banner dolphin idw logo   What is a dolphin?    • Dolphins
belong to the group of animals that scientists call cetaceans.
This means all the different types of whales and dolphins that
there are in the world. This big group is split into two groups,
baleen whales and toothed whales. Baleen whales sieve food
through special filters called baleen plates. They don’t have
any teeth at all. Dolphins are part of the toothed whale group.
The two groups have special scientific names:   • Mysticetes -
baleen whales, e.g.. Blue Whale, Humpback Whale, Minke Whale.
• Odontocetes - toothed whales, e.g.. Sperm Whale, Orca,
Bottlenose Dolphin.      This picture shows the different parts
of a dolphin    This picture shows the different parts of a
baleen whale     ? ? How, Why, Where and What? ?  Where can I go
to see dolphins around Britain?    • There are Bottlenose
Dolphins living in the Moray Firth, Scotland, and in Cardigan
Bay. Wales. Often dolphins and porpoises can be seen around the
Western Isles of Scotland such a