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[[Image:Bottlenose_Dolphin_KSC04pd0178.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A bottlenose dolphin.]]
[[Image:Bottlenose_Dolphin_KSC04pd0178.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A bottlenose dolphin.]]
'''Dolphins''' are a number of kinds of small toothed [[whale]]s. The largest (and fiercest) dolphin is the [[killer whale]].
'''Dolphins''' are a number of kinds of small toothed [[whale]]s.
The term [[porpoise]], sometimes used [[synonym]]ously with dolphin, in fact should refer only to certain small blunt-snouted types, generally of inshore habitat, such as the harbour porpoise of the North Atlantic.
The term [[porpoise]], sometimes used [[synonym]]ously with dolphin, in fact should refer only to certain small blunt-snouted types, generally of inshore habitat, such as the harbour porpoise of the North Atlantic.
Dolphins live in salt water but can survive in fresh water.<ref>http://www.wdcs.org/dan/publishing.nsf/allweb/E8ADCC3DEEE1556E802568F8004DF252</ref>
Dolphins live in salt water but can survive in fresh water.<ref>http://www.wdcs.org/dan/publishing.nsf/allweb/E8ADCC3DEEE1556E802568F8004DF252</ref>
The largest species dolphin is the [[orca]] (or "killer whale").
==References==
==References==