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A dorsal fin, (or top fin), is used to steer the dolphin, and to help it balance.
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What is the difference between a dolphin fin and shark fin?
A dolphin's fin is rounded at the top, but a shark's fin is straight
What is the top fin of a dolphin called?
The dorsal fin, and it's used to stabilize the dolphin while it's swimming.
What is the name of a dolphins tail fin?
at the end of the dolphins "tail" is called a fluke
When is a fin not a fin?
When it's a dolphin.
What is the height of any dolphin?
The shortest dolphin, the Tucuxi dolphin, grows to about 4.9 feet in length and about 1 foot top of the fin to belly, while the largest, the Killer Whale, can grow up to 26 feet long, with a top to bottom height of about 12 feet counting the dorsal fin.
What do dorsal fins and fins do on a dolphin?
The dorsal fin of a dolphin is usefu,l because it can control the balance when a dolphin is swimming.It can also be useful for signs of dolphins and not sharks because the dorsal fin of a dolphin and a shark is slightly different.
Why does a dolphin has a fin?
Its front fins are used to steer the dolphin through the water. The dorsel fin helps so the dolphin does not roll while swimming.
What does a dolphin stand for?
dorsal fin?
What are the body parts and were are they on the body on a bottlenose dolphin?
tail,fin,and dusel fin
What is the different between a whale a dolphin and a porpoise?
the difference between a whale and a dolphin is a dolphin's dorsal fin is halfway along its back, and a whale's dorsal fin is two-thirds the way along its back. the difference between a dolphin and a porpoise is that they have differently shaped teeth. the difference between a whale and a dolphin is a dolphin's dorsal fin is halfway along its back, and a whale's dorsal fin is two-thirds the way along its back. the difference between a dolphin and a porpoise is that they have differently shaped teeth.
What is the front fin of a dolphin?
Pectoral or Flippers
Is it possible for a dolphin to move its dorsal fin?
No, it is not. Dolphins use their dorsal fin for balance.
