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Dolphin Is Like Unicorn

a: Dolphin ~
b: underwater Unicorn

What: "A dolphin is like an underwater Unicorn."

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Writer: Not Stated
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Date: Jan 21 2012 10:41 AM


Dolphin As Slick Plastic

a: Dolphin ~
b: touching slick plastic

What: "The girl has met Winter many times and told the kids touching the dolphin is like touching slick plastic." Or maybe the dolphin feels like rubber skin. That's what they felt like at Sea World.

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Writer: Jen Lee Reeves
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Jan 21 2012 10:44 AM


Dolphin As Genius Fish

a: Dolphin ~
b: genius in fish body

What: "A dolphin is like a genius trapped in the body of a fish."

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Writer: Cetacea
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Jan 21 2012 10:47 AM


Dolphin As Female Human Being

a: Dolphin ~
b: female human being

What: "Touch Seang Tana said, adding that local people have never eaten dolphin because the body of dolphin is like female human being." Maybe this why some people like dolphins so much.

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Writer: Qin Mei
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Date: Jan 21 2012 11:08 AM


Dolphin As Presence Of Christ

a: Dolphin ~
b: the presence of Christ

What: "For example, I might draw dolphins," he said. "There are stories of dolphins coming alongside people who are struggling in the sea, and helping to save them. Then I might say that the dolphin is like the presence of Christ - there to help us through the storms of life, and that the dolphin was an early Christian symbol for resurrection." Nice story. Original invalid link:

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Writer: Beryl Rule
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Jan 21 2012 11:14 AM


Dolphin Is Like A Gay Shark

a: Dolphin ~
b: a gay shark

What: "Did you know that a dolphin is like a gay shark" Something freaky is going on here. A lot of projection onto animals occurs with these analogies.

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Writer: Britney from Glee
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Jan 21 2012 11:21 AM


The Dolphin As Piercing Pathological Barriers

a: The dolphin ~
b: a needle piercing barriers

What: "The second way of the method's usage allowed to develop and modify the method itself. Our therapeutic metaphor is, that the dolphin is like a needle piercing through patient's pathological barriers and allowing to use other therapy methods, like threads stretching after this needle."

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Writer: Dolphin therapy
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Date: Jan 21 2012 10:38 AM


Dolphin Sonor Advanced As Holy Trinity

a: Dolphin sonor ~
b: the picture of the Trinity of God's nature

What: "The difference in the degree of definition of the sonar between the submarine, the bat, and the dolphin is like the picture of the Trinity of God's nature, and shows a progressive dimension of one to the other until the fullness is achieved." Some of the best metaphorical thinking around is from preachers discussing the gospels and the nature of the divine.

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Writer: cherylhyter
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Date: Jan 21 2012 11:35 AM


Dolphin Muscle As Dog Muscle

a: Dolphin muscle ~
b: dog muscle

What: "This agreement suggests that the internal composition of the muscle cells of the dolphin is like that of the dog." A comparison of dog and dolphin cells based on water content of dolphin muscle.

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Writer: B. J. VOS et al.
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Date: Jan 21 2012 10:53 AM



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