Long-beaked common dolphin Long-beaked common dolphin The long-beaked common dolphin ("Delphinus capensis") is a species of common dolphin. It has a more restricted range than the short-beaked common dolphin ("D. delphis"). It has a disjointed range in coastal areas in tropical and warmer temperate oceans. The range includes parts of western and southern Africa, much of western South America, central California to central Mexico, coastal Peru, areas around Japan, Korea and Taiwan, and possibly near Oman. Vagrants have been recorded as far north as Vancouver Island. They live in shallow, warmer temperature waters near the coast. They also live in the tropical and
Yale (mythical creature) Yale (mythical creature) The yale or centicore (Latin: "eale") is a mythical beast found in European mythology and heraldry. Most descriptions make it an antelope- or goat-like four-legged creature with the tusks of a boar and large horns that it can swivel in any direction. The name might be derived from Hebrew יָעֵל ("yael"), meaning "Ibex". The yale was first written about by Pliny the Elder in Book VIII of his "Natural History": he describes the "eale" as a creature found in Aethiopia "the size of a hippopotamus, with an elephant's tail, of a black or tawny colour, with the