The small hairs on the rostrum of the boto are believed to function as a tactile sense, possibly to compensate for the boto's poor eyesight. |
It does not appear in Shakespeare, so that the lines are as original with boto as the music is with Verdi. |
The boto is the subject of a legend in Brazil about a dolphin that turns into a man and seduces maidens by the riverside. |
But in a group where one boto puts on a display, there was much more tail-whacking, biting and other aggressive behavior among the males. |
It appeared in Italia of the day after the performance, at which, it may be mentioned, boto applauded vigorously from a box. |
A temperamental Plexiglas piece by Argentine Martha Boto was still being tinkered into operation on the day of the opening. |