Bottlenose Dolphins By Ryan Nicholas

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Physical Features Diet Quiz Behaviors Bottlenose dolphin Interesting Facts

Diet Dolphins do not chew up their food. Dolphins have sharp teeth and are carnivores. Dolphins eat whatever fish is close to them.

Behaviors Dolphins swim with there flukes, tailfins and there dorsal fins. Dolphins lose energy by swimming and hunting. Some researchers think dolphins use echolocation to stun fish with sound waves.

PhysicalPhysical Features Bottlenose Dolphin’s color camouflages it to hide from predators. Dolphins are generally hairless but newborns often have few hairs on there snouts that they lose after a few days. Bottlenose dolphins can swim up to 25 miles per hour to get away from predators.

Interesting Facts A active adult bottle nose dolphin needs to eat 15 to 30 pounds a day Wild dolphins swimming in the ocean will often perform the same acrobatic moves that trained dolphins do in aquariums. Many of these “ tricks” are part of dolphins natural behaviors. Dolphins often stick there heads above the water. This is called spy hoping and lets the dolphin have a look above the waters surface. They may be checking to see were other dolphins are and what they are doing or they may be curious about a boat or some other object. Dolphins shed and replace skin very rapidly. Whole sheets of shed skin are often found in pools were captive dolphins live.

Quiz When dolphins eat how do they chew there food? How do dolphins camouflage in certain areas? How do dolphins lose energy?