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[edit] What was the other parent of Kekaimalu's offspring?

The wolphin's calves would have been either 3/4 bottlenose and 1/4 FKW or 3/4 FKW and 1/4 bottlenose depending on what she mated with. I'm surprised the article doesn't say which. 4.89.245.204 03:01, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

The MSNBC article referenced says it was a bottlenose. I've added this to the article. Rojomoke 14:56, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

The article mentions there are two wolphins in captivity, but as I understand it, the daughter of the first one wouldn't be a wolphin, it'd be a wolphinphin, or something. The article in general is a bit confusing overall- it took me at least three tries to understand the paragraph about "Kekaimalu" and offspring, though this might be because of the late hour. In any case, I do think that section needs a bit untangling. -- Sarrandúin ^{[ Talk + Contribs ]} 06:11, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Spelling

I rather think we mean 'wholphin', not 'wolphin'. The father being a whale, not a wale (UNLESS - Jimbo was the father?!?). The raw numbers tell the same tale: wolphin vs wholphin.

-- Tom Anderson 2007-04-25 16:31 +0100

Agreed, 'wholphin' is six-fold more common on the web, plus it's used by all the external links currently cited. I'll make the change now. –Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 14:14, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

ps Tom I notice you've made some really worthwhile contributions here (eg); have you thought about creating an account?

The problem with using "wholphin" is that, it implies that if you don't have the whine-wine merger, you would use the wh sound. However, this never actually occurs before o; it's merged with 'h'. Consider "who" and "whore" etc. Still, if it's more common... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.147.103.66 (talk) 11:36, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Move?

In light of the above, presumably this page should now be moved to Wholphin. Any objections? Otherwise I'll move it and fix any redirects early next week. –Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 14:36, 26 April 2007 (UTC)