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What are dolphins unique for regarding the fact that they are mammals?
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∙ 8y ago
They feed their young milk, give live birth, and are warm blooded.
Because dolphins breathe air.
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∙ 14y ago
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Are dolphins cold blooded creatures?
Dolphins are mammals, and all mammals are in fact warm-blooded.
Do dolphins get pregnant?
since dolphins are mammals, the females do in fact get pregnant and give birth
Do dolphins bellybuttons?
As a matter of fact, dolphins do have bellybuttons. All mammals have them because that is where their umbilical cord was connected.
Are dolphins reptils?
No, dolphins are mammals.
Are dolphins marine animals?
Yes they are. In fact they are marine MAMMALS in the Order Cetacea.
Is a dolphin a mammal fact or opinion?
According to the generally agreed definition of mammals,(live birth, nursing etc) Dolphins ARE mammals. Consider it fact, not opinion.
Are all dolphins mammals and who found this out?
Yes, all dolphins are mammals because they meet the five requirements of mammals:All mammals have a backbone (vertebrates) Dolphins have a backboneAll mammals have hair at one point in their life Dolphins have a mustache when they are bornAll mammals breathe air Dolphins must surface periodically to breatheAll mammals produce milk to feed their young A female dolphin's mammary glands are located on either side of the genital slitAll mammals are warm blooded Dolphins generate their own heatThis is a general fact - no one ever really "found this out." But among the earliest investigations on the relationship between land mammals and sea mammals were those of Aristotle (384-322 BC) in ancient Greece.
Are dolphins a mammal?
Yes, dolphins are mammals. Just like us. They do not have gills like fish, and have to come to the surface to breathe. They have live babies. They have fuzz on the top of their beak when they are babies, but it comes off as they grow.
What are the two orders of marine mammals and where do they live?
There are in fact THREE orders of marine mammals. These are the Cetacea, whales ,dolphins,porpoise etc. Sirenia, manatees and dugongs, and Carnivorae, walrus, seals, sea otters and polar bears.
Does a bottlenose dolphin have a backbone?
A dolphin is a mammal and thus has a backbone like all mammals, us included. Yes, dolphins are vertebrates: they have a set of vertebrae, also known as a spine or a backbone.
Are killer whales the largest kind of dolphins?
Yes many people mistake these mammals as whales because of their size where in fact they are actually a dolphin, the largest dolphin alive
Why do bottle nose dolphin need a beak?
Bottlenose dolphins do not in fact have a beak, the anatomical object sometimes referred to as the ""Beak"" of a dolphin is in fact called the rostrum, this is an elongated mouth commonly found on many predatory mammals.
