The Common Bottlenose Dolphin

The rapidly increasing world population (1 billion in 1820, 2 billion in 1920 and probably 7 billion in 2020) is putting enormous pressure on the habitats of many animals, as people use more space for housing and for the production of food. The Maui Dolphin is one species affected by food production as carried out by the fishing industry. I decided to do research on the Maui dolphin because of its uniqueness and rarity. My purpose is to find out more about the endangered status of the Maui Dolphin, why it has become rare, what problems are involved and what can be done to improve the situation.

First of, many people think dolphins are always smiling and that they are just happy animals. Well, actually that is just the way that their faces are supposed to looks. Unlike humans, their faces cannot move to communicate their feelings.

The traits for a bottlenose dolphin and a harp seal are similar and different,but mostly different.The are both grey.Even though they both have the same color a bottlenose dolphin weighs much more than a harp seal.A bottlenose dolphin’s length is eight and a half feet and a harp seals’s is five and two feet to six and two feet.Bottlenose dolphins’ life expectancy is up to twenty to fifty years,which is much greater than a harp seals’ life expectancy,which is up to thirty five years.

In addition to this nature, they are capable of advanced communication skills that allow them to teach new tactics they have learned to their fellow dolphins. I am also the same as a Bottlenose Dolphin when it comes to efficient communication skills.. My style of learning requires me to go through an exhaustive process of trial and error until I have efficiently learned what I have desired to learn. With the knowledge that I have gained, I have been able to ascend to higher levels of academic studies with the ability to use my acquired thinking and comprehension skills which help to aid me in everyday life. However, I am not one to hoard any information that I have managed to learn. I will share any knowledge that I know with my fellow peers around me so that I may aid them throughout life just like a Bottlenose

Dolphins live in packs also known as pods. All dolphins don't live in the same pod forever they might move from pod to pod. That's why there are smart because they ned brain capacity to move from pod to pod and not break chemistry. Most pods don't care for the leader beside the bottlenose dolphins. regardless most species pods do not have any membership. a lot of pods are separated from male to female. Male pods can live with the same members ranging from 10 to 25 years. Male pods cooperate during mating season so each dolphin gets a specific female. Most male pods compete and team up to defend themselves. There are three different types of pods, nursery, juveniles, and males. Nursey pods are full of females and their calfs. Juvenile pods

In SeaWorld, the whales try getting out and get hurt. The fin on its back is called a dorsal fin. When the orcas are in captivity their dorsal fin collapse. When the orca whales are in the wild the dorsal fin does not collapse. A video said, ¨The dorsal fins curve because of the

Bottlenose Dolphins are a very interesting animal. They have a fusiform (Spindle shaped) body that allows them to move quickly in the water. Because of the Dolphins’ shape they have bilateral symmetry. They also have a dorsal fin, flippers, and a fluke. However, Bottlenose Dolphins do not have ears on the outside of their bodies, hair, or hind limbs. The color of this type of dolphin is usually a light grey color to a black. Their stomach is white and sometimes has a pink hue. One physical adaptation these dolphins have is a telescoped skull. The skull is like this because it allows them to breathe more easily while swimming. Bottlenose Dolphins also have blubber that they use as insulation and vascular shunts that allow them to have cooling for certain types of organs and tissues in their bodies. Finally, Bottlenose Dolphins have sharp teeth that let them grasp onto their prey, so their tongue can push the prey down the dolphin’s throat. Bottlenose Dolphins have a range mass of 260 to 500kg which is 572.69 to 1101.32 in pounds. The average mass of the Bottlenose Dolphin is 400kg. Their average mass in pounds is 881.06.

“Swimming free a young dolphin, was caught in a crab trap and transported to the Clearwater Marine Hospital” found at see winter.com. This dolphin was named Winter in 2005, the year she was found.Real damage was made to Winter's tale, which made it hard for her to swim. “It took the expertise of a dedicated marine biologist, the ingenuity of a brilliant prosthetics

The bottlenose dolphin, genus Tursiops, is a cetacean renowned for its social intelligence, even being prescribed the status of non-human persons along with other intelligent species such as great apes. Both dolphins and primates share a number of attributes that have led to an evolutionary propensity for intelligence, including prolonged parental care, long lives, complex social bonds, and communicative cooperation (Reynolds et al., 2000). But unlike primates, dolphins lack opposable thumbs, as well as any sort of limb that is able to manipulate their environment capably. Dolphins evolved in an environment that is less affected by gravity and provides three-dimensional movement, but provides limited chemosensory and visual cues for orientation

There are currently 86 recognized species of whales, dolphins, and porpoises. 14 are Mysticetes or baleen whales. These whales feed using a filtering system made up of baleen plates, which allow the whale to feed on large quantities of prey at once while filtering out sea water.

Dolphins have been around a lot longer than humans. They originated about 50 million years ago. The most common dolphin, being the bottlenose dolphin, has been around for 15 million years. Surprisingly, dolphins originated from members of the cetaceans group. Cetaceans used to be land mammals but evolved into being aquatic mammals. In From Land to Water it stated, “The transition from land to water is documented by a series of intermediate fossils from India and Pakistan.” This research helps prove how they used to be land mammals but evolved to live in the ocean. Dolphins are one out of many aquatic mammals who need oxygen, but they need water in order to live. Believe it or not, dolphins are somewhat related to hippos, camels, deer, cattle, and giraffes. In From Land to Water, “ Many features that are

Randall Wells and his team observed groups of male dolphin behavior in Sarasota Bay, Florida.

*Mammals are characterized by the presence of mammary glands, hair, neocortex region in the brain, and three specialized middle ear bones. *They are warm-blooded and air-breathing animals. *They are adapted for living in a wide range of environments (including the ocean, underground, and land).

There is something about dolphins that fascinates me. They are some of the most intelligent and beautiful animals that I have ever seen. Their faces are so cute that every time I look at a dolphin it looks like it is smiling at me and wants to tell me something. The noises they make represent some kind of language and it makes me wonder if they can really communicate. I also want to know what kind of feeling they have and whether they have emotions. This is why I chose to do this I-search project on dolphins; the different kinds of dolphins there are, the places that they can be found and their mental abilities.

Bottlenose dolphins are one of thirty-two species of marine dolphins (World Book 297). Their scientific name is Tursiops Truncatus. Males are usually longer and heavier than females. Bottlenose dolphins can grow to be thirteen feet long and weigh up to 600 pounds (Bottlenose Dolphins). This makes bottlenose dolphins the largest of the beaked