Dolphins are cetaceans, which means they are mammals that have to come up for air. Dolphins are very intelligent animals. Scientists have found that Dolphins really are as smart as three-year-old humans! Dolphins use tools. Dolphins have been known to pick up sponges by their beaks, so they can protect themselves from sharp objects on the ocean floor. Dolphins use sound waves to find fish and crabs by their echoes! Dolphins also use echolocation to figure out where they are like bats do.
Dolphins can be found in oceans all over the world. Dolphins vary in shape and size, depending on what type of dolphin they are; there are 32 species of dolphin. Dolphins can be up to 11 feet long! Dolphins are very social animals and often live in groups called pods. Dolphins eat fish, shrimp and squid. Dolphins communicate with each other by blowing air out of their blowholes on top of them; you can hear this as a whistle or squeak.
Dolphins can swim very fast; they usually swim about 3 to 4 miles per hour, but Dolphins have been known to swim as fast as 30 miles per hour! Dolphins are amazing animals. Dolphins also migrate around twenty thousand miles a year! Dolphins are mammals that live in the ocean. Dolphins use sound waves to find their food because they cannot see underwater. Dolphins can whistle or squeak by blowing air out of their blowholes.
Dolphins can swim about 3-4 miles per hour while dolphins can also swim up to 30 miles per hour. Dolphins migrate around twenty thousand miles a year. Dolphins vary in shape and size depending on what type of dolphin they are; there are 32 species of dolphins. Dolphins communicate with each other by blowing air out of their blowholes. Dolphins are very social animals and often live in groups called pods. Dolphins eat fish, shrimp, and squid. Dolphins groom each other by nibbling on them with their teeth.
Dolphins move their heads and point their eyes in the direction they want to go. Dolphins also use echolocation to find and catch prey and for navigation. Dolphins have a unique way of catching food. Dolphins will create a net of bubbles by releasing air from the blowhole, this disorients the fish enabling them to grab it with their teeth. Dolphins sleep with half of their brain at a time so that they can be aware if danger approaches such as sharks who hunt them for food.
Dolphins do not drink water like we do but absorb water into their bodies which then filters through specialized cells that extract the salt and other minerals before excreting it out of their systems. Dolphins live in groups called pods, each pod has between 15 and 40 Dolphins. Dolphins are very friendly animals that enjoy the company of other dolphins and humans. Dolphins use their bodies to play with each other, often swimming rapidly in a straight line, then quickly turning on their sides at full speed causing water to spray out from their side.
Dolphins have some of the most fascinating brain functions in all animals which makes them so special. Dolphins have shown signs of being able to dream while they sleep. Dolphins have also been known to name themselves after people they become particularly close with, this is very unique for mammals who don’t meet up regularly or have families that stay together for life, unlike many land mammals who are known for leaving their family groups once reaching maturity. Dolphins are one of my favorite animals I hope you enjoyed this article!
Dolphins are very playful animals, they enjoy swimming around with seals and porpoises. Dolphins often live in groups that contain two or three males and several females. Dolphins communicate with each other by squeaks, clicks and whistles. Dolphins belong to the family of mammals called cetaceans. Dolphins are divided into six species; dusky dolphin, spinner dolphin, striped dolphin, white-sided dolphin, tucuxi dolphin and bottlenose dolphins (Orchinus).
Dolphins are very social animals that like to stay together in their own groups called pods. These pods can contain 2 – 30 members depending on the species of the pod’s members. Dolphins use echolocation although it isn’t used for hunting but more like a sonar to help them navigate and for communication. Dolphins often travel in pods and some dolphins even join new pods, trips or groups if they want to. Dolphins can jump out of the water completely and make one complete flip before going back under the water.
Dolphins are very intelligent animals and do show signs of intelligence when playing with their young or other dolphins, showing that they have feelings for others. Dolphins are mammals which makes them warm-blooded creatures thus needing to breathe air because their lungs cannot store any oxygen efficiently like a fish’s gills would. Dolphins sleep only one side at a time while sleeping so that one eye remains closed but open hence allowing them to be able to watch for predators above water while the other is closed to keep them submerged.
Dolphins also have “sonar” which helps them navigate in the water by sending out sound waves and reading the echo to know where objects are around them. Dolphins communicate with each other using sound, echolocation to find prey, things like that. Dolphins often travel in pods, groups of two or three males and several females. Dolphins are social creatures who sometimes live together in their own family pod called a cete whose members are related by blood or simply choose one another.