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Bottlenose Dolphins. By: Brendall O’Banon. Learned Behaviors. Learns how squeak, whistle, and click Play with humans. Inherited behaviors. 10 -14 feet long 400- 1000 pounds No hair Smooth Feels like rubber when you touch it. Adaptations. Dark gray skin Bottle type nose Thick tail
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Bottlenose Dolphins By: Brendall O’Banon
Learned Behaviors • Learns how squeak, whistle, and click • Play with humans
Inherited behaviors • 10 -14 feet long • 400- 1000 pounds • No hair • Smooth • Feels like rubber when you touch it
Adaptations • Dark gray skin • Bottle type nose • Thick tail • Can swim up to 10 miles per hour • Nose is 3 in. long
Behavior adaptations • Can jump 10 feet in the air • 12 dolphins in a pod • Hits predator with nose and tail
Pacific Ocean Near Australia, Northern Japan, Chile, and Southern California 50*F – 90*F Wet Warm Ecosystem and Climate
Diet • Eats Squid, Fish, Shrimp, and Krill • Carnivore • Tiger Shark, Dusky Shark, and Killer Whale eat it . • It is a predator and prey
Facts • Sometimes it will hit the fish with its tail and kill it • Eats 10 – 40 pounds of food per day • 80 – 100 teeth
Interesting Facts • Herding :To get food the pod will circle around a school of fish and take turns eating the fish • Corraling : The pod will chase a school of fish to the shore line and trap the fish and take turns eating them. • Male : Bulls • Female : Cows • Young : Calves
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