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Animal Fact Guide

Animal Fact Guide: Bottlenose Dolphin

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about the bottlenose dolphin in this reference guide. Reference guide includes information on the dolphin's physical characteristics, habitat, diet, breeding pattern, behavior, and conservation status.
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Bottle Nosed Dolphin (Tursiops Truncatus)

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated entry describes the Bottle Nosed Dolphin with details about its habitat, physical characteristics, temperament, and other facts.
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BBC

Bbc: Nature Wildfacts: Bottlenose Dolphin

For Students 9th - 10th
Just about everyone has watched a Bottlenose dolphin perform on film or in real life. But what else do you know about them? Read this detailed fact sheet to find out more about the Bottlenose.
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Chicago Zoological Society

Chicago Zoological Society: Zoo Explorer: Bottlenose Dolphin

For Students 9th - 10th
Get acquainted with the bottlenose dolphin by browsing this animal quide from the Brookfield Zoo. Highlights include quick facts, a photo, and details on the appearance, social behaviors, communication, and habitat of these aquatic mammals.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Bottlenose Dolphin

For Students 4th - 8th
Bottlenose dolphins have widely spaced eyes, relatively long flippers, a rounded forehead (called a melon), a relatively short, broad snout, and a mouth that seems permanently twisted into a grin. Inside the mouth are as many as 100...