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Spotted dolphins

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Adrianna Zamichieli

AppearanceThe blowhole on top of the

Spotted Dolphins is so they can breath air.

The blowhole is on top of a Spotted Dolphin’s head.

Spotted Dolphins uses their lungs to breathe instead of gills because they do not have gills.

DietSpotted Dolphins get their food by

echolocation to find fish and other sea creatures.

Echolocation means sounds that go through the water. The sounds bounce back from their food source and the dolphins know where their prey is.

Interesting Facts Human beings cannot hear Spotted Dolphin

sounds when they use echolocation to find their prey.

AppearanceSpotted Dolphins have the natural ability to

swim fast because they have smooth flippers and dorsal fins.

A dorsal fin is the fin on the top of the body near the blowhole.

Interesting Facts Spotted Dolphins do not drink salt water they

get their water when they eat fish because fish have water inside their gills.

Life cycleMating season for Spotted Dolphins is all

year round.

Spotted Dolphins can live up to 45 years.

AppearanceSpotted Dolphins have dark gray spots on

their backs and light gray spots on their bodies.

AppearanceSpotted dolphins are not fish. They are

mammals.Dolphins are related to whales.Mammals are animals who do not lays eggs.

They have calves.

AppearanceDolphins do not have hair on their backs

because it can slow them down from predators

Spotted Dolphins predators are killer whales and sharks.

ConservationThere are people trying to capture spotted

dolphins and kill them for their fat and some people are trying to protect Spotted Dolphins.

ConservationThe fishing industry killed over 400,000

Spotted Dolphins trying to catch other sea creatures.

Spotted Dolphins are often caught in tuna nets by fisherman.

DietSometimes a pod of Spotted Dolphins will

work together to kill a large shark.

DietMost Spotted Dolphins eat fish, squid and

shrimp.

HabitatSpotted Dolphins live in three oceans :

Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans.

HabitatA pod of Spotted Dolphins can have as many

as 100 dolphins.

HabitatSpotted Dolphins live near the coast and

sometimes visit the coast of Japan.

Life cycle

• Male Spotted Dolphins are a little larger then female Spotted Dolphins.

HabitatSpotted Dolphins live in tropical warm

temperature oceans.

Interesting FactsThere are 32 kinds of Dolphins in the world.

Life CycleIn the winter , when Spotted Dolphins have

to migrate there cannot be 400 Spotted Dolphins in the migration pod.

Sources I used Encyclopedia of animals, 2006 Spotted dolphins.

Prevost, Spotted Dolphins, 1996.

Murray, Spotted Dolphins, 2003.

http://www.sandiegozoo.org/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/species/Pantropical_Spotted_Dolphin

http://www.arkive.org/

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/images/cetaceans/atlanticspotteddolphins_noaa.jpg

http://amap.no/acia/Files/MarineFoodWeb_150.jpg