Bottle-Nosed Dolphin Facts
Bottle-Nosed Dolphins
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Bottle-nosed dolphins are the best-know species. They perform in:
They weigh 440 lbs. (200kg). They show great friendliness toward people and swim alongside ships.
They adapt to captivity. They live in warm or tropical waters. They stay 100 miles (160 km) off land.
They live in bays and protected inltes, where there is shallow water. They frequently appear off the coast of Florida.
They range from far north as Japa and Norway and far south as Argentina, New Zealand, and South Africa.
