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Dolphin / Whale Watching Attractions In Fernando de Noronha

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Fernando de Noronha is an archipelago of 21 islands and islets in the Atlantic Ocean, 354 km offshore from the Brazilian coast. The archipelago's name is a corruption of the name of the Portuguese merchant Fernão de Loronha, to whom it was given by the Portuguese crown for services rendered regarding wood imported from Brazil. Only the homonymous main island is inhabited; it has an area of 18.4 km2 and a population estimated at 2,718 in 2012. The archipelago's total area is 26 km2 . Administratively, the islands are a unique case in Brazil of a special state district that is not part of any municipality and is administered directly by the government o...
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Dolphin / Whale Watching Attractions In Fernando de Noronha

  • 1. Dolphin & Whale Watching Fernando De Noronha
    Dolphins are a widely distributed and diverse group of aquatic mammals. They are an informal grouping within the order Cetacea, excluding whales and porpoises, so to zoologists the grouping is paraphyletic. The dolphins comprise the extant families Delphinidae , Platanistidae , Iniidae , and Pontoporiidae , and the extinct Lipotidae . There are 40 extant species of dolphins. Dolphins, alongside other cetaceans, belong to the clade Cetartiodactyla with even-toed ungulates. Cetaceans' closest living relatives are the hippopotamuses, having diverged about 40 million years ago. Dolphins range in size from the 1.7 m long and 50 kg Maui's dolphin to the 9.5 m and 10 t killer whale. Several species exhibit sexual dimorphism, in that the males are larger than females. They have streamlined bodies ...
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