DOLPHINS AND PORPOISES
Mammal - Vertebrate - Carnivore
Mammal - Vertebrate - Carnivore
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BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN
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AN ALBINO (PINK) DOLPHIN
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Male: Bull
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Female: Cow
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Young: Calf, Pup
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- There are 32 species of marine dolphins.
- There are 4 types of river dolphins.
- There are 6 types of porpoises.
DOLPHINS
- Can swim at a speed of 25 miles per hour.
- Can live to the age of 17 years, although some have been known to live to 50 years.
- Call each other by name!
- Are extremely sociable and enjoy playing.
- Have a brain larger than a monkey's.
- Have names for each other.
- Do not have a sense of smell.
- Have a good sense of taste and can distinguish between sweet, sour, bitter and salty.
- Can eat as much as 30 lbs of fish a day.
- Can jump 20 feet into the air.
- Moves by moving its tale up and down.
- Emit a series of clicks and pings that can travel long distances through the water.
- Enjoy engaging with humans - especially children.
- The main predator is the human being.
- Research shows that dolphins have names for one another.
- Only one half of its brain sleeps at a time to make sure it comes up for water in order not to drown.
- Sleep with only one eye closed.
- Use their unique whistles to call each other by name.
- Can stay awake for 15 days at a time.
- Shed the top layer of their skin every two hours.
- Can kill sharks by ramming them with their snout.
- It is believed that they have names for each other.
- The milk is as thick as toothpaste.
- One in six dolphins have been bitten by a shark.
- Cannot sneeze.
- Have been known to act as lifeguards and have been known to rescue people from drowning.
It is illegal to keep dolphins captive for entertainment anywhere in India because India’s Ministry of Environment and Forests has declared dolphins to be ‘non-human persons.’
- Read more at http://www.omg-facts.com/#iOCzf12hmKyDVzX4.99
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BOTTLENOSE PORPOISE
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