This document contains information about dolphins organized into multiple sections, including prey, predators, habitat, physical appearance, facts, and references. It discusses that dolphins mainly eat fish, crab, and squid, and have sharks and killer whales as predators. Dolphins live in coastal waters, bays, and harbors. They are black, white, and grey with smooth skin and can grow up to 13 feet long. The document also provides some additional facts about dolphins and biographical information about the author.

1. MARY NELSON

2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Prey 3
2. Predators 4
3. Coastal waters 5
4. Harbors 6
5. Bay 7
6. What it looks like 8
7. Other Facts 9
8. Index 11
9. Glossary 12
10. About the Author 13
11. Sources 14

3. PREY
The Dolphin eats three main foods. It eats fish,
crab, squid, and octopi. Those are just the main foods.
It has a favorite food just like everything else. It’s
favorite food is fish.

4. PREDATORS
Dolphins have predators too. It’s predators
are Humans, Sharks, and Killer Whales. Those are
the things that would kill it. Those are just it’s
main predators.

5. COASTAL WATERS
A dolphin’s habitat is in coastal
waters. Coastal water is water near
beaches.

6. HARBORS
They also live in harbors. A harbor is a
place where ships come in. Dolphins live in
bays too.

7. BAY
Dolphins live in bays too. A bay is an area
of land with an opening to the sea.

8. WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?
Dolphins are a mixture of black, white,
and grey. They have smooth rubbery skin.
Most dolphins are 7 to 10 feet. Some can
be up to 13 feet! They weigh 220 to 660
pounds! They have a rounded fin and
striped skin.

9. OTHER FACTS
The life-span of a dolphin is 20-45 years.
The top speed of a dolphin is 25 miles per
hour. A female dolphin normally has one pup at
a time. A dolphins nose is on top of it’s head. It
is called a blowhole.

10. OTHER FACTS
Dolphins are mammals. Mammals
normally live on land but dolphins live in
water. There are 35 types of dolphins!

11. INDEX
1. Prey 3
2. Predators 4
3. Habitat 5,6,7
4. What it looks like 8
5. Other Facts 9,10

12. GLOSSARY
1. Octopi Octopi are more than one Octopus. A Octopus
is a sea creature that has eight legs.
2. Predator A predator is something that will eat or harm
another animal.
3. Habitat A habitat is a place where an animal lives.
4. Fin A fin is something that helps sea creatures swim.
5. Blowhole (blow-hole) A blowhole is on top of a
dolphin’s head. It is like a nose.

13. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
The Authors name is Mary
Nelson. Her favorite color is Aqua
Marine. She loves to do gymnastics
and piano. She goes to school at
Shades Mountain Elementary School.

14. SOURCES
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
http://a-z-animals.com/animals/
http://school.eb.com/elementary/article?articleId=353061&query=d
olphin&ct=