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The Swimming of Dolphins

Nature volume 161, page 731 (1948)Cite this article

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IN reply to Mr. A. H. Woodcock‘s1 inquiry whether other observers have seen the motionless swimming of dolphins and what explanations may have been given, I can state that I have seen this phenomenon on several occasions.

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    L. HARRISON MATTHEWS

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MATTHEWS, L. The Swimming of Dolphins. Nature 161, 731 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161731b0

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