Dolphin Species Song

The Dolphin Species Song (produced by the Dolphin Communication Project) lists all of the known dolphin species - set to the tune of Gilbert and Sullivan's Modern Major General.

Lyrics:

Spinner, spotted, southern right whale northern right whale bottlenose
Hector's, Risso's, Fraser's, Striped, Indo-pacific bottlenose
The humpback comes in maybe 3 or 4 or even 5 species
But there are many more than these so pay attention please

La Plata, Ganges, Indus, Amazon, and the Tucuxi too
These are the dolphins that live in fresh water rivers yes it's true
The Baiji once was on the list but now it's gone it don't exist
pollution made it disappear it will be very sorely missed

Beluga's not a dolphin but I thought I'd name it anyway
White beaked dolphins have a white beak which is why there' named that way
Commerson he named a dolphin Heaviside he named one too
if you're a famous scientist those are the things they let you do

the long finned pilot whale is not a whale no it's a dolphin too
the short finned pilot whale has slightly shorter fins oh yes it's true
The melon headed whale does not have melons for a head and
it's a dolphin not a whale I hope I'm not confusing you

they call the orca killer whale though it's a dolphin like the rest
there's clymene, rough-toothed, hourglass, and dusky I like them the best
The Irrawaddy dolphin swims in rivers and the ocean
it's a quite uncommon notion to this fact I can attest

Long and short beaked common dolphin Hector's, Peal's, and Black oh my
Pacific and Atlantic white sided and striped and Maui's kind
There's false and pygmy killer whale Australian snubfin's the new guy
and now I think I've named them all so next time I think you should try

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• dolphin
• porpoise
• orca
• whale
• species
• taxonomy
• Tursiops
• Stenella
• striped
• rough-toothed
• spotted
• bottlenose

[happytheorca]

hmm.,,pilot whale is called a dwarf killer whale.

[dolphincommproject]

@happytheorca There are two species of pilot whale (genus Globicephala) the long-finned and the short-finned. These species are closely related to the pygmy killer whale (Feresa attenuata), but less closely related to the killer whale (Orcinus orca). The term 'dwarf killer whale' is not an officially recognized species or name, and has been applied to a sub-species or new species of small killer whale found in Antarctica, but not to the pilot whale.

[Herpoburpo]

I think it would have been better to say Hectors dolphin instead of Maui's because Maui's is a subspecies of Hectors. I feel so sorry for the Maui's subspecies! There's only 110 left around New Zealand!

[dolphincommproject]

@Herpoburpo Hector's is mentioned as well - so we've got 'em both. It is indeed a bummer about the poor Maui's - they are listed as Critically Endangered.The WWF website has some great info for anyone interested in learning more about them.

[meadowluv]

baji isnt extinct thats a different 1

[dolphincommproject]

@meadowluv The Baiji (or Yangtze River dolphin - Lipotes vexillifer) was declared 'functionally extinct' in December 2006 by a group of experts who were unable to find a single animal after an exhaustive search.

[ItsAllBoutME216]

aw! poor baiji dolphin!!

[VanniJPod]

AHA! They said Striped twice... 0:07 and 1:14

[Humberto4790]

@dolphincommproject It's still listed as criticly endangered.

[ckwrich1]

Can you make one for the Hectors and Maui's in need of support in New Zealand?

[babyorca]

this is one of the best videos ever.



[KewlKat143]

I memorized this song for my dolphin project. it was fun

[happytheorca]

RIGHT WHALE?!?!?

[happytheorca]

ive never seen a dolphin D:

[happytheorca]

@dolphincommproject ah ok nice music anyway...theres about 3 species with names of whales -_-

[Nerdydolfin]

Looks like it's time for a rewrite. Darnit, Burrunan.