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Bottlenose Dolphin
(Tursiops truncatus)

The Bottlenose dolphin is a grey-ish, blue silky dolphin that you can find most anywhere. The bottlenose dolphin has silky soft skin that is perfect for gliding through the water. The bottlenose dolphin is found among coastal waters throughout the Southern U.S. The bottlenose dolphin belongs to a domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species. It’s domain is Eukarya, it’s kingdom is Animalia, it’s phylum is Chordata, it’s class is Mammalia, it’s order is Cetacea, it’s family is Delphinidae, the genus is Tursiops and the species is truncatus. The bottlenose dolphin has many adaptations but here are some of them. One great adaptation about  the bottlenose dolphin is that their heart rate slows down as they dive, which makes it easier to stay underwater longer, and dive deeper.That adaptation is structural. The second  adaptation is that the dolphin has a telescoped skull.That adaptation is structural. The bottlenose dolphins skull leads to the nostrils being moved dorsally, which helps the dolphin breathe underwater. The last adaptation is the echolocation calls they use to stun their prey. So when it it is feeding time they will make the call, the organism will be stunned and then they will dig in. The last adaptation is behavioral. A fun fact about the bottlenose dolphin is that that they are very smart. The bottlenose dolphin have been tested in labs for their intelligence. Dolphins have problem solved in many labs for test and in everyday life. The bottlenose dolphin's diet is very broad and varies one place to another. The bottlenose dolphin eats shrimp,squid and crabs. The dolphin’s predators are bull sharks, tiger sharks, dusky sharks and great whites. THe bottlenose dolphin has bilateral symmetry, That means that if you were to fold draw a vertical line down the middle of the dolphin each side would match up perfectly. The bottlenose dolphin is a heterotrophic organism that means it eats other organisms for its energy. The bottlenose dolphin is an endothermic organism that means mammals and birds maintain a constant body temperature, regardless of the temperature of its surroundings. 



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