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:06:03
for some reason
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the dolphins always rush up
the banks on their right side

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over time
the teeth on that side will

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actually be worn down from
chewing as much mud as fish

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occasionally
they will work themselves

:06:21
completely out of the water
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being stranded up
here could be fatal

:06:41
as they shimmy up the mud
banks it's almost as

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if they're evolving into
the land creatures they once were

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some fifty million years ago
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the ancestors
of these air-breathing

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mammals ventured
into the seas

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to follow dolphins
in the wild is to discover

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one of the most remarkable
adaptations in the natural world

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they use their intelligence
to survive

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changing or inventing strategies
to suit their environment

:07:21
spinner dolphins leap in what
appears to a display of exuberance

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in fact,
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they may be signaling
others to join them,

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or coordinating
movements of the pod...

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a kind of long
distance communication.

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At close range,
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dolphins "speak" through
clicks and whistles.


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