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  • National Geographic Kids Chapters: Dog Finds Lost Dolphins!: And More True Stories of Amazing Animal Heroes (NGK Chapters)

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The first in a line of Animal Rescues chapter books, Dog Finds Lost Dolphins is a tale you'll not soon forget. In this charming and awe-inspiring story you'll meet Cloud, the black lab with a nose for rescue. She's the only dog certified to sniff out stranded dolphins. Cloud can sniff out a dolphin over a mile off the coast of the Florida Keys. She has even become friends with them, waiting on the dock for them to pop up and give her a kiss. This and two more amazing stories are so engaging, readers will never want to put the book down!
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  1. Reading age
    6 - 9 years, from customers
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    Chapter Book
  3. Print length
    112 pages
  4. Language
    English
  5. Grade level
    3 - 7
  6. Dimensions
    5.13 x 0.24 x 7.52 inches
  7. Publisher
    National Geographic Kids
  8. Publication date
    July 24, 2012
  9. ISBN-10
    1426310315
  10. ISBN-13
    978-1426310317
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When Chris Blankenship got an emergency call to report to the beach, he expected it to be busy. And it was!
 
About 80 dolphins were wriggling and squeaking in the shallow water. A small army of people worked quickly to help them. Team leaders barked orders. Volunteers put on wet suits for their turn in the water. News reporters were there too. They were looking for a big story.
 
Chris is a dolphin expert. He has seen dolphins and whales stuck on shore before. This time was different. Usually one or two dolphins get stuck in shallow water. Sometimes they get stuck in the twisty roots of mangrove trees. But 80 dolphins! Chris thought. With so many, how do we know that we’ve found them all?
 
Every time a dolphin or whale gets stranded, it is a race against time. The sooner the dolphins are found, the easier it can be to save them. Chris ran his hands over a dolphin’s smooth, rubbery skin. He thought how odd it was that such a good swimmer needed help.
 
Dolphins are perfect for the underwater world. With their strong bodies and sleek fins, they can swim seven times faster than humans. They can hold their breath for more than 15 minutes and dive 2,000 feet (610 m) underwater.
 
Dolphins are also very smart. They hunt in groups. They make up games to play. They even name themselves using whistling sounds. Many researchers spend their lives learning how dolphins communicate. In a dolphin’s world, every click, whistle, and gesture has a meaning.
 
Yet sometimes dolphins end up in trouble. They can get stuck on a beach. It’s a dangerous situation for them. By the time they are found, most stranded dolphins are sick or have died already.
 
Why would such smart animals swim so close to a beach? We don’t really
know. Maybe some stranded dolphins have been sick. Maybe pollution in the water confused them. Maybe they got lost during a storm at sea.
 
In order to find the answer, scientists study stranded dolphins as they try to help them. They look for clues that will help them keep dolphins safe.
 
Chris and the animal doctors got to work on the stranded dolphins. The first step: Make sure the dolphin can breathe. Dolphins are mammals, like humans. They have lungs and need to breathe air. They take in air through a blowhole on their back, behind their head. The stranded dolphins were very tired.
 
They couldn’t stay up on their bellies or swim on their own. People took turns holding the animals up so they could breathe. They rested the dolphins on their knees to keep their blowholes above water.
 
The volunteers also kept the dolphins’ skin moist by splashing water on their bodies. A dolphin’s exposed skin can dry out quickly in the hot Florida sun.
 
A team examined each dolphin. They had to find out which dolphins were healthy enough to survive in the wild. The healthiest dolphins were helped back to deeper water right away. Sick dolphins were taken to a special hospital. There they were given medicine and food.
 
Chris popped a fish stuffed with medicine in a dolphin’s mouth.
 
This one is in rough shape, but it seems like a fighter, he thought. Suddenly, a shout got Chris’s attention.
 
“Chris!” yelled a volunteer. “Quick! Come over here!”
 
Chris ran down the beach to a spot full of mangrove trees. A small group of dolphins were stuck in the trees’ thick roots. They must have been separated from the main group. Now it was too late. They were too sick to save.
 
Chris sighed. I wish we had some way of locating dolphins. Then we could get to them sooner.
 
After that day, Chris kept thinking about what he had seen. He wondered if there was a better way to find lost dolphins. Then Chris started reading about some dogs that worked nearby. They were trained to search for people who get lost on or near the water. The dogs worked along beaches or from boats in the water. They sniffed the air for the missing person’s smell. They could even smell objects that were slightly underwater.
 
Chris wondered: If dogs can find humans in the water, can they find dolphins too?

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ National Geographic Kids
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 24, 2012
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ Illustrated
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 112 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1426310315
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1426310317
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.5 ounces
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 6 - 9 years, from customers
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.13 x 0.24 x 7.52 inches
  • Part of series ‏ : ‎ Chapter Book
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 3 - 7
  • Best Sellers Rank: #315,947 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 out of 5 stars (220)

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Elizabeth Carney is a writer and editor based in Columbus, Ohio. She specializes in children's nonfiction. Elizabeth received the 2005 AAAS Science Journalism Award for science reporting for children. She's written dozens of children's books on subjects ranging from Ellis Island to an angry gorilla to the mysteries of Mars. She loves visiting schools, reading to kids (including her own children), and using the power of stories to get young people hooked on STEM.

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