The Bottle Nosed Dolphin

The bottle nosed dolphin is a beautiful and graceful dolphin. With a slender long body and the perfect look, the bottle nosed dolphin is favored by people all around the world. You can find the bottle nosed dolphin in aquarium parks where their usually performing in aqua shows. The bottle nosed dolphin is a highly intelligent creature with a mass learning compatibility, which enables them to learn a impressive amount of data.

The average weight for the bottle nosed dolphin:
The bottle nosed dolphin weighs about 302 pounds, and this is their average weight. Some bottle nosed dolphins have been found much larger then the average 302 pounds.

Scientific name for the bottle nosed dolphin:
Tursiops truncates

The bottle nosed dolphin diet:
Bottle nosed dolphins are carnivores, which mean they eat meat. Their diet includes: fish, shrimp, crab, squid, and sometimes the dolphin will resort to other larger animals if hungry enough.

The average life span for the bottle nosed dolphin:
Bottle nosed dolphins live for about 50 years. There have been cases, very rare cases, of bottle nosed dolphins living to the age of 65.

Average size of the bottle nosed dolphin:
The bottle nosed dolphin’s average length is about 10 feet.

Average speed:
The bottle nosed dolphin can swim up to 30 miles per hour.

Bottle nosed dolphin communicate with one another using clicks, whistles, and pulses. These specific calls enable them to relocate if lost, and they also use these clicks and whistles to locate their food and find objects in the water. Bottle nosed dolphins understand these calls perfectly, while we’re left wondering how complex their language really is. When dolphins sends a click, pulse, or whistle through the water it travels until it hits something solid, and once it hits it returns back to the dolphin helping it map out it’s surroundings. This will also warn the bottle nosed dolphin about predators that may be in their area.

The bottle nosed dolphin uses a foolproof plan when it comes time to eat. Since they travel in packs, the bottle nosed dolphin will surround a shoal of fish, and they’ll take turns eating while others help herd the fish to the dolphins that are eating. While in the process of eating, dolphins will use clicks and whistles to confuse their prey. The dolphin can hold it’s breath up to 15 minutes, taking breaths in between.

The female bottle nosed dolphin is able to have babies at the age of 10. It takes 10-12 months for the female to give birth to her calf. Bottle nosed dolphins usually only give birth to one calf at a time, but at least to other female dolphins stay with her during labor. The dolphins that stay with her help by keeping predators away such as: sharks, whales, and other dolphins.

The bottle nosed dolphin is a mammal. This means they have fur, lungs, give live birth, feed their young milk, and their warm blooded. Even though the bottle noised dolphins appears to have no fur, it does. The fur is pushed back and smoothed down by the salt water as the dolphin swims.