Bottlenose Dolphin
Bottlenose Dolphins
Weight: 190 to 260 kg.
Life Span: 20 years on average and max. 45 years in captivity
Habitat
The Bottlenose Dolphin mainly lives in the Pacific Ocean and is also seen in the other oceans expect two of the coldest world oceans, Artic and Southern. It’s weird that it doesn’t live in these oceans even though it can still survive in temperatures of 10 degrees to 30 degrees Celsius. If it’s too warm they can be spotted at the California Coast as far as Monterrey Bay! Bottlenose dolphins swim in groups called pods and are very social animals. They hunt in groups. Their main predators are great white, tiger and a bull shark. When a Bottlenose dolphin spots a great white, tiger and bull shark the bottlenose pod swims away. They stop their prey by making a dust bubbles that makes the prey very confused.
Life Cycle
A calf, bottlenose baby, is born tail first so it doesn’t drown and it mimics its mother’s behavior. When a bottlenose Dolphin is born, its 3 to 4 feet long and weighs 44 pounds. Calves nurse underwater and continue nursing for over 8 months. Females give birth every 2 to 3 years but can only have one at a time. They can’t handle any more rascals I mean calves. When full grown it weighs 190 to 260 kg and can live for 20 years on average, max 45 years in captivity. The baby’s father or the male grows up to thirteen feet!
Diet
The diet of the bottlenose dolphin is fish, squid, shrimp and more. They send out echolocation so other bottlenose dolphins can find their food. Echolocation is when the dolphin makes click sounds. Their clicks that bounce off objects such as a fish or rock then come back to the dolphin telling them the shape, size, speed, distance and location of this fish or rock. This sound travels from there lower jaw to its inner ear and then to its very smart brain
Adaptation
Bottlenose Dolphins are interesting animals and their adaptations are part of what makes them unique. Bottlenose Dolphins are called bottlenose dolphins because of their bottle shaped beak. An amazing fact is that bottlenose dolphins have a bigger brain than most people but humans have more intelligence. Another important adaptation is theirs sounds.They talk to each other through a series of grunts, whistles and squeaks. All these noises are for alerting each other of danger. Then there is their amazing blowholes which allow them to breath {they are mammals}. Finally they also have excellent vision!
Weight: 190 to 260 kg.
Life Span: 20 years on average and max. 45 years in captivity
Habitat
The Bottlenose Dolphin mainly lives in the Pacific Ocean and is also seen in the other oceans expect two of the coldest world oceans, Artic and Southern. It’s weird that it doesn’t live in these oceans even though it can still survive in temperatures of 10 degrees to 30 degrees Celsius. If it’s too warm they can be spotted at the California Coast as far as Monterrey Bay! Bottlenose dolphins swim in groups called pods and are very social animals. They hunt in groups. Their main predators are great white, tiger and a bull shark. When a Bottlenose dolphin spots a great white, tiger and bull shark the bottlenose pod swims away. They stop their prey by making a dust bubbles that makes the prey very confused.
Life Cycle
A calf, bottlenose baby, is born tail first so it doesn’t drown and it mimics its mother’s behavior. When a bottlenose Dolphin is born, its 3 to 4 feet long and weighs 44 pounds. Calves nurse underwater and continue nursing for over 8 months. Females give birth every 2 to 3 years but can only have one at a time. They can’t handle any more rascals I mean calves. When full grown it weighs 190 to 260 kg and can live for 20 years on average, max 45 years in captivity. The baby’s father or the male grows up to thirteen feet!
Diet
The diet of the bottlenose dolphin is fish, squid, shrimp and more. They send out echolocation so other bottlenose dolphins can find their food. Echolocation is when the dolphin makes click sounds. Their clicks that bounce off objects such as a fish or rock then come back to the dolphin telling them the shape, size, speed, distance and location of this fish or rock. This sound travels from there lower jaw to its inner ear and then to its very smart brain
Adaptation
Bottlenose Dolphins are interesting animals and their adaptations are part of what makes them unique. Bottlenose Dolphins are called bottlenose dolphins because of their bottle shaped beak. An amazing fact is that bottlenose dolphins have a bigger brain than most people but humans have more intelligence. Another important adaptation is theirs sounds.They talk to each other through a series of grunts, whistles and squeaks. All these noises are for alerting each other of danger. Then there is their amazing blowholes which allow them to breath {they are mammals}. Finally they also have excellent vision!
Resources
http://www.virginiaaquarium.com/research-conservation/pages/research-projects.aspx
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/bottlenose-dolphin-habitat.html
http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/animal-bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/coelomates/deuterostomes/chordata/craniata/mammalia/cetacea/bottlenose-dolphin.htm
http://www.dolphinworld.org/swimming-with-dolphins/
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/bottlenose-dolphin-habitat.html
http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/animal-bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/coelomates/deuterostomes/chordata/craniata/mammalia/cetacea/bottlenose-dolphin.htm
http://www.dolphinworld.org/swimming-with-dolphins/