Dolphins

1. Dolphins By Stephanie King and Melissa Ariza

2. Impact • Humans have an impact on dolphins because when humans pollute and destroy the environment, and the ocean dolphins are killed. • The prosthetic body parts of dolphins are making it easier for other dolphins to live. • One of the reasons people are going “green” is because of the dolphins and fish in the ocean. • On how dolphins relate with other fish, they don’t worry about being eaten by sharks, some dolphins are stronger then a shark. • Dolphins are very social able with humans and animals

3. Facts • Bottlenose Dolphins can stay up to 15 minutes under water although they usually stay only a few minutes diving. • The bottlenose dolphin can grow up to 2.5-2.8 meters. While there are some other smaller species, there are some species much bigger like the killer whale. • Dolphins have to be conscious to breath. This means that they cannot go into a full deep sleep, because then they would suffocate. • Bottlenose dolphins eat several kinds of fish (including mullet, mackerel, herring, cod) • The maximum age for bottlenose dolphins is between 40 and 50 years. • Dolphins can make a unique signature whistle that may help individual dolphins recognize each other or perform any other kind of communication still unknown.

4. Article • A dolphin named Winter lost her tail in a crab trap. • Winter was discovered in a crab trap off the coast of Florida in 2005. Rescuers rushed the baby bottlenose dolphin to the Clearwater Marine Aquarium. • But the dolphin was a fighter, and she began to recover. She grew and gained weight, and began to swim using her flippers and a side-to-side motion. Although pleased by her recovery, winter's keepers were worried by her strange swimming style. • Carroll a scientist heard the story of Winter's plight on the radio and offered to help. He put his knack for developing prosthetics for people to work, and in a little more than a year he had designed a flexible artificial tail made from silicon for Winter. • Thanks to her prosthetic tail, Winter has thrived at the aquarium in Florida. She has grown into a healthy 82 kilogram (180 pound) dolphin with thousands of human friends who come to the aquarium each year to see her.

5. Article • Dolphins can make a signature whistle that may help an individual dolphins recognize each other or perform any other kind of communication still unknown. • Dolphins lack vocal cords and therefore communicate with whistles, squeaks, moans and clicks. • A mother dolphin may whistle to her calf continuously for several days after giving birth so that the acoustic imprinting helps the calf learn to identify its mother

6. Adopt a dolphin • At worldwildlife.org you can adopt a dolphin for $25. • You get a certificate and a picture of your dolphin. • On secure.defenders.org you can also adopt a dolphin. • By adopting a dolphin it supports the efforts to maintain the standard for the “dolphin safe” label on tuna and other fish products to assure it means dolphin-safe. • Helps protect out coasts from oil pollution.

7. Bottlenose dolphin