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By Jordan Story

COMMON DOLPHIN!. By Jordan Story. Description What does it look like?. Baleen or Toothed ? Toothed! Size and Weight Can reach up to 7.5 – 8.5 feet, in length. Weighs as much as 297 pounds,(135 kg)

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  1. COMMON DOLPHIN! By Jordan Story

  2. Description What does it look like? • Baleen or Toothed? Toothed! • Size and WeightCan reach up to 7.5 – 8.5 feet, in length. Weighs as much as 297 pounds,(135 kg) • Color(s) The back of the common dolphin is dark gray, to black on the top then to the tail as the sides are a v. The dorsal fin is yellowish and tan. Its stomach is white. There are large dark circles at the eyes followed by a dark line that runs across the head to behind the beck, while a black stripe thatgoes down to the jaw and the flippers. • Surface Characteristics

  3. Habitat Where does it live? • Where & WhenThe Common dolphin lives in all tropical and warm places. • Migrates?The Common Dolphin doesn’t have any migration routes. • Routes? The Common Dolphin doesn’t have any routes it stays where it is.

  4. Diet What does it eat? The Common Dolphin eats squid or small schooling fish.

  5. Fun Facts • Dolphins are the only mammals that give birth tails first instead of heads. • Dolphins have two stomachs. •The dorsal fin is unique, from every type, it can be how scientist’s identify the dolphin. •Most dolphins are saltwater, when other dolphins can be freshwater.

  6. Comparison to Humpback My Whale Humpback Krill baleen toothed Dorsal fin 7.5 ft. Humpback squid Class: Mammalia 40ft. mammals Suborder: Odontoceti Black and Dolphin migrates white Small fish Doesn’t migrate Suborder: Mysticeti order: Cetacea

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