Common dolphin Common dolphin The common dolphin is the name given to two species of dolphin making up the genus Delphinus. Taxonomists and cetologists usually recognise two species — the short-beaked common dolphin, which retains the systematic name "Delphinus delphis", and the long-beaked common dolphin "D. capensis". Despite its name, the common dolphin is not the dolphin of popular imagination; that distinction belongs to the bottlenose dolphin (genus "Tursiops") due to its widespread use in marine parks and its appearance in the television series "Flipper". However, this dolphin was the most frequently represented in the art and literature of ancient Greece and
Hydrus (legendary creature) Hydrus (legendary creature) The Hydrus (also known as "Enhydros, Enidros, Hildris, Hydra, Idra, Idres, Ydre, Ydris", and "Ydrus") is a creature from Medieval bestiaries. They were said to be found in the Nile River. While in the Nile, a crocodile would roll the hydrus in the mud before eating the smaller creature. However, once inside the crocodile's stomach, the hydrus would burst free from the stomach lining. In medieval Christian tradition, this bursting free from the crocodile became an emblem of the resurrection of Christ bursting free from Hell. There is considerable confusion in applying the name hydrus and its