20 Amazing facts about dolphin-Asciencelover

  








1-Newborn dolphins have a tiny patch of hair on their CHINS.


2-Every Dolphin has a signature WHISTLE it uses to identify itself.


3- RISSO'S DOLPHINS can hold their BREATH for 30 minutes.


4-A dolphin SLEEPS for about 8 hours a day , although it is never fully unconscious. only half of its brain is asleep at a time.


5-Dolphins have two stomachs one is used to store food and other is used to digest it .


6- if a dolphin become sick of the dolphins will take towns pushing it to the surface which can breathe.



7- A Pink bottlenose Dolphin was discovered in a lake in Louisiana, USA.


 


 8-sometimes dolphins "surf" on boats, bow waves this gives them a boost up speed.




9-Dolphines have a special super power that makes finding their way underwater easier. they use a type of Sonar called echolocation to hunt and navigate.


10-RIGHT WHALE dolphins are the only members of the Dolphin family that lack dorsal fins. social seafarers, they have been spotted in pods of nearly 3,000 individuals.



11-Some Wild dolphins play catch with coconuts.



12- dolphins have between 80 and hundred teeth.


 

13-ORCAS can bag some big pray in the water they will take on sea lions, sharks , and other whales .Orcas will even attack deer and moose that attempt to swing between islands in the Arctic Ocean.



 14-A Dolphin Breaths through a blowhole located at the top of its head.



15- the freshwater-loving Amazon River Dolphin can be found in the Amazon and orinoco Rivers in South America following a flood they can swim through parts of the forests.



16-FIFTY million years ago whale and dolphin ancestors walked on land. they are the distant relatives of hoofed animals such as DEER, HIPPOS, and Bisons.




18-Don't let the nick name fool you "killer whales"Are actually dolphins.



19-A dolphin's BEAK-LIKE SNOUT is called ROSTRUM. 



20- the smallest dolphin  hector's dolphin is only 4 feet long it's one of the rarest types and it is shorter than an orca's dorsal fin.



 21-the iPad is the latest high-tech tool researchers are using to help enhance communication between human and dolphins.




22-using Teamwork common dolphins herd sardines into a tight ball making it a cinch to gobble them by the mouthful.



 23-some branches of the US military use dolphins for job find job like finding underwater explosives.



 24-A dolphin's EYEBALLS moves independently of each other for example one eye can look straight ahead while The Other looking straight up.



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