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Thus it stands with regard to the Cetacea called Porpoises and Dolphins.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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Dolphins and Porpoises | ScienceJunkies. com Says:
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Porpoises seldom exceedseven feet in length, whereas many dolphins can exceedten feet.
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Porpoises and dolphins are classified into two different families.
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This section (entitled, "Crossing Stately Lions for Immortal Porpoises") encourages insurance companies to file their plans in the state with the least regulations, so that they need not cover extras like maternity cases, cancer treatments, and crutches (which after all are merely crutches).
Republicans Issue Easy-To-Read Health Care Reform Bill (the ���Pat the Insurance Companies Act���) 2009
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In Norris, K.S. (ed) Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises.
Cadborosaurus Darren Naish 2006
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Among delphinds, I've never seen the Grampus - Tursiops hybrids figured anywhere, but lag-bottlenose and false killer-bottlenose hybrids have been well figured in books, popular articles and postcards (Richard Ellis figures a lag-bottlenose hybrid in his 1989 Dolphins and Porpoises).
The deer-pig, the Raksasa, the only living anthracothere… welcome to the world of babirusas Darren Naish 2006
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(In my anthropological studies, the soul is hinted at with a few other animals, which brain-to-body-mass ratio is equal to or greater than ours, and which give indications and evidence of abstract thinking and morality-the mammals of the sea, Dolphins, Whales, and Porpoises.)
God, Intelligent Design, Darwin, Einstein, Evolution, Politics, Morality, Cheney/Rove and I 2007
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Porpoises and dolphins, I believe, will be frequently observed athwart our Bows; and, either on the starboard or the larboard quarter, objects of interest will be continually descried.
David Copperfield 2007
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Porpoises came blowing round the boat, and Cape pigeons wheeled and swooped within a few feet of us.
South: the story of Shackleton’s last expedition 1914–1917 2006
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