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What is a Dolphin's lifespan?

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∙ 15y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

Dolphins usually live about 20 years. Some dolphins have lived for 48 years.

In Faro's "Zoomarine" (Algarve, Portugal) died on the 13th February 2011 a dolphin with 50 years old, the oldest male dolphin in the world.

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