• Those with a Dolphin Totem possess a loving, compassionate heart and the soul of a healer. Their insights and psychic sensitivites are comparable to a dolphin’s sonar abilities. They desire the outdoors to play, to explore and to breathe the fresh air.

Find the words listed below in this puzzle. They may be vertical, horizontal, diagonal, forward or backward. The only words you will be working with are those in BOLD ITALICS. Other words are   included for clarity or information.

• Dolphin water THERAPY TEACHES autistic CHILDREN to reach out to others.

• Dolphin’s SONAR is believed to blast cancerous cells and tumors.

• GREEK MYTHOLOGY refers to a  Dolphin as a BLESSED OLD soul of the SEA.

• Early Christians BELIEVED Dolphins to be a SYMBOL of SALVATION.

• MYTHS SPEAK of LIFE BEGINNING in the WATER, the source of all life.

• Breath control is KEY to the Dolphin’sPOWER. Proper USE of breath CAN:

   - Help ONE release stress

   - EASE pain of childbirth

   - Induce an ALTERED STATE

   - Heal body, mind and SPIRIT

• Dolphins use a SPOUTING breath upon SURFACING.

• Dolphin Characteristics: Slender beak-like SNOUT

   - AQUATIC MAMMAL

   - Playful spirit of JOY

   - They LIVE in harmony

   - Altruistic BEHAVIOR

   - Keen sense of PERCEPTION

   - Has a breathing RHYTHM

   - 32 SPECIES

   - STREAMLINED BODY

   - BLOWHOLE

   - Shows compassionate SENSITIVITY for others

   - OCEANIC and RIVER Dolphins

   - Curiosity draws them to HUMANS

   - Dolphins use SOUND REVERBERATION to find objects

   - LARGE brain provides high INTELLIGENCE

Unscramble remaining letters to form a word that keeps life interesting.

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Dolphin Fill-In Puzzle

Arrange the following words to fit in the puzzle below. The last letter of one word will be the beginning letter of the next. Three-lettered words criss-cross in the center of the diamonds.

3 Lettered Words:

SEA:     Home to the Dolphin

POD:    A group of Dolphins

AID:     Dolphins offer to others

JOY:      In their playful nature

AIR:      Breathe in new life

4 Lettered Words:

ROMP: Play energetically

MIME:                  Conveys message w/o words

SURF:                   Dolphins ride this

GURU:  Mentor of the sea

6 Lettered Words:

TENDER: One who looks after others

SELDOM: Hardly ever travel alone

UTOPIA: Their world

FROLIC: Cheerful Play

8 Lettered Words:

CHARMING: Dolphin‘s personality

TIMELESS: Not affected by passage of time

ALTRUIST: Unselfish concern for others

GENTLEST:  Dolphins––the gentlest soul of the sea

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