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Bottle Nosed Dolphin
Bottle Nosed Dolphin
Bottle Nosed Dolphin
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Bottle Nosed Dolphin
Bottlenose Dolphins are the most common and well-known type of dolphin. Bottlenose dolphins are found inhabiting warm seas worldwide.

Bottlenose dolphins are grey in colour and grow between 2 and 4 meters long. These dolphins typically stay in groups from 15 to 2,000 in number, meaning that bottlenose dolphins can often be found in large groups.

Dolphins are thought to be one of the more intelligent animals of the mammal world, along with bigger primates and humans. Dolphins are thought to communicate to other dolphins through a series of clicking sounds.

Bottlenose dolphins generally have a good relationship with humans and due to their intelligence, bottlenose dolphins have been trained by military forces for tasks such as locating sea mines or detecting and marking enemy divers. In some areas the bottlenose dolphins have been known to help the local fishermen by driving fish towards the fishermen and then eating the fish that escape the fishermens nets. Some interactions with humans however are harmful to the dolphins as people hunt bottlenose dolphins for food, and dolphins are often killed by accident when there is mass tuna fishing.

Bottlenose dolphins are generally known to have a calm and playful temperament, particularly around humans. As individuals, bottlenose dolphins are not aggressive by nature but if they feel threatened, bottlenose dolphins will use their immense pod size to their advantage which will often intimidate unwanted intruders.

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Bottle Nosed Dolphin Translations

Danish Dansk
Øresvin
 
German Deutsch
Großer Tümmler
 
English English
Bottlenose Dolphin
 
French Français
Grand dauphin
 
Hebrew עִבְרִית
דולפינן ים תיכוני
 
Croatian Hrvatski
Dobri dupin
 
Japanese 日本語
ハンドウイルカ
 
Limburgian Limburgs
Tummeleer
 
Dutch Nederlands
Tuimelaar
 
Norwegian Norsk
Tumler
 
Polish Polski
Butlonos
 
Swedish Svenska
Öresvin
 
Turkish Türkçe
Afalina
 
Chinese 中文
宽吻海豚
 

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Bottle Nosed Dolphin Facts

Kingdom:
A level of classifying all living things on earth, as similar species are broken into 5 groups including plants, animals and fungi....
Animalia
Phylum:
A level of classifying animals within the animal kingdom. Phylum are further divided into subgroups called classes....
Chordata
Class:
A level of classifying animals in a phylum. Classes are then sub-divided into further groups known as orders....
Mammalia
Order:
A level used to classify animals. Classes are broken into sub-groups known as order, which are broken down further into families....
Cetacea
Family:
A level of classifying animals within an order. Orders are broken down in families and families are broken down further into smaller groups called genus....
Delphinidae
Genus:
A level of classifying animals within a family. Families are divided into sub-groups called genus which generally contain one or two animal species....
Tursiops
Scientific Name:Tursiops Truncatus
Type:Mammal
Diet:Omnivore
Size (L):2.5m - 4m (8ft - 13ft)
Weight:200kg - 300kg (440lbs - 660lbs)
Top Speed:35km/h (21mph)
Life Span:20 - 35 years
Lifestyle:Pod
Conservation Status:
The conservation status of a species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species remaining extant either in the present day or the near future. Many factors are taken into account when assessing the conservation s...
Least Concern
Colour:Light grey, Dark grey
Skin Type:Smooth
Favourite Food:Fish
Habitat:
The term habitat is used to describe a specific area where a particular animal lives, within an environment. Many animals have adapted to requiring specific conditions which can only be found in their natural habitat su...
Warm harbours and bays
Average Litter Size:1
Main Prey:
When an animal is referred to prey, it means that the animal is either hunted or caught for food. Animals that are referred to as prey are generally hunted by bigger animals, although there are a number of exceptions....
Fish, Shrimp, Squid
Predators:
When an animal is referred to as a predator, it means that the animal either hunts or catches other animals. Predatory animals are generally dominant within their environment and will generally hunt animals smaller than...
Human, Sharks, Killer Whale
Distinctive Features:Large dorsal fins and communicate using whistling

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