Scientist Discover A New Type Of Dolphin Breed in Hawaii

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Aug 1, 2018 1:00 PM EDT

Dolphins are like the puppies of the ocean. So adorable and playful. And people believed that all the types of dolphin breeds had already been discovered. However, nature is always changing and always evolving, and now for the first-ever, a hybrid between a melon-headed dolphin and a rough-toothed dolphin was found off the coast of Kauai, Hawaii. 

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    Marine mammal - CBS Sunday Morning Follow @CBSSunday A new hybrid whale-dolphin species has been discovered in Hawaii Scientists thought they spotted a new species off Kauai, Hawaii, last year, and it turns out they did cbsn.ws/2vbWIVo 9:49 AM 27 Jul 2018
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    Marine mammal - CBS News Following @CBSNEWS "Most unusual finding": New hybrid whale- dolphin discovered in Hawaii cbsn.ws/2LqRlle II 9:00 AM 27 Jul 2018
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    Marine mammal - Adventures of a Mage in Miami Follow @MiamiMagus This is so cool! More proof of #MotherNature's intelligence in face of human destruction of the planet. A hybrid of a female #MelonHeadedWhale and a male #RoughToothedDolphin created these #WhaleDolphins cbsloc.al/2LWN58A#.W11d1 .. Wndle na Doiphin Mated T Create nybria 00:02/00:30 11:29 PM 28 Jul 2018
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    Text - Adventures of a Mage in Miami Follow @MiamiMagus The whole research paper is here cascadiaresearch.org/files/publicat.. #Hawaii #Kauai #Hybrids 11:31 PM 28 Jul 2018
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    Marine mammal - Josh Silberg Follow @joshsilberg 1st confirmed hybrid of a rough-toothed dolphin & a melon-headed whale is cool! BUT... Both are species of dolphins. So not a "whale-dolphin hybrid", but a case of an unfortunate common name. #scicomm @CBSNews New hybrid whale-dolphin species discovered in Hawaii Scientists thought they spotted a new species off Kauai, Hawaii, last year, and it turns out they did -- and it's a hybrid of two existing sea creatures cbsnews.com 2:25 PM 27 Jul 2018
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    Text - Justin Gregg Follow @justindgregg What's also cool is that, according to the study, this is only the 3rd example of a wild- born hybrid between two dolphin species in the same family (as opposed to the same genus, which is more common). As @joshsilberg notes, this "whale-dolphin hybrid" thing is a red herring. Josh Silberg @joshsilberg 1st confirmed hybrid of a rough-toothed dolphin & a melon-headed whale is cool! BUT...... Show this thread 4:39 PM 27 Jul 2018
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    Text - Josh Silberg Follow @joshsilberg Replying to @justindgregg I knew of the harbour porpoise/Dall's porpoise hybrid before. Hrmm...another study found 6+ of these dolphin family hybrids though? ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P .. There might be disparities in level of evidence though Hybridization in the Cetacea: widespread occurrence and a... M Hybridization has been documented in a many different pairs of cetacean species both in captivity and in the wild. The widespread occurrence of hybri
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    Text - Justin Gregg Follow @justindgregg Replying to @joshsilberg I think this Ecol Evol article was looking at both wild and captive occurrences, whereas the Cascadia report just looked at wild. Maybe that's the discrepancy? Anyhow, surprised nobody has used the term "wolphin" yet in these latest news reports! cascadiaresearch.org/files/publicat .. 5:35 PM 27 Jul 2018
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    Text - Josh Silberg Follow @joshsilberg Replying to @justindgregg Even with just wild (table 2), there were more than 3. Bottlenose dolphins especially like to get frisky with other species, which is not surprising. I'm ok with restraint when it comes to the use of "wolphin" ;) 6:48 PM - 27 Jul 2018 from North Vancouver, British Columbia
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    Text - Coding News C Follow @developerhcnews Whale-dolphin hybrid discovery confirmed by genetic testing Whale of a discovery - The Garden Island - It looked like scientists from Cascadia Research Collective found a new species in Kauai waters in August 2017. LIHUE thegardenisland.com 12:05 PM 28 Jul 2018
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    Dolphin - Jaime Bran Follow @BranArtworks von-Arworks Steno bredanensis WIP 7:36 PM 28 Jul 2018 >
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