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the sea eagle
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who's watched the chase
with intense interest

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times his
swoop perfectly

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of the four to five hundred
dolphins in shark bay

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only a handful of females
have mastered this technique

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often dolphins play with
their catch before eating it

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just offshore a dolphin tosses
a snake eel about like a ragdoll

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the others approach the tossed
prey with great interest

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but they will not touch it
observing some kind of protocol

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scientists have speculated
it's a way of confirming

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trust or simply avoiding
a costly conflict

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when calves catch their tiny fish
they too make a great show of it

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by five or six years old
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young dolphins no longer
need their mother's guidance

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they will be part
of a hunting culture that will

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forever be as
challenging as it is perilous

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dolphins have
adapted to an alien world


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