04/14/2026
MYTH vs MINDSET: National Dolphin Day
MYTH: “Dolphins are fish.”
MINDSET: “Dolphins are cetacean mammals (related to whales and porpoises)—they’re warm-blooded, breathe air with lungs, and must surface regularly.”
Quick dolphin facts:
A group is a pod (also called a school); bull / cow / calf are common terms.
Bottlenose dolphins can hear up to about 150 kHz—far above human hearing—supporting echolocation.
Dolphins have been studied as a “diabetes/metabolic syndrome” model because they can show diabetes-like metabolic states.