Hello,
We are Splash and Nic Nic and we are
adopted by zevenseas.
Splash: Nic Nic is my mom and I like it here in Cardigan Bay.
Nic Nic: They spotted me first in Cardigan Bay around 1990 and i'm
still there.
Of course we are free animals and we want to keep it that way. Don't expect
us in a aquarium in the office at zevenseas very soon, they just adopted us but
they don't own us!
Below some facts on what we are:
Our dorsal fin
The dorsal or back fin stabilises us in
the same way as a keel on a sailboat stabilises a boat. Most whales and dolphins
have a dorsal fin, but in some it has been reduced to just a series of bumps,
such as in the sperm whale. In some it has been lost altogether such as in the
beluga, narwhal and right whales.
How well do we see?
We have excellent vision, both in the
water and in the air. The only members of our family with reduced vision are the
river dolphins found in the Amazon, Ganges and Indus rivers. In their case the
eye is simply a slit 2-3 mm in diameter.
How deep can we dive?
Much deeper than you poor humans
:-) One of our brothers was trained by the US Navy and could dive 535 meters.