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Hi Mrs Gillanders and 5E
I made a page for you because you are studying something that I find very interesting, skeletons.
Here's a picture of a dolphin's skeleton:
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Can you see the skull? The ribs? The backbone?

I think the most interesting bones are the limbs.
​See the flipper?
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Isn't it amazing the dolphins' flipper actually has the same bones as our arms...
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And what about the second set of limbs? Dolphins don't have legs...
The only evidence they have of leg-like limbs is a small bit of pelvic bone that I've circled so that you'll notice.
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From the pelvic bone to the end of the dolphin is a set of tail bones. These are connected to powerful muscles that help dolphins swim so gracefully and quickly.
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You can visit www.blue-world.org/en/education/play-and-learn/skeleton and build your own dolphin skeleton.
The Whale and Dolphin Conservation society (WDS) has a supercool kids' zone with loads to see and do. Visit them at:
www.wdcs.org/wdcskids/en/

Have fun!
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