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Bottlenose dolphin View Nose Dip On Black

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Bottlenose dolphins, the genus Tursiops, are the most common and well-known members of the family Delphinidae, the family of oceanic dolphins. Recent molecular studies show the genus contains two species, the Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) and the Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops aduncus), where previous thought was that this was one species. Bottlenose dolphins inhabit warm and temperate seas worldwide.

Bottlenose dolphins live in groups called pods that typically number about 15 dolphins, but group size varies from solitary bottlenose dolphins up to groups of over 100 or even occasionally over 1000 animals. Their diet consists mainly of forage fish. Dolphin groups often work as a team to harvest schools of fish, but they also hunt individually. Dolphins search for prey primarily using echolocation, which is similar to sonar. They emit clicking sounds and listen for the return echo to determine the location and shape of nearby items, including potential prey. Bottlenose dolphins also use sound for communication. Sounds used for communication include squeaks and whistles emitted from the blowhole and sounds emitted through body language, such as leaping from the water and slapping their tails on the water.

There have been numerous investigations of bottlenose dolphin intelligence. Such testing has included tests of mimicry, use of artificial language, object categorization and self-recognition. This intelligence has driven considerable interaction with humans. Bottlenose dolphins are popular from aquarium shows and television programs such as Flipper. They have also been trained by militaries for tasks such as locating sea mines or detecting and marking enemy divers. In some areas they cooperate with local fishermen by driving fish towards the fishermen and eating the fish that escape the fishermen's nets. Some encounters with humans are harmful to the dolphins: people hunt bottlenose dolphins for food, and dolphins are killed inadvertently as a bycatch of tuna fishing. A bottlenose dolphins can jump up 16 feet out of the water.[citation needed]

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  1. ~Craig~, Greg Lilly Photos, George Psathas, LotteHjorth, and 46 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. ~Craig~ (30 months ago | reply)

    never in my life have I seen..............

  3. Greg Lilly Photos (30 months ago | reply)

    Amazing!!!!!! Still trying to grasp what I'm seeing!

  4. George Psathas (30 months ago | reply)

    Stunning shot my dear friend ! Magic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  5. LotteHjorth (30 months ago | reply)

    Excellent - just the right moment!

  6. J Gilbert (30 months ago | reply)

    Amazing photo.

  7. popsy ramon (bzOFFmostOFtheTIME) (30 months ago | reply)

    fantastic capture. happy holidays to you.

  8. Sasuhai (30 months ago | reply)

    Beautiful capture, nice...

  9. ... ? [deleted] (30 months ago | reply)

    wow fantastic shot, how did I miss this one?

  10. Happy Gram (30 months ago | reply)

    This is breathtakingly beautiful. Fantastic capture.
    Thanks for the info.

  11. Terry Grealey (30 months ago | reply)

    This is amazing . To capture her just as she impacts the water is remarkable.

  12. fallrod (30 months ago | reply)

    Astonishing, my friend!

  13. dan [durango99] (30 months ago | reply)

    amazing the timing and moment...almost looks like glass breaking...beautiful blue

  14. {machel spence} aka..."mushroom queen" (30 months ago | reply)

    So pretty!
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  15. Kike- (30 months ago | reply)

    Bonita toma y colores, enhorabuena
    Un saludo, Felices Fiestas

  16. Elena Kovalevich [deleted] (30 months ago | reply)

    WOW! Fantastic!

  17. DulichVietnam360° (30 months ago | reply)

    Excellent moment...Great work !!!

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  20. albi_tai (30 months ago | reply)

    fantastica

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  21. green little monster (30 months ago | reply)

    just cracking the hard core ice

  22. PAL1970 (30 months ago | reply)

    WOW! This is an incredible shot. The image is so beautiful.

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  23. maudanros (30 months ago | reply)

    so beautiful !!

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  26. AmpamukA (30 months ago | reply)

    Lovely capture :D
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    Very cool photography.

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  34. Bram Moolenaar (30 months ago | reply)

    Wow! Amazing underwater shot! :-)

    It seems a bit overexposed at some points though?
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  36. Aamir Yunus (30 months ago | reply)

    Beautiful capture!

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  40. annibel (30 months ago | reply)

    Excelente captura!!!!!!
    Feliz Navidad, te deseo todo lo mejor durante estos días!!!!

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  44. c-h-l (30 months ago | reply)

    wow, fantastic shot! excellent timing!

    Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year my friend!

  45. ariannacascinelli (30 months ago | reply)

    Wow...perfect!!!

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