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Dolphins usually live in pods. A pod is a bunch of Dolphins living together. They swim around the fish in circles and slowly form a circle with the fish and push them up to the top. When it gets to the point where the fish are jumping out of the water, they dolphins swim in and eat as much as they can.

If they are alone they usually stun fish with their tail (flick the fish hard so it stops for a second or two) and eat it that way.

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Bottlenose dolphins appear to sometimes work in groups to herd and catch fish and other prey. They organise themselves in wide groups, rather than concentrated groups. Herding may involve the group circling the smaller fish whilst one dolphin at a time takes its turn to go in and feed, or it may involve herding them up onto a sandbank or reef. Sometimes, a couple of the dolphins in the group, or pod, will dive beneath a school of fish, virtually pushing them upward to the rest of the dolphins waiting to feed. They have even been observed hitting the fish with their tails to temporarily stun them. Bottlenose dolphins will not eat all the resources in one area, but always leave some and move on to new feeding grounds. Bottlenose dolphins eat many kinds of fish, squid, shrimp and small rays and sharks.

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Bottlenose dolphins eat from 4 to 6% of their weight in fish every day. They sometimes follow shrimp boats to eat the discarded fish from the shrimp nets.

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They eat fish and squid.

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They eat their food with thir long snout

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