Dolphin-BB

 Bottlenose dolphin   Tursiops Aduncus  

The Bottlenose Dolphin is a very interesting animal! So I am going to tell you some of the facts that I learned about this animal during my project. The dolphin is found in the coastal waters of Mexico. It is near the Gulf of Mexico. In case if you don’t know it is gray, some of them can be kind of white, their nose looks like a bottle (that’s why they call it a bottlenose dolphin.) They have very useful adaptations, their body shape helps them swim faster, and it also creates less drag. One more adaptation is, their blowhole helps spit out water and wastes out of it. The niche of my animal is a predator, because it eats other animals. Here is a food chain of my animal: bottlenose dolphin: seaweed -> bottom dwelling fish-> squid-> shrimp. My animal eats basically everything that is in the food chain! It often eats bottom dwelling fish, some shrimp and also some squid. There are a lot of interesting facts about my animal, but I only picked the most interesting one to me, so I picked my favorite one. Did you know that the bottlenose dolphin have been observed to breech up to 16 ft. out of the water landing with a splash on their back or side.

 