Sentences with 'dolphin'
Example sentences and phrases with the word dolphin and other words derived from it.
• « The sound was of a large bottlenose dolphin clearing its blowhole within ten yards of the skiff. Behind it others appeared. »
• « As the female dolphin writhed in the water, we could tell from the size of her abdomen that she was about to give birth. But what happened next we did not witness. The pod of dolphins suddenly submerged, as if to block our view of the birth. »
• « Having spent most of my life in the water as a sailor, I have heard accounts of how a pregnant female dolphin, without stopping swimming, even at the height of labour, sometimes curves her body, aided by at least one companion and surrounded by the rest of the pod. Finally, a cloud of blood is released, and suddenly a fully-formed calf appears. »
• « Another theory goes so far as to speak of dolphin stress. Frederick Wood of the University of Georgia argues: "Under conditions of great stress, cetaceans choose to return to land, seeking the protection of the habitat where their ancestors lived. »