Common Bottlenose Dolphin

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• Habitat: Ranges through warm and temperate seas worldwide, equally at home well offshore and in shallow harbors, bays, and estuaries close to shore.

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• Diet: Hunts mostly fish and squid, gripping prey with its teeth and swallowing it whole, head-first, rather than chewing.

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• Size: A large adult male can grow past 3.8 meters long and weigh around 500 kilograms, notably bigger than an adult female.

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• Trait: Relies on a form of biological sonar, sending out high-frequency clicks and reading the returning echoes to find prey and navigate in murky or dark water.

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• Social Structure: Typically travels in social groups that can range from just a few individuals up to as many as a hundred, with membership shifting often as animals join or leave.

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• Distribution: Its range spans nearly the entire globe's tropical and temperate oceans - the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, plus the Mediterranean Sea - everywhere except the coldest polar waters.

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