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Dolphin Tursiops truncatus is the scientific name for the well known bottlenose Dolphin. In many films we have seen them all as hard working actors. The best known dolphin of all was "flipper". The natural curiosity of the dolphins as well as their extraordinary versatility and ability to learn gave some people the idea using these living submarines with their built-in high-tech ultrasound navigation system for military purposes. Dolphins are able to localize small objects …

…and above the water's surface. Because of their body structure, they have only a small range binocular optical field, which is limited by the size of their heads. With only one eye, monocular, they can! also see what is happening behind them. In an upward direction, they are blind. "Spyhopping" whales and dolphins get themselves in a vertical position and then turn around to actually scan the surroundings for interesting or dangerous things. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**