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Posted: **Sun Apr 17, 2005 11:16 am**

Part Whale, Part Dolphin, Baby Wholphin Born In Captivity

HONOLULU -- Officials at Hawaii's Sea Life Park said the world's only known captive whale-dolphin hybrid has given birth to a playful female calf.

The hybrid mother, Kekaimalu, gave birth about 100 days ago.

Officials said the calf was born Dec. 23 to a hybrid of a false killer whale and an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin. The calf, yet to be named, is one-fourth false killer whale and three-fourths dolphin.

Park officials said they kept the birth a secret until now because of recent changes in ownership and operations at the park.

The only two wholphins in the world are kept in seclusion at Sea Life Park's mammal nursery to allow the baby to thrive.

"We were very excited to know that she was pregnant and very excited to have her successfully take over the calf when she was born," Seal Life Park General Manager Renato Lenzi said.

Kekaimalu, which means peaceful sea, is eating about 80 pounds of frozen herring and capelin a day to keep up with the demands of nursing her baby.

This is Kekaimalu's third baby. One died from failure to thrive in 1990. The other died of an infection after living for nine years.

Hopes are high for this baby because at 19 years old, Kekaimalu is a mature and experienced mother.

"This is a fantastic opportunity for us and for the research community in order to gain more information about the two species and the product of their breeding," Lenzi said.

The calf is jumbo-sized compared to purebred dolphins, and is already the size of a 1-year-old bottlenose. There have been reports of wholphins in the wild.

Kekaimalu's baby will be available for viewing by the public at the park sometime before the summer.

The wholphin birth is significant because it shows compatibility between the two species is much greater than was previously thought.

I hadnt heard about this one before, thought it was cute! You can see the video of the baby and the mom at ....

http://www.thenewmexicochannel.com/irresistible/4382236/detail.html

Posted: **Sun Apr 17, 2005 11:25 am**

poor thing is one-fourth FALSE killer whale (haw) and three-fourths dolphin

how do you get a false killer whale??

Posted: **Sun Apr 17, 2005 11:49 am**

why you check the false box on the whale exam of course :balloons:

Posted: **Sun Apr 17, 2005 11:49 am**

Actually.... a killer whale is a dolphin.

Posted: **Sun Apr 17, 2005 11:50 am**

I pity this new wholphin. What box will it going to check when the census people comes around? whale....dolphin.... whale... dolphin.....

Posted: **Sun Apr 17, 2005 11:56 am**

Diabolik wrote:<center>Actually.... a killer whale is a dolphin.</center>

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what?</center>

Posted: **Sun Apr 17, 2005 12:15 pm**

Killer whale is from the same family as the dolphin

it's a different species, but they have a common ancestor

To put it in terms that the religious freaks will understand

God created 2 completely different animals, but made sure that they could have babies together

Posted: **Sun Apr 17, 2005 5:25 pm**

Posted: **Sun Apr 17, 2005 5:27 pm**

Dolphins are whales :dunno:

Posted: **Sun Apr 17, 2005 5:31 pm**

I'm sure Tik also believes Africans and Europeans are a different species :eyecrazy:

Posted: **Sun Apr 17, 2005 6:29 pm**

Aren't they?

Posted: **Sun Apr 17, 2005 6:40 pm**

we're all human.

Posted: **Sun Apr 17, 2005 6:48 pm**

I'd be more interested in this thread if they cross bred a dolphin and an ill tempered sea bass.

Posted: **Sun Apr 17, 2005 9:28 pm**

I got a Dolphin-plasty several weeks ago.

Posted: **Sun Apr 17, 2005 10:13 pm**

Lyion wrote:I'm sure Tik also believes Africans and Europeans are a different species

There's a few diff't theories out there that suggest there were a couple of diff't sects of people that developed independently, but eventually intermingled

Posted: **Mon Apr 18, 2005 7:09 am**

I'd be more interested in this thread if they cross bred a dolphin and an ill tempered sea bass.

That would be sick~

Posted: **Mon Apr 18, 2005 7:22 am**

I call it a Belgian dip.

Posted: **Mon Apr 18, 2005 4:13 pm**

Anonymous wrote:I got a Dolphin-plasty several weeks ago.

did it hurt

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