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To: kahoutek
Although false killer whales and Atlantic bottlenose dolphins are different species, they are classified within the same family by scientists.
 
Well, apparently they're not.  The definition of a species is a group organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring.  Clearly they're the same species.
Owl_Eagle

(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,

 it was probably sarcasm)

4 posted on 04/15/2005 7:19:58 AM PDT by End Times Sentinel (In Memory of my Dear Friend Henry Lee II)
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To: Owl_Eagle
Someone didn't proofread this article. In fact, many people didn't proofread this article...

Park researchers suspect the wholphin's father is a 15-foot long Atlantic bottlenose dolphin named Mikioi.
Atlantic bottlenose dolphins reach a maximum size of 12 feet and can weigh up to 700 pounds.

14 posted on 04/15/2005 7:42:35 AM PDT by jz638
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