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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Dolphins have adapted to their environment in the following ways: Fin shape: a dolphin's tail goes up and down to help it dive...
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Nope, they don't have gills like fish to breathe under water. They have to come up for air every once in while, because they have...
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No it gets caught in a fishing net and loses its tail. The tail gets replaced with a fake one and the dolphin lives happily.
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Dolphins keep one eye open when they sleep so that if their enemies come to eat them they see them coming and can react and get...
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I actually still have one of these. If it's the same artist you're referring to, it's Anthony Casay.
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No, dolphins use a series of clicks and whistles to communicate
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According to my understanding of oceanography, a dolphins butt is indeed water tight.
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Oceanic Dolphins are part of family Delphindidae, which also includes orcas and pilot whales.
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Dolphins are made up of trillions of cells, most of which do have a nucleus
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Winter the Dolphin is about 6 years old.
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yes they can but one of them normally dies after birth.
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A dolphin by a lot because a dolphin has a brain mass of 1500-1700 grams!!!
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No, He is not. Along with some other aspects of the movie he is a fictitious character.
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they can be spotted, pink, grayish and sometimes black.
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Unfortunately, they have been hunted by the Russians, with over 500 believed killed. However, the vast majority of humans...
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dolphins have lived there for century's
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yes on rare occasions they can be killed and sometimes eaten by large sharks.
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They use their tail muscles,and stomach musles so aproxamatly 34 muscles are used for a dolphin to jump?#@%!##$%$@#&%$@!!
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I don't really know.Questionable..♥ dolphins..8)
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Well they need air to breath they can't stay in the water without air they will die.
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Dolphins have been known to ram sharks and 'butt' them, usually into the side or stomach of the shark.
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No. Dolphins are under a group called Cetaceans (whales). Pinnipeds are an aquatic group under dog-like carnivores. Pinnipeds...
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No, it's not possible to swim with the mammals in Loro Park. Consult Q&A at: http://www.loroparquetenerife.com/parkinfo.html
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their height can be up to 2.5 ft high and 9 ft long
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In the sunlit zone.
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I personally use my computer for things like that...i make my screen flash when i get an email...but all you really need is to...
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Not counting the dolphins in captivity, dolphins are found in the Atlantic Ocean off Virginia Beach, and in the Chesapeake Bay.
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No, Baby dolphins are not born with mustaches.
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Dolphins evolved from whales, and both of them evolved from ungulates, hoofed animals, that ate meat and took to the water. Early...
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Sawyer Nelson, Hazel Hasket, Dr. Clay Hasket, Dr. Cameron McCarthy, Kyle and Sawyer's mom
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6... or so my friend says... yeh i dont have a clue but i hope this helps
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well ya they have lungs as humans
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Adaptations Adaptations are features or structures that contribute to an organism's fitness--in other words, its survival rate....
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Pink dolphins have special glands that produce salt so they can live.
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her tail got caught by a fishers net then it was infected to much and had to cut it off
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A dolphin is not a fish because it exhibits the traits of a mammal, primarily the fact that it feeds its young on milk produced...
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a dolphin boat costs 40,000 euros which is 54,280.00 U.S
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Spirometry is a diagnostic method for measuring gases and respiratory function. Incentive spirometry may be ordered to help...
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They have been hunted for skin, meat and because it is thought to be a threat to fishing lines, by stealing fish already hooked. ...
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Dolphins are known as adorable mammals, They swim in water ,clear blue Thier skin is as slippery as ice, It glides through the...
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Yes they are because they give birth to living babies !!
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Most diseases of the kidneys, ureters, and bladder will yield information to this procedure, which actually has two phases....
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Because it is. There's not really a "why". If you mean "what are the characteristics of a dolphin that show that it's a mammal...
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according to most scientist's they are.. but mankind doesn't know what other smarts animals are in the ocean
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Dolphins are descendants of land-living mammals called Pakicetus.
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they live for a while
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The boy on dolphin tale is Nathan Gamble
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They will eat squid and many different kinds of small fish!
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A dolphin uses echolocation which is an advanced form of SONAR to "see" things under water. They can see quite well with their...
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Dolphins are certainly found in the waters off Western Australia. Monkey Mia is a popular tourist attraction where people can...
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The average lifespan of a dolphin ranges from about 17 years to about 25 years, with no significant difference between dolphins...
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They curl up in a ball and sink to the bottom of the sea to keep warm. The sea bottom is really warm so that is what they do...
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Blubber is made of the remnents from our ancestrial ancestors. These are known as dinos. One day a massive elephant dinosaur lept...
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It is difficult to say but I thing that they take as much as it takes when you die on land.
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With its nose.
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Mouth, Blowhole and fins.
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because they send like a wave out and it comes back if there is a another fish or attacker coming
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The Bottlenose Dolphin (type hunted by Japanese fishermen) is NOT listed as an endangered animal, and I have NEVER seen it on any...
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I am assuming you mean porpoise. They are dolphins, air breathers, but only live in the water.
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yes, in the movie dolphin tail, the story was that adolphin lost its tail tphen got a robotic tail. it was based on a true story.
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dolphins are social creatures and live with other creatures under the sea, but they have to eat to live so fish don't like it...
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it uses its sonar abilities to alarm them when a predator is near
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it because that kid Neville gives him gilyweed and harry eats it
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aquatic mammals, dolphins and porpoises
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they talk to each other by ultrasonic sound. they create and hear ultrasonic sound
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The Orca is actually categorized as a dolphin. This is because dolphins are a sub-category of a sub-category of whales. This...
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On average a dolphin can be up to 8 to 9 feet in length and can weigh 419 to 575 pounds. If it is bigger than average it can be...
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about two years
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4 chambers as they are mammals.
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A male may be larger, but the difference in size is not a notable one.
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Dolphins in the wild eat various varieties of small fish such as herring, and squid. Dolphins eat a variety of different foods....
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The plural of porpoise is can be either porpoise (the same as the singular) or porpoises. The latter is used especially when...
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light blue, sometimes gray, maybe turquoiseDolphins can be either blue, gray, white, or brown.Pale Blue or Grey. Or in the rare...
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Barbaric, savage, and harsh. Much like modern society, just a different set of rules.
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A baby dolphin is called a calf. However, a young dolphin that is 4-6 years old is past the calf stage of life. They are called...
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