Bottlenose Dolphins By Ryan Nicholas

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Bottlenose Dolphins By Ryan Nicholas
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Bottlenose Dolphin
Shelter Water
Surface features Coral Rock Sand
Habitats Lagoons Ocean Harbor
Vegetations Seaweed Sponge Anemones
Climate Warm Waters Cool Waters
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Diet
Physical Features
Bottlenose dolphin
Behaviors
Quiz
Interesting Facts
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Diet

• Dolphins do not chew up their food.
• Dolphins have sharp teeth and are carnivores.
• Dolphins eat whatever fish is close to them.

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Behaviors

• Dolphins swim with there flukes, tailfins and
  there dorsal fins.
• Dolphins lose energy by swimming and hunting.
• Some researchers think dolphins use echolocation
  to stun fish with sound waves.

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Physical Features

• Bottlenose Dolphins color camouflages it to hide
  from predators.
• Dolphins are generally hairless but newborns
  often have few hairs on there snouts that they
  lose after a few days.
• Bottlenose dolphins can swim up to 25 miles per
  hour to get away from predators.

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Interesting Facts

• A active adult bottle nose dolphin needs to eat
  15 to 30 pounds a day
• Wild dolphins swimming in the ocean will often
  perform the same acrobatic moves that trained
  dolphins do in aquariums. Many of these tricks
  are part of dolphins natural behaviors.
• Dolphins often stick there heads above the water.
  This is called spy hoping and lets the dolphin
  have a look above the waters surface. They may be
  checking to see were other dolphins are and what
  they are doing or they may be curious about a
  boat or some other object.
• Dolphins shed and replace skin very rapidly.
  Whole sheets of shed skin are often found in
  pools were captive dolphins live.

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Quiz

• When dolphins eat how do they chew there food?
• How do dolphins camouflage in certain areas?
• How do dolphins lose energy?