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What kind of habitat does a bottlenose dolphin live in?

Dolphins-World — Wed, 31 May 2017 15:45:20 +0000

Bottlenose dolphins are present in most oceans and seas of the world and adapt quickly to several types of habitat.

Their thermoregulation capacity allows them to live in waters ranging from 10 to 32 degrees Celsius, which includes temperate, tropical and subtropical areas of the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, as well as the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea between Europe and Asia. The regions that avoid are the polar zones, but some individuals move through the north of Europe, whose waters have low temperatures.

In the Pacific, their distribution range is from northern Japan to Australia and from southern California to Chile in the eastern Pacific Ocean including all the vast area in the middle.

In the Atlantic ocean, they dwell from Nova Scotia to Patagonia in the West and from Norway to South Africa in the East including all the eastern coast of the United States, and the Gulf of Mexico.

Bottlenose dolphin habitat includes bays, open waters, coastal areas, lagoons, estuaries, tidal areas and shallow areas. They even venture occasionally into some rivers.

The other bottlenose species, the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin, is also distributed in tropical and subtropical areas in specific regions of the ocean. This dolphin inhabits from western South Africa to Japan, including eastern and western Australia and places such as the Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Solomon Islands and the Indo-Malay archipelago.

The Indo-Pacific dolphin lives near the coasts of continental shelves, at depths of less than 300 meters and around oceanic islands. It frequently visits estuaries and coral reefs where fish banks thrive, and a significant amount of cephalopods live. Therefore it tolerates salt water and brackish waters.

Bottlenose Dolphin Jumping

Dolphins-World — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 05:31:26 +0000

Bottlenose Dolphin – Tursiops truncatus

Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Jumping

Dolphins-World — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 05:31:26 +0000

Tursiops Truncatus

Image Courtesy of: Rene at da.wikipedia

Bottlenose Dolphins Fighting

Dolphins-World — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 05:29:53 +0000

What is the first we think when we hear something about dolphins? It could be words like friendly, funny, gentle, playful, intelligent etc. However, when it comes the breeding season in the wild, dolphins also are very skillful to defend themselves and to be very competitive against each other, reaching stages of aggression, persecution and even biting between them! This type of behavior does not make them dangerous animals to man, it’s just a small stage in their natural life cycle for all the members in the Delphinidae family.

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Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

Dolphins-World — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 05:29:53 +0000

Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) picture

Large Pod of Common Dolphins

Dolphins-World — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 05:28:33 +0000

Amazing footage of a large pod made up of thousands of common dolphins that swim several miles to reach their target: a shoal of sardines. Besides the beauty of these dolphins and their astonishing jumps out of water, the sense of orientation they have is extraordinary, because despite the immensity of the ocean, they know exactly where to go thanks to its echolocation system which help them to know how far are their prey and how large are they. Can you imagine being able to witness such an exhibition? Certainly, the person who film it will never forget that moment.

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=enRpGsPullI

Wild Bottlenose Dolphin

Dolphins-World — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 05:28:33 +0000

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTXG105QrWI

Bottlenose Dolphins in Australia

Dolphins-World — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 05:28:32 +0000

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WR_XcM2zJE

Striped Dolphins in Front of a Boat

Dolphins-World — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 05:28:10 +0000

With a pleasant melody in the background, this video features several striped dolphins that were filmed by cameras while a boat with tourists made a journey to the open sea. These cetaceans are used to follow the boats and swim at incredible speed while they give visitors a wonderful experience and this happens at a very short distance from them.

Note their remarkable intelligence to stay away from boat parts which may harm them and the different positions they acquire while swimming, all this without losing momentum or continuity.

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CqcdG-GDR4

Pod of Common Dolphins

Dolphins-World — Wed, 02 Oct 2013 17:27:17 +0000