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Episode - Explainer: How To Help a Lost Dolphin

Explainer: How To Help a Lost D...

3m 23s

07-11-08

How To Help a Lost Dolphin Bang on some pipes or just use a pinger instead. By Jacob Leibenluft A group of about 15 bottlenose dolphins that have been swimming in New Jersey's Shrewsbury River since mid-June now appears to be moving farther inland. Local marine officials had originally planned to coax them out of the river, but they have shelved those plans for now. How would you coax a dolphin back into the ocean, anyway? With nets or noise—but both methods can be dangerous. Nets have been used to save dolphins before, usually by deploying divers to ensnare the dolphin, removing the animal f

 

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Slate Explainer Podcasts

Slate Explainer Podcasts

Category: Politics & Opinion

Last update: Sat Oct 11 16:26:18 -0700 2008

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Slate is the Internet's leading online-only magazine. Founded in 1996, we offer a daily selection of articles about politics, popular culture, the arts and science. Our Explainer podcasts feature answers to those little questions you have about the news (but were afraid to ask). For example: "Are concession speeches binding?"

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