Term Papers on Bottle-nose Dolphins

Term Paper Title	Bottle-nose Dolphins
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Bottle-nose Dolphins

When bottlenose dolphins give birth, others surround it for protection.  It’s

very dangerous to give birth in the ocean, especially for dolphins.  Sharks are drawn

to the blood, and there’s nothing they like more than a nice baby dolphin.  It must

be hard for the shark though.  With the group of dolphins surrounding the mother,

he can’t get through to the baby.  After the calf is born, the group of dolphins and

mother help it up to the surface to get it’s first breath of air.  The calf and mother

are very close for about sixteen months.  Mother dolphins can also give birth on

their own; they don’t need the help of the others.


     Female bottle-nosed dolphins give birth every two to three years. They

become sexually mature around age five and 12, whereas for males it's between ten

and twelve. Gestation lasts a  full year, and births occur from February to

May and September to November in Florida. In European waters, births take place

midsummer.

Bottlenose dolphins live up to about fifty years and can weigh up to 330-440

pounds.  They can be as long as 13 feet!  The bottlenose dolphins have a long beak

like nose, a falcate dorsal fin, and very sharp teeth.  They have one blowhole at the

top of their head.  They need to breath about once every two minutes, but can hold

their breath up to six minutes.


     Dolphins use high-pitched whistles and “clicks” to generate sound waves.

The waves go through the water and bounce off of o...

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