Atlantic Spotted Dolphins

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Atlantic Spotted Dolphins
By Hallie Fried
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• Youre in the tropical waters and you see a
  couple of splashes and polk-a-dots seem to soar
  through the air very quickly. You see an Atlantic
  spotted dolphin. Do you like plain dolphins? Well
  right now you are going to learn many facts about
  the Atlantic Spotted Dolphin.

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Life Cycle

• Do you know how Atlantic Spotted Dolphins give
  birth? Well they have to get together first. Plus
  the baby is made inside the females stomach. It
  takes 12 or maybe 11 months to develop. The baby
  has no spots when it is born. They will get spots
  when they stop drinking milk out of the females
  stomach. When Atlantic Spotted Dolphins are in
  the middle age they start to eat little fish and
  squid. Eww! As they get older they get more and
  more spots. A while later the Atlantic Spotted
  Dolphin gets older and finds a mate and the
  female gives birth and the cycle goes over again.
  

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Adaptations

• Did you know that Atlantic Spotted Dolphins
  have many adaptations? Well youll know now. The
  Atlantic Spotted Dolphin use to have noses like
  humans but now they have noses on the top of
  there head now they can breath better. The
  Atlantic Spotted Dolphin uses sound waves to hear
  when its prey and predator is coming. The
  Atlantic Spotted Dolphin is streamlined so they
  can swim quickly away from the predator.

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Food And Feeding

• Do you know what Atlantic Spotted Dolphins eat?
  Well keep reading. Atlantic Spotted Dolphins eat
  squid and little fish. Baby dolphins drink milk
  from there mothers stomach. The Spotted Dolphin
  is a meat eater. (also known as a carnivore)

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• Now when you go to the tropical waters ,
  youll be able to tell which one is an Atlantic
  Spotted Dolphin. You know all about Atlantic
  Spotted Dolphins.

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Resources

• http//www.thebigzoo.com/Animals/Atlantic_Spotted_
  Dolphin.aspb
• http//www.acsonline.org/factpack/SpottedDolphin.h
  tm
• http//www.hipark.austinisd.org/grade4/finkle/dolp
  hin3.htm
• http//www.cms.int/reports/small_cetaceans/data/S_
  frontalis/s_frontalis.htmhttp
• http//www.whalesongs.org/cetacean/pantrop_spot_do
  lphin/home.html
• http//www.whalesongs.org/cetacean/spotted_dolphin
  /home.html

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                  
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Gallery

• This is a picture of Atlantic Spotted Dolphins
  mating. This is a picture of Atlantic Spotted
  Dolphins swimming to the top of the water to get
  air.