Other names: La Plata Dolphin

The Franciscana Dolphin has the longest beak
(as a proportion of body size) of any cetacean
as much as 15% in older adults.
The body is a greyish brown colour, with a lighter underside.
The flippers are also very large in comparison with
body size and are very broad, but narrow on joining
the body and so are almost triangular in shape.
The trailing edges are serrated. The crescent-shaped
blowhole lies just in front of a crease in the neck,
giving the impression that dolphin forever has its head
cricked upwards. The dorsal fin has a long base
and a rounded tip

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