zb115+Bottlenose+Dolphin

Zoe Bender  zb115 Bottlenose Dolphin Fake Facts: 4 Links/References(2 or more): [|__http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/bottlenose-dolphin/__] [|__http://www.fws.gov/bonsecour/pdfs/dolphin1pgr.pdf__] __ [] __

Introduction: There 43 types of dolphins. There are the bottle nose dolphin, the oceanic and the white beaked dolphin. I am going to teach you more about the bottle nose dolphin. Bottle nose dolphins are really intelligent because they can catch their prey by echolocation. Echolocation is the location of object by reflected sound, in particular that used by animals such as dolphins and bats. In addition, bottlenose dolphin can make up to 1,000 clicking noises.

//Description:// Bottle nose dolphins weigh 1,100 pounds, and could be up 10 feet tall. They can live up to 45 or 50 years. They live in groups called schools. They use a blowhole to breathe. The bottle nose dolphin has really good eyes and they are extremely intelligent.The babies are named calves.

Things not to do with the bottlenose dolphin: DON'T feed them (it encourages them to seek human contact) DON'T cast your line towards them DON'T release caught fish in the presence of the dolphin

Fast Facts: Males mature at the ages of 10 to 12 years. Females mature at the age of 5 to 12 years old. To communicate with each other, they use a clicking noise. They have about 20 sharp teeth 