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Diet: fish, squid, octopi, krill and other crustaceans
Birth: 1 m. (39 inches),
birth weight unknown
How they
look: dark flippers located within white body area; pointed tips; small,
slender flppers; pale gray sides; white or pink underside; thin, dark stripe
running from underside of tail stock to eye; narrow, pale gray stock; bluish
gray or brownish upper side; dark, strongly falcate dorsal fin, pale gray
finger-shaped marking below dorsal fin; thin dark streak behind eye, black
patch around each eye; slender head; smoothly sloped forehead; distinct
crease separating forehead and beak; dark, prominent beak; and 1 or 2 dark
bands between eye and flipper
Size:
200-330 lbs. (90-150 kgs.)
1.8-2.5 m. (6-8 1/4 ft.)
Where they live:
warm temperature,
subtropical, and tropical waters around the world, offshore (sometimes
inshore)
How many dolphins are in a
pod: 1-3000 in a
group
Threats:
hunting/whaling and entanglement
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