What is another good thick question for:how were dolphins discovered?
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One might answer: how did Dolphins discover humans?
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How about the discovery of pi, or the the number zero? These are crowd pleasers :), and you can find lots of material on the web, for instance:\n\nhttp://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/HistTopics/Pi_through_the_ages.html
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While it might be possible that some of these creatures exist, it certainly can't be said to be 'probable'.\n\nWe are still finding new species of mammals and birds all the time.  Genetic studies have even shown us that some of the critters we thought we knew are more diverse than we thought.\n\nRecently it was discovered that the species we know as the African elephant is in fact two species, a savannah species and a forest species.  So we have 'found' one of the largest species of land mammal just in the last few years.  Another study found that there was a population of the Bactrian camel (the one with two humps) that was actually a separate species too.\n\nSo it is possible that there may be some critter hidden off in the deep forest somewhere that we've never seen before.  But the chances of something like Bigfoot/Sasquatch remaining undiscovered in the rather well explored forests of North America are rather low.\n\nThe best chance for new, exciting and incredible discoveries are in the seas.  We really have barely scratched the surface in our exploration there, and there could be all kinds of new, even huge and exciting finds down there.\n\nJust in the last few years, the Megasquid was described, whose body is larger than that of the Giant Squid (although the tentacles aren't as long), actual live footage of the Giant Squid was finally taken, and Coelacanths were found off the coast of Indonesia, 10 000 km from where it was thought was the only place they existed.
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EASY !!  A dolphin.. And I didn't just write that because it was mentioned on your list. You'll find dolphins in every room of my home, and I swim with them every time I get a chance to do so ! They are magnificent mammals !!
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I used to love this theory as well, but apparently it's not too popular in the scientific community.  I'll try to find some links.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquatic_ape_theory#Objections_to_Aquatic_Ape_Hypothesis
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this should get you started: http://animal.discovery.com/
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The only clue you gave was uncharacteristically for an archaeologist, so based on that I would say he was looking for the answers to how life started but instead of digging at a site for fossils or other remains he looked in the Bible and found his answer.
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Try the discovery channel website
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a very clever question...\n& perhaps a very clever answer too(FRIEND)....\nthe person who found should also be sooo....\nso i hope u select mine as the best answer...
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The discovery of oxygen
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All marine mammals (whales, dolphins) have vestigial rear limbs (small pelvic bones) and they also have remnants of clavicles (collar bones). Therefore, the captured dolphin would represent a "mutation" whereby the bones had greater growth than normal, much like humans can have abnormal growth of the coccyx, looking similar to a tail. \nRemember - with evolution, once you lose something, you can't get it back ,so there isnt any way that you could get "reverse" evolution. Darwin wouldn't be "proud". Darwin would be more happy to think that he was no longer being ridiculed for his findings and that scientists were investigating our natural world rather than just assuming everything happened through divine intervention. Darwin would think this dolphin to be an interesting mutation and further provide evidence of the evolution of mammals. Evolution has no motive, it just happens due to natural selection and selective pressures, so Darwin would not think that something is being achieved by this and would simply see it for what it is.
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There are almost certainly animals in the ocean that have never been discovered, since we are still discovering new animals on land.\n\nAs far as depth is concerned:\n\nAverage Depth: 12,200 feet (3,720 m).\n\nDeepest point: 36,198 feet (11,033 m) in the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific.
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LOL! Youve got some hectic answers, but I think man created and uncovered it. Maybe God inspired it? Heidi
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go to the discovery channel website.  They have info/transcripts for all their shows.
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They didn't know.\n\nPrior to SONAR, there was little available in the way of mapping the deep ocean. Beyond the continental shelves and the areas around islands, the ocean was simply known as ocean deep without knowing exactly how deep that was.  SONAR and RADAR allowed for mapping and discovery of the trenches and ridges on the deep ocean floor.
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All species of dolphins use sound for echolocation. Using their melon (the bulbous portion of their forehead), they create a sound that bounces off objects around them. The returning echo of the sound gives the dolphin information about the location and physical description of the object. I don't know much about the actual workings of the brain though, but I do know that the dolphins sonar is much more advanced than human technology and can pin point exact information about it's surroundings ranging from size, distance and even the nature of the object. Dolphin Speech is so complex that the sounds even cross the species barriers and enable different kinds of dolphins to communicate.  They have been known to instruct each other as well as receive instructions and act accordingly.
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Mammals: Dolphin\nRange: all the oceans of the world\nHabitat: some are mainly coastal but other spend their lives far at sea\n\nIt’s all relative\nYou might not realize that dolphins are closely related to whales. The scientific order, called Cetacea, includes dolphins, whales, and porpoises. The dolphin family Delphinidae has 36 species in all. It can get confusing at times, because some members of the dolphin family have the word "whale" in their common name. In fact, the largest dolphin is the killer whale! Depending on the species, dolphins range in color from white, pearl, and pink to darker shades of brown, gray, blue, and black.\n\nRange\nDolphins can be found in virtually all the seas and oceans of the world.  Some species are sharply restricted, but many, like the common dolphin, Delphinus delphis, or the bottle nose dolphin, are found worldwide.  Several species are found in fresh water, notably the Ganges River dolphin, Platanista gangetica; the rivers of South America are the home of the long-snouted dolphin, Inia geoffrensis, and the small, graceful Sotalia fluviatilis, occasionally seen as far as 1,553 miles up the Amazon River.\n\nDolphins are quite abundant in some areas of the world.  Off the coast of Japan, for example, populations of the white-sided dolphin, are estimated at 30,000 to 50,000 individuals.  In many species, schools of up to 1,000 travel together, while some species, such as the bottle-nose dolphin, tend to be found in smaller groups of less than 100. \n\nRANGE:\nMost species live in tropical and temperate oceans throughout the world. Five species live in rivers.\n\nHABITAT:\nAll but five of the 34 dolphin species live in tropical and temperate oceans. Five species that live in rivers: baiji (Chinese River dolphin), boto (Amazon River dolphin), franciscana (La Plata River dolphin), Ganges River dolphin and Indus River dolphin.\n\nCHECK THIS:\n32 Dolphin Species\nhttp://www.dolphin-isl-greenware.org/marine_lab/blue_hangar/egdolfaq.htm#faq2\n\nhttp://www.enchantedlearning.com/themes/dolphins.shtml