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 Bottlenose Dolphins



 Bottlenose dolphins are small, toothed whales that have a long, beaklike snout, a sickle-shaped dorsal fin, and sharp teeth. Dolphins breathe air through a single blowhole. They grow to be at most 12 feet long. Dolphins live in small groups of up to 12 whales; these groups are called pods. Dolphins make high-pitched whistles, clicks, moans, squeaks, and other sounds. Bottlenose dolphins can live about about 25 years.

 Like other whales, dolphins swim by moving their tail up and down unlike fish who swim by moving their tail left and right.

 Bottlenose dolphins are hunters who find their prey at the surface of the water, eating mostly fish and squid.

 Like other toothed whales, dolphins use echolocation, a way of sensing in which they emit high-pitched clicks and sense them as they bounce back off objects.

 Some sharks will eat dolphins. Dolphins are also often trapped in people's fishing nets.

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