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bottlenose dolphin |
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bottlenose dolphinor bottle-nosed dolphinWidely recognized species (Tursiops truncatus) of mammal belonging to the dolphin family, found worldwide in warm and temperate seas. Bottlenose dolphins reach an average length of 8–10 ft (2.5–3 m) and weight of 300–650 lb (135–300 kg). Males are generally larger than females. A familiar performer at marine shows, the species is characterized by a “built-in smile” formed by the curvature of its mouth. It has also become the subject of scientific studies because of its intelligence and its ability to communicate with its kind through sounds and ultrasonic pulses. bottlenose dolphin any dolphin of the genus Tursiops, esp T. truncatus, some of which have been kept in captivity and trained to perform tricks How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The first report of nonhuman in infection occurred in 1971 in an Atlantic bottle-nosed dolphin from Florida (10). Four of them live there year-round: the California sea lion, the common dolphin, the bottle-nosed dolphin, and the vaquita, which is also known as the Gulf of California harbor porpoise. A bottle-nosed dolphin breaching in Scotland's Moray Firth, a herd of red lechwe sprinting across a Botswanan floodplain and a male mountain gorilla picking at a spiny thistle . |
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