Bottle-nosed Dolphin
Common on offshore trips. Not usually seen on Stellwagen Bank
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Bottle-nosed Dolphin
The bottle-nosed dolphin is blue-gray with a dorsal fin and white belly. Its average length is 9 ft (2.7 m) and its average weight 350 lb (160 kg).
Bottle-nosed dolphins mate in the spring and summer, and females give birth to single calves about 10-12 months later.
There are 33 species of ocean dolphins, including the bottle-nosed dolphin, the spinner dolphin, the killer whale, the pilot whale and the common dolphin.
The most common of these is the bottle-nosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), mistakenly called porpoises. Bottlenose dolphins have robust, powerful bodies that are blue-gray on top with lighter sides and bellies.
Q: Do whales, killer whales, and bottle-nosed dolphins have any hair at all on their bodies??? AS for whales, I have found that some books say yes and some say no. I have not found anything for killer whales and dolphins. Thank you.
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The U.S. Navy has been training bottle-nosed dolphins to find explosive sea mines since the 1960's. Find out more at HowStuffWorks.com.
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My wife and I took a Moreton Bay cruise in the hopes of spotting a dugong, but it was not to be. We did manage to spy many bottle-nosed dolphins and a few Loggerheads though. None of the turtles stayed above water long enough for a photo.
bottlenose dolphin, Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, Pacific bottlenose dolphin, bottle-nosed dolphin
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Predators in the sand include ghost crabs, ants, snakes, gulls, opossums, rats, and vultures. There are many more in the water such as sharks, dolphin fish, kingfish, needlefish, and bottle-nosed dolphins (Ernst 1994).
 See also: Dolphin, Whale, Porpoise, Squid, Shark
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