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Bottlenose Dolphin Range Toothed Whales

Bottlenose Dolphin Skull pectoral fin

Bottlenose dolphins are members of the Toothed Whale family called the Odontocetes. Eyesight belly button

genital slit dorsal Dolphins can see clearly mammary slit fin underwater, like you do when wearing a mask. Echolocation

peduncle Dolphins listen for echoes to tell them about their watery world. They can use them to define size, shape, texture & density of objects and also to hunt & navigate. flukes Hunting

Dolphins use a variety of What defines strategies to hunt their prey, Walk on land? catching fish by themselves a mammal? (below) or working as a team to attack thousands of fish in a dense baitball (above).

Scientists believe the ancestors of dolphins walked on land over 53 million years * Nurse Their Young ago. The pectoral fin (above) * Warm-Blooded has five digits, just like you * Breathe Air have in your hand. * Born Live * Hair Power & Speed! Nursing?

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A mother nurses her calf near the surface with the calf suck- ling from the nipples concealed in the mammary slits. Calves usually nurse at least two years. Dolphins can swim up to 25 MPH! They use their powerful tails for defense Learn more about against predators or for hunting For a clean, healthy ocean bottlenose dolphins! fish by slapping the prey Practice the 3 R’s: with the flukes. Reduce, Reuse & Recycle!