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	<title>National Aquarium &#124; WATERlog &#187; Dolphins</title>
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		<title>Bayley the dolphin turns 1!</title>
		<link>http://nationalaquarium.wordpress.com/2009/07/27/bayley-the-dolphin-turns-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Aquarium is celebrating a birthday! Bayley, an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin born at the Aquarium on July 27, 2008, is one year old today. The public is invited to share in her birthday celebration during the Aquarium’s first ever public enrichment building day on Saturday, August 8. Click here for details!
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		<title>Counting dolphins</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:35:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Aquarium&#8217;s Marine Animal Rescue Program is hosting Maryland&#8217;s annual dolphin count tomorrow, Friday the 17th, along the coast of Ocean City! Staff and volunteers will spend a few hours on the beach watching the water for passing dolphins and filling out data sheets.  The teams will be stationed on the beaches at 40th street and 130th street and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nationalaquarium.wordpress.com&blog=3417488&post=893&subd=nationalaquarium&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pledging to protect Our Ocean Planet</title>
		<link>http://nationalaquarium.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/pledging-to-protect-our-ocean-planet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our Ocean Planet, the new dolphin show at the National Aquarium, comes with an important message: our behaviors affect dolphins and other ocean animals in many ways, both good and bad.  We all have a duty to make sure we are protecting &#8211; not hurting &#8211; the dolphin&#8217;s beautiful ocean world!
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		<title>Get a closer look at Spirit</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spirit is another one of the younger dolphins born at the National Aquarium. She is very playful and loves learning new behaviors for the shows.  In fact, she is usually the first dolphin to try out a new toy.
She is the daughter of Nani, the oldest dolphin living here at the Aquarium, and was born on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nationalaquarium.wordpress.com&blog=3417488&post=630&subd=nationalaquarium&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Explore Maya&#8217;s World</title>
		<link>http://nationalaquarium.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/explore-mayas-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago we took you into the world of Nani, our oldest dolphin. This week we&#8217;d like to take you into the world of one of our younger dolphins, Maya!
Maya is known as the &#8220;princess&#8221; of the pool. She is a girly-girl and loves shiny objects. She is just 8 years old, but one of the stars [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nationalaquarium.wordpress.com&blog=3417488&post=608&subd=nationalaquarium&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Explore Nani&#8217;s world</title>
		<link>http://nationalaquarium.wordpress.com/2009/03/17/explore-nanis-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Aquarium is home to a dynamic group of 10 healthy Atlantic bottlenose dolphins ranging from six months to 37 years. If you follow our blog, you know that the trainers and dolphins are currently preparing for the opening of our new dolphin show, that will explore the power, beauty, and grace of a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nationalaquarium.wordpress.com&blog=3417488&post=557&subd=nationalaquarium&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>For the love of dolphins</title>
		<link>http://nationalaquarium.wordpress.com/2009/03/12/for-the-love-of-dolphins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The marine mammal trainers were excited to welcome world figure skating champion, Kimmie Meissner, to the Aquarium yesterday! A Maryland native and a huge fan of the Aquarium, Kimmie volunteered her time to be a part of the new dolphin show video. Yesterday she spent time learning what it takes to become a dolphin trainer, and got up [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nationalaquarium.wordpress.com&blog=3417488&post=540&subd=nationalaquarium&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Our Ocean Planet: New Video!</title>
		<link>http://nationalaquarium.wordpress.com/2009/03/05/our-ocean-planet-new-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:47:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Staff at the National Aquarium are busy preparing for the opening our new dolphin show, Our Ocean Planet. Earth is one watery world and home to some remarkable creatures. The new dolphin show explores the depths of these waters by taking us into a dolphin&#8217;s world. A world filled with beauty, grace, and power.

We don&#8217;t want to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nationalaquarium.wordpress.com&blog=3417488&post=533&subd=nationalaquarium&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How do dolphins do that?</title>
		<link>http://nationalaquarium.wordpress.com/2009/02/25/how-do-dolphins-do-that/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Justin Garner, dolphin trainer at the National Aquarium
One of the most common questions that we get here at the Aquarium is, “How do you get the dolphins to do that?”   As trainers, we spend most of our day building positive relationships with the dolphins to provide them with an enriching, healthy, and stimulating environment. 
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		<title>Help name our dolphin calf</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The presidential election has come and gone, but the National Aquarium still needs your vote! The newest addition to the dolphin colony is now 3 months old and we are calling on the public to choose her name. Aquarium trainers and voluteers have narrowed the choices to 5 names that relate to Maryland, and fit well with the young calf’s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nationalaquarium.wordpress.com&blog=3417488&post=303&subd=nationalaquarium&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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