Bottlenose Dolphin
Tursiops truncates
The Bottlenose Dolphin is quite stocky with a short beak. They
can be 2 to almost 4 metres long as adults, and weigh between
150 to 400 kg. The Scottish bottlenose dolphins are somewhat special,
because they are larger than bottlenose dolphins which live in
other parts of the world.
 The
bottlenose dolphin eats mainly things like krill, fish and squid.
They often work together to catch their food.
On
the drawing you can see what to look for when you try to find
bottlenose dolphins. The colour of their back and dorsal fin is
grey, and the dorsal fin has a slightly hooked tip.
The
bottlenose dolphin can be found in tropical and temperate waters
all over the world. So they also live near the coast all around
Britain.
When they are 12 years old, bottlenose dolphins start having calves.
The calves are born between March and September.
The bottlenose dolphin is threatened by different things like:
- entangled in fishing nets sounds
like.
- pollution (sound file)
- human disturbance
- destruction of their environment
Click on the link below to hear what a bottlenose dolphin sounds
like
bottlenose
sound
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