Habitat:
Food:
Length: Feature:
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Warm and temperate seas
worldwide.
Mainly eels, squid, shrimp and a wide variety of fish.
2 - 4 mtrs.
Dolphins have a short and well-defined snout that looks like an
old-fashioned gin bottle, which is the source for their common name.
Dolphins search for prey primarily using
echolocation, which
is a form sonar. They emit clicking sounds and listen for
the
return echoes to determine the location and shape of nearby items,
including potential prey
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