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Analyzing Pink Dolphin's Behavior
One of the pink pink dolphin's behavior is that it sleeps upside down! It sleeps floating. It floats like a dead goldfish.

According to the text it can bend. It bends into a dolphin doughnut. It touches its tail to its nose. It is flexible and can twist and turn.

There is one more behavior that is weird. It can send signals from its forehead. They are pulsed clicks. It bounces back when it hits an object. It is called an echo.

There is a term for the echo it is called echolocation. Pink dolphins use echolocation.

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