Bottlenose Dolphin

• Common name: bottlenose dolphin
• Scientific class: Mammalia
• Scientific Genus: Tursiops
• Species: T. truncatus
• Biome: Ocean
• A bottlenose dolphin needs water and other fish to eat.

A Bottlenose dolphin is one of the most well known dolphins. They are gray with a lighter stomach.They live in oceans world wide. Keep reading to learn more!!

• Length: 2-4meters (6-13 feet)
• Weight: 150-650 killagrams(330-1,400 pounds)
• Slippery, leather like body covering
• Ectoermic(warm blooded)

The female and young bottlenose dolphin travels in a large group, but a male travels in a smaller group.

• travels in a pod
• name of young: pup
• related to: porpise, whale

Dolphins are carnivores.They eat other fish, squid and shrimp.

• eat small fish, squid, and shirmp (mostly)
• they capture an other animal with there cone like teeth
• whales and sharks eat dolphins

The dolphin has a sonar to sense if other animals are near, including preditors.

• dolphin have a commensalisms with shirmp boats because the dolphins eat the left over shrimp, but the shrimp boat is not harmed
• dolphins communicate with sonar
• they also communicate with their jaws (above and beneath the water) 
• dolphins are doing good, but they get caught in tuna nets 

 Souces:

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottlenose_dolphin

http://www.whaleanddolphin.info/factpack/btlnose.htm

I also used ask.com for spicfic questions.

Secrets of Animal World Dolphins Animals with Sonars, all pages used, 1996

 Thanks for reading!!!