bottlenosed dolphins
Smiling marine mammals
Bottlenosed dolphins are large, gray marine mammals known for their curved mouths that suggest a perpetual smile and their pronounced, bottle-shaped snouts.
Highly intelligent and social, they live in pods and communicate through clicks and whistles.
They're the species most commonly seen in aquariums and dolphin shows: We watched the bottlenosed dolphins perform at SeaWorld.
Also spelled bottlenose dolphins.
- flipperMarine animal's swimming limb
- cetaceanAquatic mammal order
- mammalWarm-blooded, milk-producing animal
- echolocationNavigation through reflected sound
- blowholeWhale's breathing aperture
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Small toothed oceanic mammals
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Large predatory ocean fish
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