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Bottlenose
Dolphin
Pictures Showing Behaviors and Charateristics of this Curious
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Bottlenose dolphins employ echolocation to search for food. Echolocation is similar to sonar. They locate objects by producing sounds and listening for the echo. A pulse of clicking sounds is emitted in a focused beam in front of the dolphin. To hear the returning echo they have two small ear openings behind the eyes but most sound waves are transmitted to the inner ear through the lower jaw. As the object of interest is approached the echo grows louder, and the dolphins adjust by decreasing the intensity of the emitted sounds. Bottlenose dolphin have good eyesight, and their eyes are equipped with a reflecting membrane which helps them see in low light. They have a poor sense of smell.
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Picture of adult bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, leaping at sunset near Isla San Pedro Martir in the mid-riff area of the Gulf of California, Sea of Cortez, Mexico
Picture #: 055474 |
Image of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops aduncus, feeding, Bonin Islands, Ogasawara, Tokyo, Japan, Pacific Ocean
Picture #: 054339 |
Stock photo of adult bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, leaping at sunset near Isla San Pedro Martir in the mid-riff area of the Gulf of California, Sea of Cortez, Mexico
Picture #: 055482 |
Photo of adult bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops gilli, leaping in the upper Gulf of California, Sea of Cortez, Mexico
Picture #: 055910 |
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Picture of friendly, wild, bottlenose dolphin, named Dusty, Tursiops truncarus, West of Ireland, Northern Atlantic Ocean
Picture #: 046986 |
Image of adult bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops gilli, leaping in the upper Gulf of California, Sea of Cortez, Mexico
Picture #: 055916 |
Stock photo of a bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, Bahamas, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean
Picture #: 050030 |
Photo of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops aduncus, Bonin Islands, Ogasawara, Tokyo, Japan, Pacific Ocean
Picture #: 054206 |
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Picture of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops aduncus, Bonin Islands, Ogasawara, Tokyo, Japan, Pacific Ocean
Picture #: 054152 |
Image of pair of adult bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, leaping at sunset near Isla San Pedro Martir in the mid-riff area of the Gulf of California, Sea of Cortez, Mexico.
Picture #: 055477 |
Stock photo of friendly, wild, bottlenose dolphin, named Dusty, Tursiops truncarus, West of Ireland, Northern Atlantic Ocean
Picture #: 046976 |
Photo of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops aduncus, Bonin Islands, Ogasawara, Tokyo, Japan, Pacific Ocean, with turtle
Picture #: 054202 |
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Picture of adult bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops gilli, leaping in the upper Gulf of California, Sea of Cortez, Mexico
Picture #: 055918 |
Image of bottlenose dolphin pod, Tursiops truncatus gilli, just below the surface in the upper Gulf of California, Sea of Cortez, Mexico
Picture #: 055935 |
Stock photo of bottlenose dolphin pair, Tursiops truncatus gilli, surfacing, dorsal fin detail, in the upper Gulf of California, Sea of Cortez, Mexico
Picture #: 055953 |
Photo of Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, on the Bahamas Bank
Picture #: 060530 |
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Picture of a pair of Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, leaping into a Caribbean sunset, Roatan, Honduras
Picture #: 061720 |
Image of Adult bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus gilli, fluke-up dive in the upper Gulf of California, Sea of Cortez, Mexico.
Picture #: 055956 |
Stock photo of Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, on the Bahamas Bank
Picture #: 060528 |
Photo of bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, open-mouth, San Ignacio lagoon, Mexico, Pacific
Picture #: 062408 |
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