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| TYPES OF DOLPHINS |
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| CEPHALORHYNCHUS COMMESONII (COMMERSON'S DOLPHIN) CEPHALORHYNCHUS EUTROPIA (BLACK DOLPHIN) CEPHALORHYNCHUS HEAVISIDII (HEAVISIDE'S DOLPHIN) CEPHALORHYNCHUS HECTORI (HECTOR'S DOLPHIN) DELPHINUS CAPENSIS (LONG-BEAKED COMMON DOLPHIN) DELPHINUS DELPHIS (SHORT-BEAKED COMMON DOLPHIN) GRAMPUS GRISEUS (RISSO'S DOLPHIN) LAGENODELPHIS HOSEI (FRASER'S DOLPHIN) LAGENODELPHIS ACUTUS (ATLANTIC WHITE-SIDED DOLPHIN) LAGENODELPHIS ALBIROSTRIS (WHITE-BEAKED DOLPHIN) LAGENODELPHIS AUDTRALIS (PEALE'S DOLPHIN) LAGENODELPHIS CRUCIGER (HOURGLASS DOLPHIN) LAGENODELPHIS OLIQUIDENS (PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED DOLPHIN) LAGENORHYNCHUS OBSCURUS (DUSKY DOLPHIN) LISSODELPHIS BOREALIS (NORTHERNRIGHT WHALE DOLPHIN) LISSODELPHIS PERONII (SOUTHERN RIGHT WHALE DOLPHIN) ORCAELLA BREVIOSTRIS (RIVER DOLPHIN) SOTALIA FLUVIATILIS (TUCUXI RIVER DOLPHIN) SOUSA CHINENSIS (INDO-PACIFIC HUMPBACK DOLPHIN) SOUSA TEUSZII (ATLANTIC HUMPBACK DOLPHIN) STENELLA ATTENUATA (PANTROPICAL SPOTTED DOLPHIN) STENELLA CLYMENE (ATLANTIC SPINNER DOLPHIN) STENELLA COERULEOALBA (STRIPED DOLPHIN) STENELLA FRONTALIS (ATLANTIC SPOTTED DOLPHIN) STENELLA LONGIROSTRIS (PANTROPICAL SPINNER DOLPHIN) STENO BREDANENSIS (ROUGH-TOOTHED DOLPHIN) TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS (BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN) |
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| FACTS |
| 1.DOLPHIN PODS MAY CONTAIN UP TO 25 MEMBERS 2.TRAINERS OFTEN USE DOG WHISTLES 3.A DOLPHIN MAY RANGE FROM 6-9 FEET(2-3 M) LONG 4.WEIGHT MAY RANGE FROM 300-500 POUNDS(135-225 KG) 5.DOLPHINS MAY EAT FROM 15-35 POUNDS A DAY (7-16 KG) 6.DOLPHINS HAVE ABOUT 88 TEETH 7.DOLPHINS CAN SWIM UP TO 20 M.P.H 8.DOLPHINS ARE BORN IN ABOUT 12 MONTHS 9.FEMALE DOLPHINS ARE MATURE FROM AGES 5-10 10.MALES ARE MATURE FROM ABOUT 7-12 |