Do dolphins or porpoises live in the coastal waters of North Carolina?
The six species of porpoise in the world can be found off the coast of South America, in the northern Atlantic and Pacific oceans, on the east and southern coasts of Asia and to the north of Antarctica. The distribution of these species can be found by visiting the IUCN Redlist website, searching the keyword "porpoise"and clicking on the distribution map links to the right of each listed species.
How do dolphins stay underwater for long?
of dolphin species has different types of limits the longest it gets for common dolphins is 2 hours porpoise can only stay under for 30 or less others 20 or 90! thank you for reading i would also like to tell you dolphin's weigh about 90 lb. and are 4 feat in full growth the are known to save people from shark attacks or and other fatal situations they are playful and enjoy eating fish stingray and plankton dolphins are found in every ocean and they're are like 80 types of dolphins all around the world black dolphin hector dolphin commersons dolphin Heaviside's dolphin and common dolphins! thank you for reading this gave you a full education on dolphins enjoy!
Can you show the picture of the dolphin's life cycle?
Yes, I can show you a picture of a dolphins life cycle.
Are pink river dolphins in danger?
Pink river dolphins are actually the largest population of river dolphins in existence. They were recently moved to the endangered species list.
What defenses does dolphin use to survive?
Speed, they are a very fast swimmer and can out swim most of their predators. If a shark tries to attack a dolphin, the dolphin uses its snout to hit the sharks gills. If you were a shark, the worst place to get hit would be the gills. Its very painful to get hit there by a dolphins snout.
Are pink dolphin calves born pink?
No. They are gray. No, they become pink because of their diets which are high in beta-carotene.
How do dolphins use ultrasound?
Bats and dolphins use ultrasound to locate their prey. They use a SONAR (sound and navigation system). They send out ultrasonic waves using their mouth or nose and when the waves hit an object they bounce of and make an echo. Bats can tell what the object is and even the shape and size of it just because of the sound of the echo.
How Does a dolphin use Mimicry?
Dolphins often will mimic behaviors by dolphins, this is thought to be an early stage in learning of new social skills, as dolphins retain a large amount of mental plasticity throughout their entire life.
What other sea animal are dolphins related to?
An Orca, or killer whale, is a toothed whale that is part of the oceanic dolphin family. These whales are found in all oceans and are regarded as apex predators, because they have no natural predators. They typically eat fish, but also hunt other marine animals.
What is the name for someone who works with dolphins?
Marine Biologist, but there may be a more specific term for the study of sharks or dolphins.
A group of dolphins is called a pod. If that is your question.
How many limbs does a dolphin have?
There are quite a few species of dolphins, and they vary in size. They can range from 4 feet long up to 30 feet long (the Killer Whale, which is actually a dolphin). Their body parts also differ in size, as there are both long nose and short nose varieties.
What can a dolphin s ear drum do better than a human ear?
An elephant's ears have three main purposes:
1. Keep the elephant cooler in hot weather by flapping them. Because their blood vessel are close to the surface, when flapping their ears, the slight breeze cools their blood a little, thus recirculating cooler blood back into their bodies.
2. Obviously, an elephant's ears are for hearing.
3. Finally, when threatened or aggressive, elephants hold their ears out stiffly to the side of the heads and fan them to make themselves look even bigger than they are. This is a display that not only warns other animals, but is meant to intimidate and frighten other aggressors.
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.
What are the names of all the dolphins that ever have been at the Minnesota Zoo?
Currently, there is: Semo (male) April (female) Allie (female, aprils daughter) Spree (female, semos daughter) The Minnesota Zoo's Dolphin Pod
1998: The pod included Ayla, Semo, Flipper, Rio, Mindy and D.J.
1999: Flipper and Mindy died.
2002: Rio gave birth to Spree.
2004: D.J. moved to the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago. The Minnesota Zoo welcomed Chinook months later from the Brookfield Zoo.
2005: Rio gave birth to Harley.
2006: Harley died at 7 months old after hitting his head on a concrete deck during a training exercise. His mother, Rio, died six weeks later of unknown causes. Ayla died after a lifelong battle with severe scoliosis.
2007: Chinook moved to the National Aquarium in Baltimore.
2008: April and Allie moved to the Minnesota Zoo.
Why did the Baiji river dolphin become extinct?
The river dolphin is not extinct. They can be found in the Mekong river and the Amazon river.
baby fish looks like a tapole when it is just born and when it grew bigger it will looks slighly like their parents
How do dolphins sleep and why do dolphins sleep like that?
When the sleep their brain is half awake so it can breathe
No. Dolphins are very large, so you would have to have a huge aquarium to keep one in, and dolphins need to be in large groups to be happy. A dolphin would be a good friend - leave it in its natural habitat and you go visit the dolphin!
Recently many scientists have recommended that dolphins, whales and porpoises be reclassified as "non-human persons." A bill of rights has even been drawn up for these people that would protect them from murder as well as being owned by people or corporations. Basically, if you own a dolphin you own a person, and that's just not right.