The new battlegrounds are elementary school self-esteem programs whose imaginary central characters include a blue dragon named Pumsy and a dolphin named Duso.

Lenny comes along, now disguised as a dolphin named Sebastian.

Between 1888 and 1912 a dolphin named Pelorus Jack became famous for meeting and escorting ships around the Cook Strait.

He also has a dolphin named Sonali, and a falcon scout Shaheen, inspired by the bird in Bachchan's film Coolie.

"It's cool," said Sean, who stroked the belly of a dolphin named Hiiaka.

Adam's attempts to help a dolphin named Delphineus his father has rescued take a turn for the weirder when he starts talking.

The dolphin, named Paddy, quickly learned to go directly to the spot where the larger fish was located.

The story follows two main branches of events, both of which stem from the original colony overseen by a dolphin named Makanee.

There is a friendly dolphin, named Zoom, who provides extra oxygen if you can catch it.

Captain Nut usually talks to a dolphin named Larry.