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Top Reviews Most recent Top Reviews. There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. And so do I I do a lot of babysitting with babies and young kids. I like to get my own books and other material. I discovered this book recently and it is already the kids favorite!

They just love it and at various ages, boys and girls! There is a nice list of facts about dolphins which has come very handy to answer lots of questions from excited and fascinated little ones. For the youngests, I found it soothing and the illustrations are so beautiful! It is all wonderfully creative, this book sends you in a magical world.

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It is definitely worth every penny! I highly recommend it to any parent - or granny, or nanny and think of it as a great gift too Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. I read this story with my almost 4 year old daughter and as soon as we finished it she wanted to read it again! I will be glad to have this on my iPod to be able to read anytime she already requested it for bedtime tonight but especially when we are out and about and my daughter needs a distraction or when we are on vacation and don't have many books with us. A very sweet story! The photos and text were not compatible with my kindle fire.

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I love this book more than my kids do I think! I received this book directly from the author. This is an adorable book about a little boy who has a lovey Dolphin. He wants to know how dolphins sleep and if it is at all similar to how he goes to sleep. It is a poem that begins with the little boy getting ready for bed.

As he is falling asleep, he asks his dolphin lovey questions about how he might go to bed. He asks if his mommy reads him a story, does he wish on stars, does he brush his teeth, etc? To avoid drowning during sleep, it is crucial that marine mammals retain control of their blowhole. The blowhole is a flap of skin that is thought to open and close under the voluntary control of the animal. Although still a matter of discussion, most researchers feel that in order to breathe, a dolphin or whale must be conscious and alert to recognize that its blowhole is at the surface.

Humans, of course, can breathe while the conscious mind is asleep; our subconscious mechanisms have control of this involuntary system. But equipped with a voluntary respiratory system, whales and dolphins must keep part of the brain alert to trigger each breath.

How Do Dolphins Sleep?

Other methods help marine mammals to hold their breath longer than other types of mammals can. Marine mammals can take in more air with each breath, as their lungs are proportionately larger than those in humans. In addition, they exchange more air with each inhalation and exhalation. Their red blood cells also carry more oxygen. And when diving, marine mammals' blood travels only to the parts of the body that need oxygen--the heart, the brain and the swimming muscles. Digestion and any other processes have to wait. Finally, these animals have a higher tolerance for carbon dioxide CO 2.

Their brains do not trigger a breathing response until the levels of CO 2 are much higher than what humans can tolerate. These mechanisms, part of the marine mammal diving response, are adaptations to living in an aquatic environment and help during the process of sleeping. Cetaceans reduce the number of breaths they take during rest periods; a dolphin might average 8 to 12 breaths a minute when fairly active only to have their breathing rate drop to 3 to 7 per minute while resting.

The sleep behavior of the mothers mirrored that of their newborns. New dolphin and killer whale mothers got almost no sleep for three weeks after their calves were born. Could the animals have slept while they were swimming? The researchers point out that dolphins and beluga whales have been observed to sleep with one brain hemisphere at a time.


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During these periods of sleep, the eye on the opposite side of the sleeping hemisphere is almost always closed. This eye closing behavior was almost never seen in newborn dolphin and killer whale calves or their mothers for the first few weeks after the calves were born.

The frequent turning and surfacing behavior of the calves also make it less likely that they got any sleep. The lack of sleep in these dolphins and killer whales is very unusual. This behavior has not been seen in any other animals. The scientists believe that the ability to go without sleep may help the calves avoid predators and maintain their body temperature until they develop enough blubber to survive in cold water.


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