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<FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14pt'>After seeing Scott Robertson’s post on this intriguing bit of video, I did a little checking of my own on its veracity. As Scott correctly points out, <a href="http://www.snopes.com">http://www.snopes.com</a> is a very good clearing house for checking into potential urban legends. I did a search of their site and came up with the following:<BR>
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<a href="http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/dolphinrings.asp">http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/dolphinrings.asp</a><BR>
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It’s exciting to see that this behavior is not only true, but documented in the professional literature:<BR>
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<a href="http://faculty.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/faculty/bjmccowan/Pubs/McCowanetal.JCP.2000.pdf">http://faculty.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/faculty/bjmccowan/Pubs/McCowanetal.JCP.2000.pdf</a><BR>
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What amazing creatures!<BR>
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Cheers,<BR>
Josh<BR>
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Josh Kaye-Carr<BR>
Channel Islands Naturalist Corps<BR>
Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary<BR>
Channel Islands National Park<BR>
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