bottlenosed+dolphin


 * bottle nosed dolphin**

Dolphins are social animals well known for their playful and carefree nature. They sometimes hunt in groups and herd schools of fish toward shore for feeding. Social hierarchies have been noted in dolphin interactions. Bottle nose dolphins typically weigh 440 to 600 pounds and reach an average size of 10 feet (some reach as much as 14 feet). Dolphins can be found in both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, though they prefer warm to tropical water.
 * "Threats:** In 1990, a program to label tuna cans "Dolphin Safe" (certifying that no dolphins were encircled to catch tuna) began, reducing dolphin deaths in tuna nets by 97 percent. Pressure from foreign trading nations has weakened the standards of the current label. Write to Secretary William Daley, Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230, and let him know how you feel about actions that may harm dolphins.
 * Survival:** Bottle nose dolphins often live 30 to 50 years.

Dolphins consume 13 to 33 pounds of food per day. They feed on a variety of fish, cephalopods (such as squid and octopus), and other sea life. They use echolocation— bouncing sound off of objects to determine their location—to hunt and use a series of high-pitched clicks to stun prey"

http://www.npca.org/marine_and_coastal/marine_wildlife/dolphin.html

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