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Scientific Classification; Habitat and Distribution; Physical Characteristics; Senses; Adaptations for an Aquatic Environment; Behavior; Diet and Eating Habits; Reproduction; Birth and Care of Young; Communication and Echolocation; Longevity and Causes of ... Click here for the updated InfoBook - Bottlenose Dolphins.
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www.seaworld.org/infobooks/Bottlenose/home.html
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Bottlenose dolphins are light to dark gray over their dorsal surface, fading into a white or cream along their ventral region. They have a streamlined fusiform body shape. ... Atlantic bottlenose dolphins as a whole are typically smaller than Pacific bottlenose dolphins; however, bottlenose dolphins frequenting...
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Distribution and Migration: Bottlenose dolphins are found worldwide in temperate and tropical waters, absent only from 45 degrees poleward in either hemisphere. They are frequently seen in harbors, bays, lagoons, estuaries, and river mouths.
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Bottlenose dolphin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bottlenose dolphins , the genus Tursiops , are the most common and well-known members of the family Delphinidae, the family of oceanic dolphins. Recent molecular studies show the genus contains...
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Size: The familiar bottlenose dolphin is around 8 feet (2.5m) long and weights between 440-660 lbs (200-300kg). Because the forty species of dolphins are so diverse, they range in size. ... Lifespan: Most dolphins live long lives. The bottlenose dolphin can live over 40 years, and the orca can live to be 70 or 80!
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Atlantic bottlenose dolphins are small cetaceans that have a long, beaklike snout, a falcate (sickle-shaped) dorsal fin, and sharp teeth. They are Odontoceti (toothed whales). They live in small pods and have one blowhole. ... Bottlenose dolphins are hunters that fish mostly at the surface of the water, eating mostly fish...
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There are actually two kinds of bottlenose dolphin (tusiops truncatus). One form is found near the coast in warmer water, the other form lives off shore in deeper and colder water. The off shore type is usually larger and has a slighly shorter beak. ... Those are the larger off shore bottlenose dolphins. All are wild animals.
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