The second story tells of the Greek poet Arion of Lesbos ( 7th century BC ), who was saved by a dolphin.

There, he was rescued by a dolphin which had been charmed by Arion's music.

The name is originally from Greek ( delphís ), " dolphin ", which was related to the Greek ( delphus ), " womb ".

Demeter was depicted in her archaic form, a Medusa type with a horse's head with snaky hair, holding a dove and a dolphin.

Indeed, until recently, it was believed that the development of technology was restricted only to human beings, but recent scientific studies indicate that other primates and certain dolphin communities have developed simple tools and learned to pass their knowledge to other generations.

" Because of this he ordered them to be kept under guard, and instructed Arion to hide in the monument of the dolphin the next morning, attired as he was when he threw himself into the sea.

When the King had brought them there, and ordered them to swear by the departed spirit of the dolphin that Arion was dead, Arion came out of the monument.

Arion on the dolphin is the imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, publishers based in Boston and New York ; the figure was used previously by the sixteenth-century Basel printer Johannes Oporinus as his device.

Another tradition indicates Taras as the founder of the city ; the symbol of the Greek city ( as well as of the modern city ) depicts the legend of Taras being saved from a shipwreck by riding a dolphin that was sent to him by Poseidon.

This originally meant " dolphin " and was used because of the animals ' grunting sounds ( which were felt to be similar ).

The body of the latter was carried by a dolphin to the Isthmus of Corinth and deposited under a pine tree.

One type of harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena relicta, used to live in the Sea of Azov and was therefore called " Azov dolphin " () in the Soviet Union.

The code-cracking Navy dolphin Jones's reliance on heroin was one of many scenes cut during an editing process.

* Dictys, one of the sailors who tried to abduct Dionysus but was turned into a dolphin by the god.

The annual dolphin hunt in Taiji was the subject of the 2009 documentary The Cove, and sparked a unanimous decision by the town's council, headed by Graeme Campbell, to end the relationship with Taiji if the dolphin hunt were to continue.

The Irrawaddy dolphin was once placed in the same family ; however, recent genetic evidence suggests that these dolphins actually belong to the Delphinidae family.

In her Harry Potter series, J. K. Rowling observed that a wizard who became a rat had a rat's brain ( although the Animagus talent bypasses this problem ), and in her Earthsea books, Ursula K. Le Guin depicts an animal form as slowly transforming the wizard's mind, so that the dolphin, or bear, or other creature forgets it was human and can not change back, a voluntary shapeshifting becoming an imprisoning metamorphosis.

He was a researcher of the nature of consciousness using mainly isolation tanks, dolphin communication, and psychedelic drugs, sometimes in combination.

Born in 1517 Pierre Belon was a French naturalist who did research and held discussions on dolphin embryos as well as the comparisons between the skeletons of birds to the skeletons of humans.

A young La Plata dolphin was rescued in 2011 off of Montevideo, Uruguay.

Until the 1970s, the South Asian river dolphin was regarded as a single species.

* 1637: The Chinese white dolphin was first discovered in Hong Kong by the adventurer Peter Mundy near the Pearl River.

* Delphinus ( constellation ), the astronomical constellation which symbolizes a dolphin

L ’ Homo Delphinus ( 1983, published in English as Homo Delphinus – The dolphin within man ) – Throughout his book Mayol expounds his theories about man ’ s relationship with the sea: Does man really have an aquatic origin?

Sagitta lies within the Milky Way and is bordered by the following constellations ( beginning at the north and then continuing clockwise ): the little fox Vulpecula, the mythological hero Hercules, the eagle Aquila and the dolphin Delphinus.

The impressive South American conifer Fitzroya cupressoides is named after him as well as the Delphinus fitzroyi, a species of dolphin discovered by Darwin during his voyage aboard the Beagle.

***** Long-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus capensis

***** Short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis

However, Gray later wrote that a similar dolphin was described as Delphinus supercilious by French surgeons and naturalists René Primevère Lesson and Prosper Garnot from a specimen collected off the coast of Tasmania two years before his own classification.

The common dolphin is the name given to two species ( and possibly a third ) of dolphin making up the genus Delphinus.

Prior to the mid-1990s, most taxonomists only recognised one species in this genus, the common dolphin Delphinus delphis.

Modern cetologists usually recognise two species-the Short-beaked common dolphin, which retains the systematic name Delphinus delphis, and the long-beaked common dolphin Delphinus capensis.

The short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis is listed globally on Appendix II of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals ( CMS ) as it has an unfavourable conservation status or would benefit significantly from international co-operation organised by tailored agreements.

The short-beaked common dolphin ( Delphinus delphis ) is a species of common dolphin.

The short-beaked common dolphin is a member of common dolphin genus, Delphinus within the dolphin family, Delphinidae.

Currently, there are two recognized species of Delphinus: the short-beaked common dolphin and the long-beaked common dolphin ( D. capensis ).

The Mediterranean population of the short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis is listed on Appendix I, while the North Sea, Baltic Sea, Mediterranean, Black Sea and eastern tropical Pacific populations are listed on Appendix II of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals ( CMS ).

The Long-beaked common dolphin ( Delphinus capensis ) is a species of common dolphin.

Their logo of the anchor and dolphin is represented today in the symbols and names used by some modern publishers such as Doubleday.

Its integument, unlike that of most other dolphin species, is characterised by a well-developed dermal layer with a dense network of fascicles of collagen fibers.

Gear and deployment modifications, and eco-labelling ( dolphin-safe or dolphin-friendly brands of tuna ), have contributed to a reduction in dolphin mortality by tuna vessels.

* September 26 – New Zealand dolphin Pelorus Jack is individually protected by Order in Council under the Sea Fisheries Act.

They are distinct from dolphins, although the word " porpoise " has been used to refer to any small dolphin, especially by sailors and fishermen.

The highly artistic coins presented the symbol of the city, Taras being saved by a dolphin, with the reverse side showing the likeness of a hippocamp, a horse-fish amalgam which is depicted in mythology as the beast that drew Poseidon's chariot.

Tourism boats designed for whale and dolphin watching can also negatively impact on marine mammals by interfering with their natural behavior.

This has occurred since 1612, when the inhabitants of Cedar Key were cursed by a Native American wizard after a clam fisherman had consumated a dolphin.

Short novel inspired by the story of Opo the dolphin.

Examples of such associations include four species of gull feeding around plumes of mud brought to the surface by feeding Grey Whales, and also between Orcas ( largest dolphin specie ) and Kelp Gulls ( and other seabirds ).