they are, like, awesome. >> we're at the national aquarium in baltimore, atlantic bottlenose dolphins. now, they seem friendly 'cause they look like they're smiling. are they? >> well, that's actually one ofngs about them -- that they're always smiling because of the way their mouth is shaped. they can be friendly, but the thing is it takes really a lotond with them. >> that's why the only time you should try to touch a dolphin is in a supervised program like thethe aquarium. >> and now we're gonna go ahead and meet our youngest dolphin at the nation aquarium. this is bayley. >> bayley just turned five, andh. >> take this basketball. and, scott, what i want you to do is just go ahead and lob it she's good at catching. and now get ready.traight up. natural. she does her own version of dribbling around the court. >> good job! very nice.'re gonna ask her to do is do an aerial, so it's a big jump out of the water, okay? so, what i want you to do is put your right hand straight out. and bring it down.ust like that. and you're gonna see bayley come up out of the water really high. >> that's

>> so, atlantic bottlenose dolphins, which are the dolphins that are here at the national aquarium, are not endangered. but, as always, with any animal species, really, it's kind of human intervention sometimes that can threaten them. >> as "teen kids news" has often reported, all kinds of marine life can be harmed by pollution and debris like fish nets. dolphins are no exception. one way we can help protect dolphins is by learning more about them. we have a link to the national aquarium on our website. for "teen kids news," i'm scott. and i think i'm gonna need a new shirt. >> it's a dish developed by the ancient aztecs, easy to make, and fun to eat. great guacamole. >> nicole's in the kitchen expert, chef johnny prep. this week, she's learning how to make a mean guacamole. >> so, i'm particularly excited about this, because i love guacamole. so, what's first? >> well, first, we got to talk about avocados, 'cause, basically, guacamole is predominantly avocados. so, what you want to make sure is you buy as perfectly ripe as an avocado as you can get or buy them underripe and let them ri

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atlantic ocean. that's where some of the aquarium's star attractions come from. bottlenose dolphins are crowd favorites. they're not fish. they're mammals. the babies get milk from their mothers, and just like us, they're sociable. and how smart are dolphins? >> dolphins are very smart. it's kind of hard to categorize exactly how smart they are because there's no true way of knowing, but they're very socially complex animals. they learn pretty easily. so, it's a lot of fun to work with them. >> i was soon going to find out just how true that is. but one more question first. and how do they communicate with each other? >> they communicate in a lot of different ways. so, most of the time, when people think of dolphins and communication, they think of vocalizations, like clicks and whistles. and that is part of it. we don't know, obviously, what they're saying. that's between them. but the other ways they communicate, sometimes, is body so, a lot of times, they will jump out of the water, make really big splashes. they'll kind of hit their pectoral or flukes against the surface of the