Dolphins come in various colors from gray to pink depending on the species. They live all around the world in oceans and seas. Dolphins eat a variety of foods including fish like mackerel and cod as well as squid. Larger dolphins may also eat other marine animals. Dolphins give birth every 2-3 years after a 12 month gestation period and typically care for one calf at a time. There are 41 known dolphin species with the bottlenose dolphin being the most common.

2. What Do Dolphins Look Like?
Dolphins look gray; there are some species with black
stripes, spots or some black parts on their body.
Here is something cool that you might want to
know, some dolphins can be pink! Dolphins are
hairless, which is an exception among most animals.
Most species have gray skin tones, although, there
are a few with black stripes, spots or even huge parts
like the killer whale.
Here is a website on how dolphins
Look like.

4. What Do Dolphins Eat?
Dolphins eat lots of different foods. Some of them
eat fish such as…Mackerel, Herring, and Cod, while
other dolphins eat squid. Large dolphins like Orcas
eat other marine mammals, like sea lions or sea
turtles. Some fish, like Mackerel or Herring have a
lot of fat in them, so when dolphins eat them, they
have lots of energy. However, squid does not have a
lot of fat in it, so a dolphin would have to eat more
squid to get the same amount of energy as a dolphin
would eating a fish.

6. Where do Dolphins Live?
Dolphins live in a habitat. A dolphins
habitat can be found all around the
world! It depends as where you might
find a specific type of dolphin. The
bottlenose dolphin a very common
dolphin. They can be found nearly
everywhere including the
Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans.

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9. How Does A Dolphin Raise their
young?
Dolphins can give birth about every two years, but most only do
so about every three years. They gestate for twelve months, and
give birth in the water. Baby dolphins are called calves, and may
be born head or tail first. The umbilical cord breaks on its own
shortly after birth. Most often, the mother dolphin only carries
one baby at a time, much like humans. In fact, while twin dolphin
births have been observed, most often the stronger of the two
will be the only one to survive as it's almost impossible for the
mother to take care of more than one calf. Newborn dolphins
are usually a little under 2 feet long.

11. Interesting Facts About Dolphins!
Did you know that dolphins are not endangered? Well
they are not! Dolphins can jump up to 20 miles per
hour, their brain is bigger than a monkeys, they have
100 teeth, some kinds of dolphins can hold there
breath for 30 minutes, dolphins can eat up to 30
pounds of fish each day, and a dolphin can live up to
50 years!!
Here is a website about dolphins!

12. How much types of dolphins are
there?
There are 41 types of dolphins! I am only going
to pick 1 type of dolphin to tell you about. I
am going to tell you about the bottlenose
dolphin. The bottlenose dolphin is the most
common dolphin in the world!

13. The Bottlenose Dolphin
The Bottlenose dolphin is the most common
dolphin in the world! The bottlenose dolphin is
a mammal (like all dolphins). They can live up to
50 years. Dolphins groups are called pods.
They can be 10 to 14 ft. tall and they can weigh
up to 1,100 pounds. Did you know that
bottlenose dolphins have been observed to
breach up to 16 ft. out of the water, landing with
a splash on their back or side. Well...it’s true!

14. I Hope you learned
more about dolphins!
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