Editing Dolphin (section)

==Hybridization==
In 1933, three hybrid dolphins beached off the Irish coast; they were [[hybrid (biology)|hybrids]] between [[Risso's dolphin|Risso's]] and bottlenose dolphins.<ref>{{cite web
|title=Dolphin Safari sightings log
|year=2006
|url=http://www.dolphinsafari.com/sightingslog.html
|access-date=December 17, 2006
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061110045750/http://dolphinsafari.com/sightingslog.html
|archive-date=November 10, 2006
|url-status=dead
}}</ref> This mating was later repeated in captivity, producing a hybrid calf. In captivity, a bottlenose and a [[rough-toothed dolphin]] produced hybrid offspring.<ref>{{cite web
|title=Mammals of Texas – Rough-toothed Dolphin
|publisher=Texas Tech University
|year=1997
|url=http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/stenbred.htm
|access-date=December 8, 2006
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915025738/http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/stenbred.htm
|archive-date=September 15, 2008
|url-status=dead
}}</ref> A common-bottlenose hybrid lives at [[SeaWorld]] California.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.robins-island.org/dolphins_database.php?filter=Sea_World_California
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723112550/http://www.robins-island.org/dolphins_database.php?filter=Sea_World_California
|archive-date=July 23, 2011
|title=Dolphins at SeaWorld California
|author= Robin's Island
 |access-date= December 17, 2006}}</ref> Other dolphin hybrids live in captivity around the world or have been reported in the wild, such as a bottlenose-[[Atlantic spotted dolphin|Atlantic spotted]] hybrid.<ref>{{cite web
 |title=Interspecies interactions between Atlantic spotted dolphins, Stenella frontalis and bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, on Great Bahama Bank, Bahamas 
 |author1=Denise L. Herzing 
 |author2=Kelly Moewe 
 |author3=Barbara J. Brunnick 
 |year=2003 
 |url=http://www.trustedpartner.com/docs/library/000059/Herzing%20Moewe%20Brunnick%20final.pdf 
 |access-date=December 17, 2006 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070614013211/http://www.trustedpartner.com/docs/library/000059/Herzing%20Moewe%20Brunnick%20final.pdf 
 |archive-date=June 14, 2007 
}}</ref> The best known hybrid is the [[wholphin]], a false killer whale-bottlenose dolphin hybrid. The wholphin is a fertile hybrid. Two wholphins currently live at the [[Sea Life Park]] in Hawaii; the first was born in 1985 from a male false killer whale and a female bottlenose. Wholphins have also been observed in the wild.<ref>{{cite news
|title=Whale-Dolphin Hybrid Has Baby 'Wholphin'
|last=Lee |first= Jeanette J.
|date=April 15, 2005
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050417001241/http://www.livescience.com/animalworld/ap_050415_wolphin.html
|publisher=Livescience.com
|agency=Associated Press
|archive-date=April 17, 2005
|access-date= March 2, 2013|url=http://www.livescience.com/animalworld/ap_050415_wolphin.html
}}</ref>