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Out of all the creatures that live in the sea There is only one that stands out for me Cute looking and grey and on it's back a fin You have probably guessed, it is the dolphin. I'll describe them in detail so in your mind you can see I will do my best to create some imagery They grow eight foot long; have a tail and a fin And a flipper on each side that helps them to swim. A pod or a school is what you would call their group They can do backward flips and loop the loop Their food source is found in all the world's oceans There's squid, small fish, plankton and crustaceans. With cute slit eyes and a skin of silky grey You can swim with them, but you'll have to pay There are many now living in captivity Now surely thats wrong , they all should be free. Half of their brain stays awake when they go to sleep Thats to prevent them from drowning when they're in the deep They use echolocation, scientists have found And thats how they know how to find their way around. Sometimes they seem to jump up vertically Spy-hop thats called so their surroundings they see They sometimes follow ships and swim alongside They're conserving their energy, they call that bow-ride. The favourite is the bottlenose but there are others as well Some species of dolphins in big rivers do dwell They are very intelligent and awesome to see And very beautiful creatures, I'm sure you'll agree. To see them swim in the ocean is a beautiful sight So keep your eyes peeled and one day you might The first time that I saw one, I was just a child In a movie called 'Flipper' sadly not in the wild. Their habitat is changing and that's a tragedy Because man is so selfish and pollutes the sea And with careless fishing some do not survive So solutions must be found so that dolphins can thrive. . - (Written on 15th January 2018. Revised 15th February 2020 Entered into the 'Dolphins' poetry contest hosted by Julie Leigh Rodeheaver.)
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