Bottlenose Dolphin Facts: ANIMALS that use TOOLS! 🐬 Animal Fact Files

Did you know that bottlenose dolphins are animals that use tools. The bottlenose dolphin is one of the smartest animals in the world! Learn more bottlenose dolphin facts on this episode of Animal Fact Files!

Scientific Name: Genus - Tursiops
Range: Warm oceans waters worldwide
Habitat: Coastal waters and open ocean
Size: About 12 feet (3.66m) long
Diet: Fish, cephalopods, and crustaceans
Threats: Sharks and humans
Life span: Up to fifty years

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Image and Video Credits:
The New York Times - Video
Alain Fossé - 5.9.15 Grands Dauphins (Tursiops trun...
Ryan Chan - Ryan Chan with bottle nose dolphin in...
DKS Imaging - Bottlenose Dolphin Large Pod 2017
MeRiS Mediterraneo Ricerca e Sviluppo - Bottlenose Dolphins Underwater
Travels and Viajes - Five babies bottlenose dolphins were ...
Ocean 180 Video Challenge - Can Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops tru...
Elias Levy - https://www.flickr.com/photos/elevy/1...
Alistair Mackie - https://www.flickr.com/photos/5921698...
Mitchell Hearns Bishop - https://www.flickr.com/photos/mhbisho...
Bernard Spragg - https://www.flickr.com/photos/volvob1...
Jo Garbutt - https://www.flickr.com/photos/jo_garb...
Brian Ralphs - https://www.flickr.com/photos/birdbri...
Official U.S. Navy Page - https://www.flickr.com/photos/usnavy/...
Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith - https://www.flickr.com/photos/slobird...
Thomasjhpowell - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victori...
Aude Steiner - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Pa...
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Lee - https://vimeo.com/80307997
InspectorJ - https://freesound.org/people/Inspecto...
Angie Gullan's Dolphin Center - https://vimeo.com/132692840

Research Credits:
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http://us.whales.org/species-guide/co...
http://us.whales.org/species-guide/in...
http://oceana.org/marine-life/marine-...
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2...
https://www.theatlantic.com/technolog...
https://www.britannica.com/animal/bot...
https://books.google.com/books?id=W-U...
https://books.google.com/books?id=3RR...
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-w...
https://www.ajc.com/news/world-oldest...
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Patti A. Haase & Karsten Schneider (2001) Birth demographics of bottlenose
dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, in Doubtful Sound, Fiordland, New Zealand—preliminary findings 35:4, 675-680, DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2001.9517034

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