Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 23:46:52 -0800 From: Michael Fleck <mfleck@direct.ca> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg4355$foo@default> Subject: Another fish story!(sorry)
> I learn something new every day. I must of been out fishing in
> the Gulf Stream catching a school of fish Dolphin the day my teacher
> covered
> it in high school.
Randy Palmersfdzeqe0@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us
>Dolphins are mammals, but then, I bet you already know that.
> >Kind Regards,
> >Rand
>
> >Rand Nicholson
> >New Brunswick
> >Maritime Canada, Z 5b
> ><writserv@nbnet.nb.ca>
>
> >Yes they are, but they are also fish.
> >Look up Dorado. Many people make this mistake.
> >They are quite beautiful fish.
>
> >Take care
>
> >Mike
>
> Dear Mike:
>
> No.
>
> Fish and mammals are taxonomically distinct and seperate. You are
> _very_
> mistaken on this.
>
> I question your reference: "Dorado." Does he/she/they/it make a
> distinction
> between air breathing and gilled creatures? Set aside internal thermal
>
> regulation of respiratory systems..
>
> Dolphins belong to a large family of aquatic mammals that are _not_
> fish.
>
> Is a whale a fish?
> Kind Regards,
>
> Rand
>
> Rand Nicholson
> New Brunswick
> Maritime Canada, Z 5b
> <writserv@nbnet.nb.ca>
Rand:
dolphin (dolfin) n.
1. any of various marine cetacean mammals of the family Delphinidae,
esp. Delphinus delphis, that are typically smaller than whales and
larger than porpoises and have a beak like snout.
2. river dolphin. any freshwater cetacean of the family Plafanisfidae,
inhabiting rivers of North and South America and S Asia. They are
smaller than marine dolphins and have a longer narrower snout.
3. Also called: dorado. either of two large marine percoid fishes,
Coryphaena hippurus or C. equisefis, that resemble the cetacean dolphins
and have an iridescent coloration.
4. Nautical. a post or buoy for mooring a vessel. [C13:
from Old French dauphin, via Latin, from Greek delphin-delphis]
> Uh-oh. There's a controversy a-brewing.
No controversy, just a misunderstanding.
Randy meant Dolphin(sense 3, see above) Rand was only
aware of Dolphin(sense 1)
I didn't want other people to think Randy was eating
Flipper! :-)
Off topic, I realize. Just trying to clear this up.
Regards
Mike
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