Dolphins primarily live in saltwater along continental shelves but some species can thrive in freshwater. They catch food underwater making research difficult, so feeding habits are known mostly from analyzing stomach contents of beach-washed carcasses. Dolphins, like mammals, give birth to live young and nurse them underwater. Most people believe dolphins are intelligent creatures. Dolphins are prey for other predators due to their high-fat meat providing great nutrition.

1. THE DOLPHIN

2. • Dolphins live in
saltwater but they can
also live in freshwater
locations. Only a handful
of the species though
are known to thrive in
freshwater regions. They
tend to stick to the
shallow areas of the
water found along the
continental shelves.

3. Dolphin feeding
• Since wild dolphins catch
and eat their food
underwater and research
is expensive and often
hard to do, most of the
data regarding their
feeding habits has come
from analyzing the
contents of the stomachs
of dead animals that wash
up on the beach.

4. Dolphin reprodution
• Dolphins, like almost all
mammals, give birth to
live young, and nurse
them with mammary
glands, though it
boggles the mind to
imagine nursing
underwater.

5. Dophin intelligent
• If you were to step
out into the street and
ask the first ten
people you see
whether or not they
believed dolphins
were creatures of
intelligence, 8 of 10
would probably say
yes.

6. Dolphin predactors
• Dolphins are not chicken of
the sea; yet it would appear
that they make a tasty meal
for many predators. And why
not? With an exceptionally
high fat content, dolphin and
other cetacean meat provides
great nutrition for predators
who stalk.

7. by:LAURA LUJAN SANCHEZ