April 14 – National Dolphin Day

Posted on April 14, 2015

Dolphins are about as interesting as any animal could be, because they are so intelligent. Today, on National Dolphin Day, you could go in so many different directions:

• Visit dolphins in real life or in a virtual way, such as this video about a new behavior that dolphins invented. 

• Read about dolphin intelligence. This article gives some really interesting examples of dolphins learning and teaching behaviors.

• Check out the pink (albino) bottlenose dolphin...much cuter than the pink river dolphin from the Amazon river! 

• 

  Dolphins use the sounds they emit to locate yummy
  fish and other things in the marine environment.
  
  It's called echolocation.

  Listen to dolphin sounds. 

• Learn about dolphins saving a dog and doing other heroic deeds.

• Learn more about dolphin's bodies and lives and habits and habitats here or here.

• Watch Dolphin Tale.

• Finally, I have not yet listened to this TED talk, but Denise Herzing asks, “Can we speak the language of dolphins?”

Also on this date:

Author and educator John Holt's birthday

Anniversary of the completion of the Human Genome Project

Archeologist Augustus Pitt-Rivers's birthday

Plan ahead:

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• April holidays   
• April birthdays 
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• May birthdays 
• Historical anniversaries in May