bottle+nose+dolphin


 * Habitat **- Bottle nose dolphins inhabit the pelagic zone as well as harbors, bays, lagoons, gulfs, and estuaries. Bottle nose dolphins inhabit temperate and tropical waters throughout the world.

**Physical characteristics**- In Florida the dolphins can grow to about 9 feet long and weigh about 400 to 500 pounds. the male grow faster than the females. the dolphins look Gray and brown on the back and the belly is white.

Adaptation- Dolphins can swim very well and fast they can swim 29 to 35 mph, that's about their maximum speed. As most of you know dolphins have blowholes on their head. dolphins hold their breath under water, then they slowly exhale until they reach the surface to breath. When studying sleep in Bottle nose dolphins, researchers found that dolphins spent about 33% of each day sleeping. Bottle nose dolphins may breed though out he year.
 * Scenes **- The dolphins can hear very good, they can hear a lot further can humans can. dolphins have acute eyesight in and out of the water. dolphins prefer certain types of fish.

**Calves** - The calves are approximately (42-52) inches long when first born and about 44 pounds. A calf usually nurses up to 18 months after bring born. media type="youtube" key="cg6VXFOtRsU" width="200" height="175" align="center"
 * Sounds they make **- Bottle nose dolphins produce clicks and sounds that resemble moans, trills, grunts, squeaks, and creaking doors. They also produce whistles. They make these sounds at any time and at considerable depths. The sounds vary in volume, wavelength, frequency, and pattern. A mother dolphin may whistle to her calf almost continuously for several days after giving birth. This acoustic imprinting helps the calf learn to identify its mother.

Scientist say that the dolphins live up to 20 years or less if there treated right and if the environment is clean for them, but some have lived up to 40 years. Dolphins may suffer from viral, bacterial, and fungal infections. In addition, they may develop stomach ulcers, skin diseases, tumors, heart disease, urogenital disorders, and respiratory disorders. In 1987 and 1988, over 700 bottle nose dolphins washed up dead on the east coast of the United States. Scientists originally believed that the dolphin deaths were triggered by a naturally occurring "red tide" toxin (originating in small marine organisms called dinoflagellates) combined with bacterial and viral infections. Recent tissue analysis indicated that morbillivirus may have been a major contributing factor in most of the moralities.In the past, bottle nose dolphins have been taken directly for meat, leather, oil, and meal.

The site i used for pictures and information: this is one of my picture sites but i got my photos from (www.dogpile.com) (http://www.dogpile.com/dogpile/ws/results/Images/bottle%20nose%20dolphins/2/0/0/Relevance/zoom=off/qi=19/qk=18/bepersistence=true/_iceUrlFlag=7?_IceUrl=true ) This is my information site: (http://www.seaworld.org/infobooks/bottlenose/home.html)