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The hourglass dolphin is called an hourglass dolphin because its black and white markings resemble an hourglass!
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What are some specie of dolphins?
There is the Bottle-Nosed Dolphin, the Boto Dolphin, the Hourglass Dolphin, and more!
Can you show me a list of the different kinds of dolphins?
There are 33 different types of marine dolphins, 4 types of river dolphins and 6 types of porpoises. A few species of dolphins are: White Beaked Dolphin, Short Finned Pilot Whale, Rissoâ??s Dolphin, Pantropical Dolphin, Long-Finned Pilot Whale, Hourglass Dolphin.
What is the largest dolphin Hourglass dolphin or Commerson's dolphin?
a commersons is 12.32 and a hourglass is 12.56
What does a common dolphin look like?
A common dolphin is very colorful with a complex crisscross or hourglass color pattern. Long-beaked dolphins have long beaks. Short-beaked dolphins have short beaks. Pretty simple.
What are some dolphin breeds?
Normal ocean going dolphins: Atlantic Humpbacked Dolphin Atlantic Spotted Dolphin Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin Bottlenose Dolphin Chilean Dolphin Clymene Dolphin Commerson's Dolphin Dusky Dolphin Fraser's Dolphin Heaviside's Dolphin Hector's Dolphin Hourglass Dolphin Indo-Pacific Humpbacked Dolphin Irrawaddy Dolphin Long-Beaked Common Dolphin Northern Rightwhale Dolphin Pacific White-Sided Dolphin Pantropical Spotted Dolphin Peale's Dolphin Risso's Dolphin Rough-Toothed Dolphin Short-Beaked Common Dolphin Southern Rightwhale Dolphin Spinner Dolphin Striped Dolphin Tucuxi White-Beaked Dolphin River or fresh water dolphins: Baiji- Chinese river dolphin Boto- Amazon river dolphin Franciscana- La plata river dolphin Ganges River Dolphin Indus River Dolphin Dolphins that are also called whales: Orca- Killer whale False Killer Whale Pygmy Killer Whale Melon-Headed Whale Long-Finned Pilot Whale Short-Finned Pilot Whale
What is the name of ocean layer zone does hourglass dolphin live in?
Hourglass Dolphins live in the icy Southern Sea. Unlike many of the other dolphin species that do not go above Scotland or below the Falkland Islands, they bodies adapt to the cold sea. You can't see them above the Falkland Islands. They are one of the very unknown species of dolphin.
Is the bottlenose dolphin the fastest swimmer out of dolphins?
No the bottlenose dolphin is not the fastest swimmer out of the dolphins the orca dolphin is the fastest dolphin out of all the dolphins.
How manydifferent types of dolphins are there?
There are slightly over 30 species of dolphins in the world. Including fresh water dolphins and salt water dolphins. Such as: Atlantic Hump-Backed Dolphin Atlantic Spotted Dolphin Atlantic White Sided Dolphin Black Dolphin Bottlenose Dolphin Clymene Dolphin Commersome's Dolphin Dusky Dolphin False Killer Whale Frasier's Dolphin Heaviside's Dolphin Hector's Dolphin Hourglass Dolphin Indo-Pacific Hump-back Irrawaddy Dolphin Long-finned Pilot Whale Long-Beaked Common Dolphin Long-Snouted Spotted Dolphin Melon Headed Dolphin Northern Right-Whale Dolphin Orcas (Killer Whale) Pantropical Dolphin Pacific-White Sided Dolphin Peale's Dolphin Pygmy Killer Whale Risso's Dolphin Rough Toothed Dolphin Short Finned Pilot Whale Short Beaked Common Dolphin Southern Right Whale Dolphin Striped Dolphin White Beaked Dolphin
Is an hourglass dolphin a predator?
i believe it is
Hourglass dolphin's food and diet?
An Hourglass Dolphin's main diet is small fish, squid and crustaceans.
What does a dolphin head look like?
The black sides of an hourglass dolphin are broken by a bold white flank patch that covers most of the tail stock in a wedge shape,tapering as it rises toward the fin.
Which is smarter a dolphin or a killer whale?
because dolphins are just like people
