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Bottlenose Dolphins

The Bottlenose Dolphin is the largest of the beaked dolphins and lives in temperate and tropical seas worldwide. The Bottlenose Dolphin can also be trained to perform in marine centres and can be swum with and stroked by humans. This category consists of questions about the Bottlenose Dolphin’s habitat, structure, etc.

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What kind of water does the bottlenose dolphin live in?

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They live in salt water like a kind of ocean.

What animal competes for the same food as the bottlenose dolphin?

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The bottlenose dolphin is closely related to the Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin and all orcas(whales).

How does a bottle - nose dolphin defend itself?

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What i think that nosebottled dolphin to defend itself is by biting their enemy and swim away as fast as they can.

How long does a bottlenose dolphin live?

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On average they live for about 20 years but the maxium is 40-45 years.

Can you swim with dolphins at shedd aquarium?

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Yes you can swim with the dolphins at Discover Cove in Orlando. There are charges and papers to sign but you can swim with them. There are different packages and prices that you can chose from that will make your experience perfect for you.

What food does a bottlenose dolphin need?

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What do Dolphins Eat?Sat, 2006-01-21 11:01 - Milli

Dolphins eat a variety of different foods. Some of them eat fish, such as mackerel, herring and cod, while others eat squid. Large dolphins, such as Orcas may eat other marine mammals, such as sea lions or sea turtles. How much a dolphin eats depends alot on what type of fish or ssquid they eat. Some fish, such as mackerel or herring, have alot of fat in them. This means that a Dolphin will get alot of energy from eating these fish. However, squid does not have much fat, so a Dolphin has to eat more squid to get the same kind of energy it would get from fish. On average, however, a 250 kg dolphin will typically eat between 10 kg and 22.5 kg of fish every day.

Dolphins hunt using a couple of different methods. Some types of Dolphins will work together to surround a school of fish, and then take turns swimming through, while eating all the fish they can. This is called herding.

Other types of dolphins strike fish with their tails, in order to stun the fish, so they can eat it. This is called whacking.

Sometimes, a dolphin will send a very loud CLICK! throught the water at the fish. The loud noise will shock the fish, and leave it in a stupor. This is called stunning.

Dolphins will sometimes herd a school of fish into shallow water, to make it hard for the fish to escape. This is called coralling.

Lastly, some dolphins will pick up a sponge, and use it to push through the mud on the bottom of shallow parts of the ocean, looking for food. This is called foraging.

What helps bottlenose dolphins live in their habitat?

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It needs a lot of food, and if it's a girl dolphin, she would need another girl to be paired with. They also need about 10 feet of water minimum in their tank, but it has to be pretty big long ways. That's all I can think of right now, sorry. Hope this helps though!

When are the bottlenose dolphins most active?

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a bottle nose dolphin is most active when having social contact with animals

What do bottlenose dolphins love to do?

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Dolphins function better day and night.Day and night are equal.

How does a dolphin move around in its habitat?

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they go to the pack leader a group i study the leaders name is dominik and the alpha female is ashely

Is a Bottlenose dolphin a vertebrate?

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Yes. All animals which have a spine, or backbone, are classified in the phylum Chordata. There are three subphylums in Chordata: Urochordata (tunicates), Cephalachordata (lancelets), and Vertebrata (vertebrates). Dolphins belong to the phylum Chordata because they are vertebrates.

How many bottlenose dolphins are left in the wild?

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Bottlenose Dolphins are the most common known dolphins, appearing in many TV shows and movies. The population is not exactly known due to the many different species spanning a large geographic area.

How does a bottlenose dolphin's covering help it survive?

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A bottlenose dolphin's skin color is gray to dark gray on its back, fading to white on its lower jaw and belly. This coloration, a type of camouflage known as countershading, may help conceal a dolphin from predators and prey. When viewed from above, a dolphin's dark back surface blends with the dark depths. When seen from below, a dolphin's lighter belly blends with the bright sea surface.

What is the length and weight of Bottlenose Dolphins?

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Common dolphins can reach lengths of 7.5 - 8.5 feet (2.3-2.6 m) and weigh as much as 297 lb. (135 kg)

Do Bottlenose dolphins swim in deep or shallow waters?

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Bottle nose dolphins can swim in shallow water because they can inhale the air humans inhale to. The dolphins can all so dive to under 1000fl to the bottom of the sea

How fast can a Bottlenose Dolphin swin?

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Bottlenose dolphins can swim a maximum of 20 mph, for about 10-20 seconds.

What are the physical features of dolphins?

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the appearance if a dolphin is a long sleek body, a snout like thing for a mouth (different lengths depend on the species) and a large flat tale.

What is a dolphin's nose called?

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a dolphins nose is called a rostrum

or for a simpler answer: Snout/Beak
A dolphin's snout is called a rostrum. Same goes for an alligator, crocodile etc.

Are bottlenose dolphins endangered or threatened?

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Bottle nose dolphins are not on the endangered species list. They are actually quite well off, even considered pests in certain areas. However, there are other species of dolphins that are on the endangered species list:

Atlantic Humpbacked Dolphin

Australian Snubfin Dolphin

Chilean Dolphin

Chinese River Dolphin

Chinese White Dolphin

Hector's Dolphin

Indus River Dolphin

Irrawaddy Dolphin (also known as the Snubfin Dolphin, not the same as the first one I listed)

La Plata River Dolphin

Gulf of California Porpoise

None of the above listed are known by the name Bottle Nose Dolphin.

What are facts about the bottle nose dolphin?

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Bottle nosed dolphins are fast swimmers, they have a bottle shaped nose, they can't stop smiling, they breath through a hole on the top of their head. Bottle nosed dolphins, as I've heard, are apparently endangered.

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Is a bottle nose dolphin covered in scales?

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Dolphins are covered in skin. See link for more.

Do humans help dolphins?

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Yes! By calling 9-1-1 or notifying available lifeguards, the area can be secured for a rescue team which may need additional manpower to assist with the animals' return to sea. They have been known to circle & re-strand themselves! Do NOT under any circumstances try this alone! Off the coast of Chile, Orca have been seen surfing in to the shore to prey on seals. You might look like one to them! This is NOT a drill, people!

Note: this answered the question: "should we be saving whales and dolphins" "yes", without any rationale, and went on to make some points on how to save them. The answer lacks both depth and understanding.

I have saved whales, and cried, exhausted, and felt at the time it was the right thing to do. I am now just starting to have second thoughts. What if they are doing it deliberately, trying to communicate to us a message: 'please stop slaughtering our families and our bravest ones will come to you freely'. If this is a even a possibility, and the level of social intelligence and complexity of these creatures certainly does not exclude it my mind, what does our act of dragging them back out to sea communicate back to them? It is kind of horrifying.

What are the seasonal behaviors of dolphins?

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Dolphins are adapted by their small layer of hair in the winter to keep them warm and in the summer they shred their hair. Their diet remains the same the whole time.

Why is a bottlenose dolphin called bottlenose?

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because when dolphins are born, on the left side of them they cant see behind them but they can see in front. they just cant see behind them thats why theyre blind. DUH!

What layer of the ocean do bottle nose dolphins live in?

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The dolphin swims fairly close to the surface as the pod likes to flip and play.they also enjoy midwaters where the eat and swim as well as communicate with ea other. But they can't stay down too long .they need to Surface for a breath!