Flipper meets Willy and...

[Roundabout]

... a "wholpin" appears, a cross between a whale and a dolphin.

It's a girl: Baby born to whale-dolphin
Calf born in Hawaii in December

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The only whale-dolphin mix in captivity has given birth to a playful female calf, officials at Sea Life Park Hawaii said Thursday.

The calf was born on December 23 to Kekaimalu, a mix of a false killer whale and an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin. Park officials said they waited to announce the birth until now because of recent changes in ownership and operations at the park.

The young as-yet unnamed wholphin is one-fourth false killer whale and three-fourths Atlantic bottlenose dolphin. Her slick skin is an even blend of a dolphin's light gray and the black coloring of a false killer whale.

The calf still depends fully on her mother's milk, but sometimes snatches frozen capelin from the hands of trainers, then toys with the sardine-like fish.

She is jumbo-sized compared with purebred dolphins, and is already the size of a one-year-old bottlenose.




Kekaimalu, right, a 19-year-old wholphin, swims with her as yet unnamed calf in a training tank at Sealife Park in Honolulu.

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[lumis]

prior to reading this, i never knew such a thing as "wholpins" existed. interesting.

wasnt there a mule who gave birth a year or two ago?

[Grimey]

what the hell is a false killer whale.....i've heard of a killer whale, but not a false one. does that mean it's not really a killer whale?

[lumis]

maybe they chose "false killer whale" instead of "sexual predator whale".. you never hear about whales screwing dolphins..

[pchan]

Why play GOD ? I guess mad scientists have nothing better to do.

[hech54]

I always thought she was unable to reproduce? I saw a short documentary on her (or one like her?) a few years ago. Simply amazing creature....big and fast...