I'm trying to recall a story where humans have died off. Dolphins are repopulating the land and a series of surgical procedures is involved. The final procedure is to close the blowhole.

There may have been a "love story" where one dolphin was going on land and the other was staying behind.

I believe that this was in a collection of short stories (possibly including "Examination Day") from the mid seventies. The story would have been targeted at seventh and eight graders.

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    Looked through IO9's "10 of the most epic science fictional dolphins", found zilch. – SQB Feb 5 '14 at 13:15
  • @unclebrad Any reason why you haven't awarded a correct answer or investigated my answer? – JMFB Jun 16 '15 at 18:20
  • I second that. If @JMFBs answer is the right one, please mark it as accepted. – Valorum Aug 2 '15 at 7:22
  • @unclebrad Is my answer lacking in some way? – JMFB Aug 8 '15 at 2:31

Destiny and the Dolphins (1969) by Roy Meyers.

A nuclear holocaust destroys everything. There's only three humans left I believe and they repopulate the Earth.

This is the only review I could find of it that references what the story is about. It's the third book in the Dolphin Trilogy.

In Destiny and the Dolphins, a nuclear holocaust destroys all of civilization, leaving the three of them to repopulate the world. It is up to them to work out how they will engineer a new society.

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  • Thanks, that looks promising. I will check it out. – uncle brad Apr 6 '15 at 1:39
  • @unclebrad did you ever look into it? Was this the correct answer? – JMFB May 8 '15 at 17:40
  • @JMFB : Nice find, JMFB! +1. This is almost certainly the correct answer. I'm surprised it hasn't been accepted (or at least confirmed) yet by the OP. – Praxis Aug 15 '15 at 8:11

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