common Dolphins
The common dolphin is the name given to two species of dolphin making up the genus Delphinus. Taxonomists and cetologists usually recognise two species — the short-beaked common dolphin, which retains the systematic name Delphinus delphis, and the long-beaked common dolphin D. capensis.
Second dolphin dies in inland Cambridgeshire river
... Two Common Dolphins had been spotted in the river at King s Lynn in Norfolk and then near Huntingdon, last week...
Cambridgeshire: Dolphin dies after inland rescue effort
... The river runs off the River Great Ouse, where a pair of Common Dolphins near Huntingdon, this week...
'Dolphin snot' used to look at health of pod off Gower
... Lots of Common Dolphins also come close to shore in summer, off Gower, Pembrokeshire and Cardigan Bay...
Stranded whales: Numbers on the rise around UK shores
... Accidental entanglement in fishing gear accounted for about one in four deaths of Common Dolphins, and one in 10 for the harbour porpoise...
Cambridgeshire: Dolphin dies after inland rescue effort
A dolphin that became trapped in reeds after swimming up to 45 miles inland has died, a conservation group says.
British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) was called to the New Bedford River, near Pymoor, Cambridgeshire, at about 19:30 BST on Saturday.
The River runs off The River Great Ouse, where a pair of Common Dolphins near Huntingdon, This Week .
BDMLR said the distressed mammal was put down after rescue efforts failed.
'Maternally dependent'" The Dolphin had wedged itself deep into The Reeds , "
" There was some minor visible trauma to The Dolphin 's dorsal area and its breathing rate was elevated.
" The young dolphin was almost certainly maternally dependent and would need to be able to find its mother if it were to have a chance of survival, but with no sightings of an adult in that area of The River , it was looking more likely that they had become separated before The Calf stranded. "
A veterinarian was called and The Dolphin was put down on welfare grounds at about 01:00.
Pymoor is about 25 miles (40km) from The Sea . Bluntisham, where The Animals were seen earlier in the week, is about 36 miles (58km) from the nearest coast.
BDMLR said it was still looking for The Other dolphin to track its movements and monitor its health.
It called on members of The Public to not approach or interfere with the protected species as it " may cause distress and difficulties" for the creature.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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