Female Bottlenose Dolphins live
for about 40 years, whereas males
rarely live more than 30 years.
The Bottlenose Dolphin normally
lives in groups called pods,
usually containing up to 12 animals.
Dolphins locate objects by producing
sounds and listening for the echo
Dolphins have been seen jumping
as high as 4.9 m (16 ft.) from the
surface of the water and landing
on their backs or sides, in a behavior
called a breach.
Dolphins frequently ride on the
bow waves or the stern wakes of
boats. This is probably adapted
from the natural behavior of riding
ocean swells, the wakes of large
whales, or a mother dolphin's "slip
stream".
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