Tags: bottlenose  dolphin  orca  porpoise  rough-toothed  species  spotted  Stenella  striped  taxonomy  Tursiops  whale  
Channel: Pets & Animals
Uploaded: July 6, 2008 at 7:32 am
Author: dolphincommproject
Length: 01:29
Rating: 5.00
Views: 893
The Dolphin Species Song (produced by the Dolphin Communication Project) lists all of the known dolphin species - set to the tune of Gilbert and Sullivan's Modern Major General. Lyrics: Spinner, spotted, southern right whale northern right whale bottlenoseHector's, Risso's, Fraser's, Striped, Indo-pacific bottlenoseThe humpback comes in maybe 3 or 4 or even 5 species But there are many more than these so pay attention pleaseLa Plata, Ganges, Indus, Amazon, and the Tucuxi tooThese are the dolphins that live in fresh water rivers yes it's trueThe Baiji once was on the list but now it's gone it don't existpollution made it disappear it will be very sorely missedBeluga's not a dolphin but I thought I'd name it anywayWhite beaked dolphins have a white beak which is why there' named that wayCommerson he named a dolphin Heaviside he named one tooif you're a famous scientist those are the things they let you dothe long finned pilot whale is not a whale no it's a dolphin toothe short finned pilot whale has slightly shorter fins oh yes it's trueThe melon headed whale does not have melons for a head and it's a dolphin not a whale I hope I'm not confusing you they call the orca killer whale though it's a dolphin like the restthere's clymene, rough-toothed, hourglass, and dusky I like them the bestThe Irrawaddy dolphin swims in rivers and the ocean it's a quite uncommon notion to this fact I can attestLong and short beaked common dolphin Hector's, Peal's, and Black oh myPacific and Atlantic white sided and striped and Maui's kindThere's false and pygmy killer whale Australian snubfin's the new guy and now I think I've named them all so next time I think you should try