The
team
is
also
____________________
to
____________________
the
specimen
as
a
new
species
since
lone
hybrids
are
often
unable
to
reproduce
.
While
the
hybrids
are
commonly
referred
to
as
?
wholphins
,
?
the
scientists
say
the
____________________
is
misleading
.
They
____________________
she
got
separated
from
its
pod
and
decided
to
join
the
rough
-
toothed
dolphins
.
In
a
report
published
in
July
2018
,
the
team
confirrmed
that
the
odd
-
looking
male
was
indeed
the
____________________
of
a
melon
-
headed
whale
mother
and
a
rough
-
toothed
dolphin
father
.
To
confirm
their
suspicions
,
the
scientists
used
a
____________________
,
equipped
with
a
special
dart
,
to
____________________
the
mammal's
skin
sample
without
harming
it
.
They
then
compared
the
____________________
in
the
tissue
to
the
genetic
data
of
the
two
species
collected
by
scientists
over
many
years
.
The
animal
had
a
melon
-
headed
whale's
____________________
fin
and
dorsal
cape
but
a
rough
-
toothed
dolphin's
blotchy
____________________
and
sloping
forehead
.
The
mammal
was
first
____________________
in
August
2017
by
a
group
of
researchers
on
a
two
-
week
____________________
to
document
marine
life
off
the
coast
of
Kauai
,
Hawaii
.
One
such
extraordinary
occurrence
is
the
recent
discovery
of
an
extremely
rare
____________________
between
a
melon
-
headed
whale
and
a
roughtoothed
dolphin
.
