Surprising and little-known facts about dolphins

• The amazing and little known facts about dolphins

These beautiful creatures will never cease to amaze us:

Even a very serious and deep trauma (such as biting sharks), dolphins heal very quickly. Their body are restored to the original state.

Dolphin, which sailors dubbed Pelorus Jack, for some unknown reason, for as much as 14 years, constantly accompanied by the ships of Cook Strait off the coast of New Zealand. He disappeared in 1912.

In the 60 years, scientists have tried to train dolphins English, which gave them LSD. Speak in English Dolphins have not learned, but began to show clear sexual interest in the female half of the research team.

Dolphins sleep with one eye open. They never cease to watch and listen to what is happening around them.

In orcas, dolphins and beluga right and left hemispheres of the brain sleep alternately, so that animals can breathe while resting. For them, you need to stay active all the time, at least in part - to rise to the surface if necessary and avoid encounters with predators.

With the ability to echolocation, dolphins are able to determine the woman's pregnancy.

The Dolphins have the ability to see yourself in the mirror and admire its beauty.

There is an animal called Wholphin - a hybrid of killer whales and dolphins. Currently alive, only two of them.

There are cases when dolphins males females captured in captivity, and were not allowed to eat until they agree to have sex.

In addition to the person to commit suicide can only dolphins, whales and monkeys.

Dolphin deliberately eating toxic puffer fish to "get high."

The dolphins sometimes play cubs sharks like volleyballs.

Nipples delfinihi are in the anus - small delfinyata stick their beaks into the hole and mother squirts milk.

Dolphins give each other names, and respond to the call even strangers their relatives.

Dolphins are self-aware. Therefore, some researchers and animal welfare advocates are making for them the status of "non-human sentient beings" and demand respect for their rights. This, incidentally, the only animals that use the brain more active than men.

Dolphins are able to find an old friend, even after 20 years of separation.