Jane Doe

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Jane Doe

• 4th Grade

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Habitat

• Dolphins can be found all around the world but
  rarely in the Arctic.
  
• There are 10,000-30,000 dolphins off the
  northeastern United States.

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Description

• Dolphins have a rubbery sort of skin.
• This makes the dolphin able to glide through the
  water.
  
• Their skin is gray which helps them blend in to
  the water when they are near the surface.
  

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Description Continued

• Dolphins also have a jelly like substance in
  their eye. This may make them look like they are
  crying but actually it is keeping the salt out.
  
• A dolphins tail is called a fluke this make them
  able to swim fast.
  
• The flippers help to steer.

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Description Continued

• Dolphins breathe through a blowhole. This lets
  them breathe without having to stick their whole
  head up to breathe. They only have to stick up
  their blowhole.
• An adult dolphin weighs 330 pounds through 440
  pounds and can grow up to 13 feet long.
  
• A baby dolphin weighs 30 pounds and is about 3
  feet long.

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Dolphins Eat

• Dolphins are meat eaters their diet is based on
  fish, shrimp, eels, and squid.
  
• A dolphin use its teeth to catch their prey
  rather than chewing with them.

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Enemies

• Dolphins have very few enemies such as sharks,
  fishing nets, and pollution.
  
• Man is dolphins worst enemy. A number of dolphins
  are killed by fishing nets.
  
• Dolphins outsmart the sharks by swimming in
  circles around the shark(s), taking turns hitting
  the sharks.

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Young

• Dolphins are live born, not hatched and live for
  about 30 years or older.
  
• Because they are mammals their mothers nurse
  them.
  
• Dolphins are single born, rarely will dolphins
  have twins.
  
• A baby dolphin is called a calf, a male is called
  a bull, and a female is called a cow.

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Other Interesting Facts
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• Spotted dolphins get their spots when they are
  adults just like a Dalmatian.
  
• Dolphins use clicks and whistles for
  communication with each other.
  
• Scientists are disagreeing on which is smarter a
  dolphin or a chimpanzee.
  
• Dolphins breathe when they are sleeping by
  floating on the water exposing their blowhole.
  
• A group of dolphins is called a charm of
  dolphins

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Bibliography

• Bright, Michael Dolphins
• Davidson, Margaret Dolphins!
• Erickson, Anton Eyes on Nature Whales Dolphins
• Gambell, Ray Whales Dolphins
• Grolier Encyclopedia 1998
• Hall, Howard A Charm of Dolphins
• Wagner Brust, Beth Dolphins Porpoises

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Bibliography Continued

• Wildlife Fact File/Bottlenosed Dolphin
• Wise, Terence Whales and Dolphins
• www.inndyzoo.com
• www.seaworld.org
• www.whalesongs.org