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Dolphins and Porpoises
Considered not a fish, dolphins and porpoises belong to the group of toothed whales that have skin, not scales. The significant difference between them is that dolphins have a beak, a melon-shaped head and a dorsal, while porpoises have none.
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Yes, there are. One of the biggest is long-line drift-netting used for catching Tuna and similar fish. The dolphins become entangled and drown.
Some are injured or killed by collisions with boats, especially being struck by the rapidly-revolving propellors.
Others are said to be deafened by naval sonar, so they can't hunt their food; but this has been exaggerated and distorted, as no country's naval ships and submarines wander around "pinging" into the ocean like the soundtrack to a Hollywood film set in WW2. The major acoustic threat to marine animals is instead from the sound sources used by seismic-survey companies, and consisting of very loud underwater bursts rather like explosions.
Pollution of course can be another threat, in one way or another.
Are mermaids friends with dolphins?
Mermaids are mythical creatures that are half-human and half fish. They do not exist in real life, therefore they do not talk.
In books and films, however, mermaids usually are able to speak. They also often sing beautifully.
When dolphins breed another dolphin called the aunt lays under the mother to protect the mother and the calf from preditors like sharks and crocodiles. When the female gives birth they stay in shallow water. then the cow (witch is the mother dolphin) gives birth the cow sinks to the bottom and the aunt and the cow helps it up for it first breath of fresh air. When the calf is first born they are perfect swimmers without the cow or aunt teaching it anything at all.
What is the kingdom of a dolphin?
The Animal Kingdom
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interbrates
How old is a dolphin when it is trained to do tricks?
you have to be at least 18, but i would recommend going to moorpark community college just north of L.A.
What year did winter the dolphin lose her tail?
Winter's tail was caught in a crab trap. She had to have her tail amputated because it grew of infection, and due to blood loss.
Winter wears a prosthetic tail to help her swim and to prevent her spine from being damaged.
i am not really sure but it is not a mammal or an amphiibian .MAYBE IT IS A FISH
What was the dolphin population last year?
Dolphins are being killed by pollution. Please save dolphins. Help me save them, I love love love them! Adopt a dolphin. (although this has nothing to do with the answer)
Please help me and the Dolphins!
How do baby dolphins depend on their parents?
Baby dolphins, also called calf, look like regular adult dolphins, just smaller. Yes, they're protected. Their mother protects them from sharks, fishing hazards, and other possible dangers. The mother stays with its infant for months, or even years.
Are small fish eaten by little fish?
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How are sharks dangerous to dolphins?
The best answer would be in no way do they harm humans. There have been many stories of dolphins saving humans than there have been stories of dolphins hurting humans. If you would like a better answer I suggest you look in a book about dolphins and how they defend themselves.
Did dolphins exist during the dinosaur era?
A prhistoric dolfin named Angie romed earth eating only snail remains
this dolfin likely is fosselised in the heart of the sea.
other wise knon as the pasific Angie
What I think your referring to is called echolocation.This is when a dolphin makes a clicking noise that produces vibrations, which reflect off of whatever they touch, and the dolphin reads these signals. It lets the dolphin know how far away food is, or how close the nearest object is.
Yes, they have a blow hole, which it uses to breath.
Before they submerge, they take a breath of air, the hole will then close; when they surface, the hole will open again whilst they expel the used air, before taking another breath.
Are there more meat eaters or more plant eaters?
In the Mesozoic, just as today, carnivores couldn't survive without there being far more herbivores than carnivores. For example, the most common dinosaurs in the Cretaceous were the herbivorous dinosaurs called hadrosaurs. In the Jurassic, the most common dinosaurs were sauropods, which were also herbivores.
Why is dolphin-safe tuna important?
because it'll help save the dolphin's from extinction because they are a very beautiful and unique animal
Dolphins are dying because no one is careing about them. And people like to hunt for them and torture them because they dont have a life,so they want to ruin other people or animals. But however its not just the people in the world its some of the animals that live underwater with them species. Like Whales and Sharks they donmt get along at some certain times they have fights and then one of them end up dead or sceriously injured...
How many babies can an irrawaddy dolphin give birth to?
Irrawaddy Dolphins are known to be able to have up to 3 babies at a time.
What products are made out of dolphins?
dolphins are made out of this kind of rubbery texture. but not really made out of rubber. most of the dolphin is blubber. blubber: extra fat on a persons/animals body.
