Changes: Dolphins

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The dolphins are the second most intelligent species on the planet Earth, only surpassed by mice, although many outside observers don't know about the mice. They long ago knew of Earth's planned destruction and tried to communicate this to humans who misinterpreted it as "amusing attempts to punch football or whistle for tidbits."^[1] The last ever dolphin message was misinterpreted as a surprisingly sophisticated attempt to do a double backward somersault through a hoop while whistling the "Star Spangled Banner," but was, in fact, a message. The message was "so long, and thanks for all the fish.^[1]

The dolphin has developed a rather peculiar ability, which exploits the Plural nature of their galactic sector, not dissimilar to that evolved by the Babel fish, which is this: In the picosecond before the inevitable calamity, dolphins instantly wink into existence in all other possible probabilities in the Whole Sort of General Mish Mash.

The disappearance of the dolphins was reported in The Times newspaper with the title "Dolphins vanish."^[2]

This bridging between probabilities allowed the dolphins, after the initial destruction of the Earth by the Vogons and before the final, to replace an Earth that was destroyed with another one from somewhere else in the Mish Mash

The dolphins, before leaving, left a message to the humans they felt close to in the form of a glass fishbowl, on which were inscribed the words "So long, and thanks for all the fish." In the film, this was a song which they sang at the start of the film.

"For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons.”

Appearances

Dolphins are mentioned in:

The Douglas Adams book The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The 2005 film The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Douglas Adams book So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

Notes and references

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 From Episode 1 of the television series, spoken by the Guide voiced by Peter Jones and also from the 2005 film, spoken by the Guide voiced by Stephen Fry
↑ From the 2005 film The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

[Guide-1] 1.0 ^1.1 From Episode 1 of the television series, spoken by the Guide voiced by Peter Jones and also from the 2005 film, spoken by the Guide voiced by Stephen Fry

[Times-2] From the 2005 film The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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 [[Image: Dolphins.jpg|thumb|Dolphins playing in the oceans of [[Earth]]]]
-The '''dolphin''' is the most (or least) intelligent species on the planet [[Earth]]. They long ago knew of Earth's planned destruction and tried to communicate this to [[human]]s who misinterpreted it as "amusing attempts to punch football or whistle for tidbits."<ref name=Guide>From Episode 1 of the television series, spoken by the Guide voiced by [[Peter Jones]] and also from the 2005 film, spoken by the Guide voiced by Stephen Fry</ref> The last ever Dolphin message was misinterpreted as a surprisingly sophisticated attempt to do a double-backward somersault through a hoop while whistling the "Star Spangled Banner," but was, in fact, a message. The message was "so long, and thanks for all the fish.<ref name= Guide></ref>
+The '''dolphins''' are the second most intelligent species on the planet [[Earth]], only surpassed by [[mice]], although many outside observers don't know about the mice. They long ago knew of Earth's planned destruction and tried to communicate this to [[human]]s who misinterpreted it as "amusing attempts to punch football or whistle for tidbits."<ref name=Guide>From Episode 1 of the television series, spoken by the Guide voiced by [[Peter Jones]] and also from the 2005 film, spoken by the Guide voiced by Stephen Fry</ref> The last ever dolphin message was misinterpreted as a surprisingly sophisticated attempt to do a double backward somersault through a hoop while whistling the "Star Spangled Banner," but was, in fact, a message. The message was "so long, and thanks for all the fish.<ref name= Guide></ref>
-The Dolphin has devoloped a rather peculiar ability, which exploits the Plural nature of their galactic sector, not dissimilar to that evolved by the [[Babel fish]], which is this:
+The dolphin has developed a rather peculiar ability, which exploits the Plural nature of their galactic sector, not dissimilar to that evolved by the [[Babel fish]], which is this:
-In the picosecond before inevitable calamity, dolphins instantly wink into existence in all other possible probabilities in the [[Whole Sort of General Mish Mash|Whole Sort of General Mish Ma]].
+In the picosecond before the inevitable calamity, dolphins instantly wink into existence in all other possible probabilities in the [[Whole Sort of General Mish Mash]].
-[[File:The_times_newspaper.png|thumb|300px|The issue of the Times newspaper reporting the dolphins' disappearance.]].<ref name= Times>From the 2005 film [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (film)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]</ref>
+[[File:The_times_newspaper.png|thumb|300px|The issue of the Times newspaper reporting the dolphins' disappearance.]]
+The disappearance of the dolphins was reported in The Times newspaper with the title "Dolphins vanish."<ref name= Times>From the 2005 film [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (film)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]</ref>
 This bridging between probabilities allowed the dolphins, after the initial destruction of the [[Earth]] by the [[Vogons]] and before the final, to replace an [[Earth]] that was destroyed with another one from somewhere else in the [[Whole Sort of General Mish Mash |Mish Mash]]
-The dolphins, before leaving, left a message to the humans they felt close to in the form of a glass fish bowl, on which were inscribed the words "So long, and thanks for all the fish." Dolphins have fins on their backs to help them majestically swim and they have holes because that's where they spray water like breathing, which it is!
+The dolphins, before leaving, left a message to the humans they felt close to in the form of a glass fishbowl, on which were inscribed the words "So long, and thanks for all the fish." In the film, this was a [[So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish (song)|song]] which they sang at the start of the film.
+"For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons.”
 ==Appearances==
 Dolphins are mentioned in:
 *The [[Douglas Adams]] book [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (book)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]
 *The 2005 film [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (film)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]
+*The [[Douglas Adams]] book [[So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish]]
 ==Notes and references==
 {{Reflist}}
-[[Category:Animals]]
+[[Category:Flora and fauna]]
 [[Category:Races and species]]