Common Bottlenose Dolphin
“ …To the dolphin alone, beyond all others, nature has granted what the best philosophers seek: friendship for no advantage. ”
– Plutarch
Information
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Delphinidae
Genius: Tursiops
Species: Tursiops truncatus
Descendant: dolphins
Named by: George Montagu
Year Published: 1821
Size: 2 and 4 m (6.6 and 13.1 ft) long; 150 and 650 kg (330 and 1,430 lb) in weight
Lifespan: 40+ years
Type:
Synapsids
Mammals (Dolphins)
Title:
Ocean Beast
Oceanic One
Pantheon: Terran/Gaian
Time Period: Holocene
Alignment: Neutral
Threat Level: ★★★★★★
Diet: Carnivorous 🥩🐟🥓🧽
Elements: Combat, water, sound
Inflicts: Watereblight, soundblight, echolocated
Weaknesses: Leaf, electric, ice, sound
Casualties: ???
Based On: itself
Conservation Status: Least Concern (LC) - IUCN Red List
Common Bottlenose Dolphin or Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) is a wide-ranging marine mammal of the family Delphinidae.
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Physical Appearance
Common bottlenose dolphins are gray and white underneath in color and range between 2 and 4 m, long wave-like raise fin, moderate wave-like flippers, and a tailfin.
Abilities
Dolphins search for prey primarily using echolocation, which is a form of sonar. Dolphins also use sound for communication, including squeaks emitted from the blowhole, whistles emitted from nasal sacs below the blowhole, and sounds emitted through body language, such as leaping from the water and slapping their tails on the water. Their heads contain an oily substance that both acts as an acoustic lens and protects the brain case. They emit clicking sounds and listen for the return echoes to determine the location and shape of nearby items, including potential prey.
Weaknesses
Dolphins don't suffocate outside of water; they breathe air like all mammals, although they can die of dehydration out of water. They are vulnerable to many stressors and threats including disease, biotoxins, pollution, habitat alteration including freshwater incursions, vessel strikes, human feeding of and activities causing harassment, interactions with commercial and recreational fishing, energy exploration and oil spills, and other types of human disturbance, such as underwater noise.
Ecology
Dolphins have few marine enemies. Some species or specific populations have none, making them apex predators. Because the magnitude of threats may differ among tributaries, extrapolation from these small study areas should be undertaken with caution. The tucuxi exists in small groups of about 10-15 individuals, and swim in tight-knit groups, suggesting a highly developed social structure. Tucuxis are quite active and may jump clear of the water (a behavior known as breaching), somersault, spy-hop or tail-splash.
Common bottlenose dolphins and other dolphins are thought to be some of the smartest animals on the planet, challenging the great apes (chimps and gorillas) for the top spot. They are also extremely curious and often approach people to investigate. Their intelligence is likely both a result of and a driver of their complex social structures. Its diet consists mainly of eels, squid, shrimp and a wide variety of fishes.
Behavior
As a very social species, the common bottlenose dolphin lives in groups called pods that typically number about 15 individuals, but group size varies from pairs of dolphins to over 100 or even occasionally over 1,000 animals for short periods of time. The types of groups include: nursery groups, juvenile groups, and groups of adult males. If the dolphin can not find a path to a dropped item, the dolphin may stay underwater to the point of drowning. Should the survivor or another creature hit a dolphin, the whole pod retaliates, attacking all at once similar to other sociable animals.
Distribution and Habitat
Common bottlenose dolphins (referred to hereafter simply as bottlenose dolphins) are found throughout the world in both offshore and coastal waters, including harbors, bays, gulfs, and estuaries of temperate and tropical waters (estuaries are the areas where rivers meet the sea). Population trends for common bottlenose dolphins are not well known, but scientists believe this dolphin to be a species of least concern.
Movement Pattern: Full Migrant
Individual Type: Pod
Population Trend: Unspecific
Population: ???
Locomotion: Aquatic
Habitat: All
Earth:
Extant (Resident): Albania; Algeria; American Samoa; Angola; Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Argentina; Aruba; Australia; Bahamas; Bangladesh; Barbados; Belgium; Belize; Benin; Bermuda; Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (Saba, Sint Eustatius, Bonaire); Bosnia and Herzegovina; Brazil; British Indian Ocean Territory; Brunei Darussalam; Bulgaria; Cabo Verde; Cambodia; Cameroon; Canada; Cayman Islands; Chile; China; Cocos (Keeling) Islands; Colombia; Comoros; Congo; Cook Islands; Costa Rica; Croatia; Cuba; Curaçao; Cyprus; Côte d'Ivoire; Denmark; Djibouti; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; Egypt; El Salvador; Falkland Islands (Malvinas); Faroe Islands; Fiji; France; French Guiana; French Polynesia; Gabon; Gambia; Georgia; Germany; Ghana; Gibraltar; Greece; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Guam; Guatemala; Guernsey; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; Hong Kong; India; Indonesia; Ireland; Isle of Man; Israel; Italy; Jamaica; Japan; Jersey; Kenya; Kiribati; South Korea; Lebanon; Liberia; Libya; Madagascar; Malaysia; Maldives; Malta; Marshall Islands; Martinique; Mauritania; Mayotte; Mexico; Micronesia; Monaco; Montenegro; Morocco; Mozambique; Myanmar; Namibia; Nauru; Netherlands; New Caledonia; New Zealand; Nicaragua; Nigeria; Niue; Northern Mariana Islands; Oman; Pakistan; Palau; Panama; Papua New Guinea; Peru; Philippines; Pitcairn; Portugal; Puerto Rico; Romania; Russian Federation; Réunion; Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Martin (French part); Saint Pierre and Miquelon; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Samoa; Sao Tome and Principe; Saudi Arabia; Senegal; Seychelles; Singapore; Sint Maarten (Dutch part); Slovenia; Solomon Islands; Somalia; South Africa; Spain; Sri Lanka; Suriname; Syria; Taiwan, Province of China; Tanzania, United Republic of; Thailand; Togo; Tonga; Trinidad and Tobago; Tunisia; Turkey; Turks and Caicos Islands; Ukraine; United Kingdom; United States; Uruguay; Vanuatu; Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of; Viet Nam; Virgin Islands, British; Virgin Islands, U.S.; Wallis and Futuna; Western Sahara; Yemen
Resident and Uncertain: Christmas Island; Eritrea
Uncertain Origin: Bahrain; The Democratic Republic of the Congo; Equatorial Guinea; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iraq; Jordan; North Korea; Kuwait; Macao; Mauritius; Montserrat; Norfolk Island; Qatar; Sierra Leone; Sudan; Timor-Leste; Tokelau; Tuvalu; United Arab Emirates
Vagrant: Canada (Newfoundland Island); Norway
Delphia: worldwide
Berbania: worldwide
Reinachos: worldwide
Sawintir: worldwide
Tamed
You cannot tame most dolphin species, except for common dolphin, orca, tucuxi, spotted dolphin, Commerson's dolphin, and bottlenose dolphin. Dolphins can be fed raw cod or pulled along with a lead that are tamed non-violently, rather than through a cordial and curious creature, it will slowly approach any survivor that is within radius. To tame it, you need to pet the creature twice, then feed it with fish or lobster meat.
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