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Credits: Amazon River Dolphin Habitat: The Amazon river dolphin 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 dolphins, 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. Bottlenose Dolphin 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 blowhole.
* 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 animals (except for humans) hunt them.
Fun Facts: * Orcas are often called killer whales. 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 mammals, 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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