sw-bottle-nosed-dolphin

= Title: Bottle Nose Dolphin = =Scientific Name: Tursiops truncatus=


 * Physical description:** The color can be light gray and  slate gray on the dorsal surface . Ligher gray on sides. Pale gray or pink on their belly   Has a short stubby beak that is why they are called bottlenose.

How it reproduces: By sexual reproduction. The gestation period is 12 months. Can have only one baby dolphin. Rarely they can have twins.
Relationship to animals (prey,predator,parasite, etc.): The bottlenose dolphin's prey is their food. Their predators are sharks and killer whales.

===Relationship to people: Good, people use dolphins for enterainment like in shows and sometimes people can ride the dolphins. Also bad, fisherman shoot the bottle nose dolphin thinking they're competing for getting the fish :( And the worst part is that some dolphin schools they get stuck in the fisherman's nets while trying to eat tuna then get stuck.:( :(===

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