Re: March 7th - Making Bail, Equipment Failure and other fish stories

On May 9, 11:10=A0pm, Claus Fr=F8rup <Cl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> The bottlenosed Dolphin can easily be trained to do specific tasks,
> just like a dog.
> And the ****poise is extreemely difficult to train, just like your
> household cat.

> Any real marine mamologist knows that.


Well, what can I say............. I had a cat that comes when I
whistle and would leave when I said "out"

How could i train a cat to do that? The same the way marine
entertainment industry train their odontocets ..
Here ya go, how do you get an odontocet to jump through a ring of
fire. After all theyre just  a dumb fish right?

(Hint: Progressive approximation of the target behavior.)

But back to the ****poise dolphin debate........... There are NO
taxonomical diffrences between the two. ****posise and dolphine are
simply common names that lay persons use.

Go get this book. Its paperback and a typical NOAA white cover. It
will help inform you.

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Leatherwood, S., R.R. Reeves, W.F. Perrin and W. E. Evans
    1988    Whales, Dolphins and ****poises of the Eastern North
Pacific and Adjacent Arctic Waters.  A guide to their identification.
Dover Press, NY.  245 p.  (Corrected and slightly revised
republication of 1982 NOAA Tech Re****t, Circular 444.)
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Id let ya use mine but i gave it to a 6th grade student some years ago
who was interested in pinipeds, a heated topic in the Columbia River
this last week.

Odontocets are a tremdous research area and a very popular topic. Good
luck with your search. When you have other questions please contact me
anytime.
Cordially,
Bob