Scientific Name:

Tursiops Truncatus

Length:

6 to 12 feet / 1.8 to 3.6 m

Weight:

400 to 800 pounds / 180 to 360 kg

Age:

Up to 50 years

Total Population:

29,774 individuals

Map Range:

Their most distinguishing feature is the elongated
snout, the rostrum, which gives the animal its common name

Bottlenose dolphins live in groups called pods that typically
number about 15 dolphins, but group size varies from solitary
bottlenose dolphins up to groups of over 100 or even occasionally
over 1000 animals. Their diet consists mainly of small fish.
Dolphin groups often work as a team to harvest schools of fish,
but they also hunt individually. Dolphins search for prey primarily
using echolocation, which is similar to sonar. They emit clicking sounds
and listen for the return echo to determine the location and shape of

nearby items, including potential prey.

Captivity

Bottlenose Dolphins are the most common species in captivity.
Almost every Dolphinarium, Marinepark or Aquarium keeps them today.

For more information go to the captive database of this website.