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Man has also affected dolphins in another manner: hunting and wholesale slaughter. Despite the affectionate image a dolphin has, man has feared the competition dolphins allegedly bring with regard to commercial fishing. The Japanese conduct yearly harvests against dolphins in which thousands are slaughtered, and in the late-20th century tuna boats – which ironically rely on dolphins to locate schools of tuna – trapped and drowned thousands more via nets.
Man has also affected dolphins in another manner: hunting and wholesale slaughter. Despite the affectionate image a dolphin has, man has feared the competition dolphins allegedly bring with regard to commercial fishing. The Japanese conduct yearly harvests against dolphins in which thousands are slaughtered, and in the late-20th century tuna boats – which ironically rely on dolphins to locate schools of tuna – trapped and drowned thousands more via nets.
== Flipperpithecus ==
''See also:'' [[Flipperpithecus]]
[[Flipperpithecus]] was the name of the "humanoid species" arising from a fossil find that is most likely part of [[dolphin]]'s rib. The name "Flipperpithecus" was given by anthropologist Dr. Tim White and reported in ''Science News''.<ref name="Herb">W. Herbert, Science News. 123:246 (1983)</ref>
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