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Credits: Dolphin Habitat: The lives only in freshwater in the Amazon and Orinoco rivers.

Diet: They are carnivores who eat shrimp, fish, crabs, piranhas, and turtles.

Fun Facts: * Unlike other , they like to live alone most of the year.

* When they are surprised, they will become more Size: Up to 8 feet pink. Similar to blushing in people!

Weight: No more than 450 pounds * The Amazon river dolphin can change its color! These dolphins are born gray and slowly turn pink Life Span: 10 - 30 years as they get older. The color of the dolphin depends on their diet, how much sun they get, and placement Top Speed: 13 miles per hour of blood vessels.

* They have a long snout to help them find small fish in branches

© Terrific Times in Third or crabs and shrimp in the mud. Habitat: Bottlenose dolphins can be found in tropical and warm waters all around the world.

Diet: A bottlenose dolphin is a carnivore who eats fish, squid, crabs, and lobsters.

Fun Facts: * Dolphins travel in groups, called “pods”, of around 10 to 15. In this group they will play, hunt, and even raise young dolphin calves together. Size: 10 - 14 feet * They are called bottlenose dolphins because of Weight: 1,100 pounds their short, stubby beak.

Life Span: 45 - 50 years * Although the bottlenose dolphin lives underwater, it must come to the surface to breathe air though Top Speed: 20 miles per hour its .

* They can launch themselves 15 feet out of the water!

© Terrific Times in Third Orca Habitat: Orcas live around the world in cold ocean waters near the coast.

Diet: Orcas eat squid, birds, octopuses, sea turtles, sharks, seals, and fish. They are at the top of the food chain because no other (except for humans) hunt them.

Fun Facts: * Orcas are often called killer . They may be Size: 23 - 32 feet enormous like whales, but they are actually the largest dolphins in the world. Weight: 3,000 - 12,000 pounds * Instead of chewing their food, they take one big Life Span: 50 - 80 years gulp. Believe it or not, they can swallow small seals and sea lions whole! Top Speed: 28 miles per hour * Orcas use clicks and whistles to communicate with each other in the ocean.

© Terrific Times in Third Spinner Dolphin Habitat: Spinner dolphins live in warm ocean waters around the world.

Diet: They are carnivores who eat fish, squid, and shrimp.

Fun Facts: * Even though they live in the ocean all of the time, dolphins are , not fish. This is because they are warm blooded, feed their babies milk, and Size: 6 - 7 feet breathe air using lungs.

Weight: 130 - 170 pounds * Dolphins are some of the smartest animals on the planet. They have names for each other, use tools, Life Span: Up to 20 years are playful, and can even mimic a human’s movement. Top Speed: 23 miles per hour * Spinner dolphins are the acrobats of the ocean. They love to jump, flip, and twist above the surface of the water. © Terrific Times in Third Dolphin:______Researcher:______

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