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Dolphins

by Katherine Y.

Pages 4 and 5 of 15

Dolphins
By Katherine Yeh
Table of content
1. what are dolphin?

2. life cycle

3. food

4. body

5.their teeth

6. different types

7. where they live?

8. facts

9. glossary
What are dolphins?
Dolphins are like mini whale and whale are mammals that means dolphins are mammals too.Each dolphin has their own name by making a sound.
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Life cycle
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A dolphin calf drinks it mother milk as soon as it is born.A dolphin calf can swim as soon as it is born. Then when a calf is six month old it starts to eat fish .Finally the calf is old enough to have their own child.
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Food
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Dolphins are carnivores that means they eat meat like fish, squid, shrimp, and crayfish.
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Body
Dolphin move their tail up and down to swim.
dorsal fin
tail flukes
flipper
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Their teeth
It depends on what species of dolphin it is dolphins have about 200 teeth.Dolphin don't use their teeth to chew,Instead they use their teeth for catching their prey.Dolphins swallow they prey whole.
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Different types
There are 42 different species of dolphins.Did you know that a killer whale is a type of dolphin?One of the most common types of dolphin is an bottle nose dolphin.
Bottle nose dolphin
Did you know that a bottle nose makes about 1,000 clicking noise per second.
Orca
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Pink river dolphin
Another most common type of dolphin Amazon river dolphin also known as a pink river dolphin.Amazon river dolphin only live in fresh water,they are found Amazon and Orinoco river basins.
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Hector dolphin
One of the rarest and smallest species of dolphin is called a Hector dolphin.They have a dorsal fin shaped like a mickey mouse ear.Did you know that Hector dolphin was named after Sir James Hector now named Te Papa.
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