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Bottlenose Dolphins
Scientific name: Tursiops truncatus
Habitat: They live in a variety of habitats like coastal waters and the open ocean, which are of temperate and tropical temperature.
Migration: Due to temperature change, movement of food sources and feeding habits, can account for the Bottlenose dolphin to migrate to and from places.
Food Source: Dolphins in general eat a wide variety of fish, squid and crustaceans, depending on their geographic location. The coastal Bottlenose dolphins tend to eat small fish and sea floor invertebrates, with the offshore Bottlenose dolphins eating fish (sometimes deep sea) and squid.
Adaptions: Adaptions are special characteristics in an animal or plant, which allows it to be suited to its natural habitat. Some adaptions of a Bottlenose dolphin includes:
1. Agility through the water: Their average speed through the water is between 4 - 11 kilometres per hour, but when predators or prey are around, they can speed up to 28 kilometres per hour.
2. Respiration: Unlike humans and other land mammals, the dolphins trachea and oesophagus are separate, allowing them to open their mouth in the water without allowing any sea water to enter the lungs. The blowhole on their back is a muscular flap which lets the dolphin breathe.
3. Thermoregulation: Dolphins are warm-blooded and need to keep a constant body temperature of around 36 degrees Celsius, depending on the temperature of the water. To ensure that the body stays at the right temperature, they can either:
Release heat through the dorsal fins
When diving, they can reduce the blood circulation from the outer body and focus the blood on the vital organs,
Or move to cooler or warmer places.
Species Status: Not Endangered.
Scientific name: Tursiops truncatus
Habitat: They live in a variety of habitats like coastal waters and the open ocean, which are of temperate and tropical temperature.
Migration: Due to temperature change, movement of food sources and feeding habits, can account for the Bottlenose dolphin to migrate to and from places.
Food Source: Dolphins in general eat a wide variety of fish, squid and crustaceans, depending on their geographic location. The coastal Bottlenose dolphins tend to eat small fish and sea floor invertebrates, with the offshore Bottlenose dolphins eating fish (sometimes deep sea) and squid.
Adaptions: Adaptions are special characteristics in an animal or plant, which allows it to be suited to its natural habitat. Some adaptions of a Bottlenose dolphin includes:
1. Agility through the water: Their average speed through the water is between 4 - 11 kilometres per hour, but when predators or prey are around, they can speed up to 28 kilometres per hour.
2. Respiration: Unlike humans and other land mammals, the dolphins trachea and oesophagus are separate, allowing them to open their mouth in the water without allowing any sea water to enter the lungs. The blowhole on their back is a muscular flap which lets the dolphin breathe.
3. Thermoregulation: Dolphins are warm-blooded and need to keep a constant body temperature of around 36 degrees Celsius, depending on the temperature of the water. To ensure that the body stays at the right temperature, they can either:
Release heat through the dorsal fins
When diving, they can reduce the blood circulation from the outer body and focus the blood on the vital organs,
Or move to cooler or warmer places.
Species Status: Not Endangered.