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A dolphin's beak is there so it can breathe, eat, ect. It is a beak not a nose.
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How long is a bottlenose dolphins beak?
5in
What does a dolphins flipper do?
A dolphin's beak is there so it can breathe, eat, ect. It is a beak not a nose.
How long can a Amazon river dolphins beak grow too?
92 inches
How long are dolphins noses?
Are you talking about the beak? The beak is the part where the mouth is. Its nose is on the top of its head. That is why you see a spray of mist come up when it breaths.
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.
How are ocean dolphins and river dolphins alike?
Similaritiesboth dolphinsboth have blowholesboth like fishboth intelligentboth like humonsDifferencesone lives in freshwater other in saltwaterriver dolphins have bigger rostrum (nose/snout/beak)
Do dolphins have jaws?
Ok, I'm pretty sure dolphins don't have beaks. They have noses though. But its to eat, smell, and basically all the other functions your mouth and nose have. All except for breathing. They don't breathe through their face. they breathe using their blowhole.
Do bottlenose dolphins have hair?
Unlike most mammals, dolphins do not have hair, except for a few hairs around the tip of their rostrum (beak) which they lose shortly before or after birth.
Are gray dolphins mammals?
Yes they are. All whales and dolphins are. They breathe through lungs not gills, must come to the surface to breathe, has fuzz on their beak when they are a baby (it falls off) and has live birth.
Do all dolphins have pointy noses?
The nose is on the top the dolphins head. This is why a spray of mist comes up when it breathes. And not all dolphins have pointy beaks. The beak is where the mouth is. Porpoises have blunt heads. They have no beak at all.
Dolphins vs sharks?
Dolphins VS sharks, hmmm. Sharks are pretty strong but dolphins are better. Sharks have pretty sharp teeths but dolphins are much more smarter faster and can kill sharks by smashing their strong beaks right into the sharks gills. Sharks can swim ten to twenty miles per hour but dolphins can swim up to thirty miles per hour, let's go for the dolphins. Sharks has sharp teeths but dolphins has a really strong beak that can kill sharks. The dolphins is now the winner.
Do dolphins like eating octopus or squid or small fish or shrimps?
Dolphins do eat octopus. They tend to violently thrash the octopus first avoiding its venomous beak. Although not a dolphins staple food some are quite adept at making this there staple food source of florida US coastal waters.
