Bottlenose dolphins are also known as Tursiops truncates‚ which is their scientific name. This name originated from the Latin word “tursio” which means “dolphin”‚ and the Greek suffix “ops” which means “appearance”. In effect‚ tursiops means “dolphin-like” and their scientific name was derived from these other languages. Bottlenose dolphins are generally 6.6 to 12.8 feet long and weighing around 332 to 442 pounds. The variations in size are because of geographical location and gender. The coastal
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Miami Dolphins Marketing Plan Sports Marketing Spring 2014’ Internal Analysis The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in the Miami metropolitan area. The team is part of the AFC East‚ or American Football Conference’s East Division‚ in the National Football League (NFL). The Dolphins play their home games at Sun Life Stadium in the northern suburb of Miami Gardens‚ and have their headquarters in Davie‚ Florida. The Dolphins are one of the oldest NFL franchises
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Coastal Dolphin Survey Project of Orange Coast College focus on the population dynamics and behavior of the coastal bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) along Crystal Cove‚ CA and use of Newport Harbor‚ CA. Lindsay S. King (Student Director CDSP) and Dennis L. Kelly‚ Professor & Project Director. Marine Science Department‚ Orange Coast College‚ 2701 Fairview Rd‚ Costa Mesa‚ CA 92628 INTRODUCTION Photo by Dennis Kelly Photo by Sgt. Hollenbeck Photo by Lindsay King Photo by Google
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The Differences Between Sharks and Dolphins Sharks and dolphins are both ocean creatures. From afar they look alike but are contrasting ocean creatures. One of the main allusions is that they are the same type of creature‚ but a shark is a fish while a dolphin is a mammal. Because sharks are fish‚ they are cold blooded‚ and because dolphins are mammals they are warm blooded. Dolphins have blow holes and can only stay under water for up to seven to twelve minutes. Although sharks do not have blow
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There are many different views and perspectives of whether or not animals should be held in captivity. Some people believe there is more good done than harm to animals that live in zoos and unnatural habitats. Living in zoos not only hurts animals and their habitats‚ but also causes confusion for anybody who visits. Animals and their habitats should not be disturbed by humans. For example‚ humans are destroying the homes and habitats of animals. The arcticle‚ ’The Impact of Animal Protection’
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Draft As most of us know dolphins are very smart‚ but are they smart enough to communicate with each other? Yes they are‚ Dolphins are very social animals and can communicate with each other. We know they can communicate because to find and eat their food they use the communication to tell each other where to go (Dolphin Center 1). They can use their body language to communicate with each other‚ which is just one of the ways they can communicate with each other (Gregg 1). They Also can communicate
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Some of the most memorable and entertaining animal encounters we may experience may also be the most unethical and cruel. In advocating for animal rights‚ the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WSDS) and Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) investigated the humanity behind one of the most popular exotic animal and human interaction availabilities- touch pools. Through the combination of extensive research (which includes undercover first-hand observations and employee testimonies)‚ slight
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[pic] Grace Palmer Periods 5and 6 Mrs. Shingleton’s class Bottlenose Dolphin By Grace Palmer Do YOU need information about Bottlenose Dolphins? Well‚ if you do‚ you can find it all here in this article. It is an article specifically about the Bottlenose Dolphin. Appearance! (What they look like) Bottlenose Dolphins are a very beautiful dolphin and according to the underwater animal kingdom scientists‚ one of the most beautiful in the sea. It is still beautiful even though it
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Dolphin Killings in Taiji‚ Japan Brutality‚ crimson waters‚ what a gruesome spectacle it is to see the horrifying sight of dolphins being slaughtered by Taiji fishermen for a profit. In a total of six months the murderers will catch and kill about twenty three hundred of Japan’s annual dolphin population of twenty thousand dolphins. The capture of the dolphins is sinister. The fishermen bang pipes together under the water to throw off a dolphin’s hypersensitive sonar in order to drive the dolphins
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Have you ever seen a Spinner Dolphin? The spinner dolphin is a small dolphin found in off-shore tropical waters around the world. It is famous for its acrobatic displays in which it spins along its longitudinal axis as it leaps through the air. Spinner dolphins can dive 900 feet in depth and stay 8 minutes under the water when they are searching for food‚ Squid is a huge part of the diet for the Spinner Dolphins. These dolphins have no problem successfully hunting in the deeper and darker waters
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