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English Name: Gray Dolphin
Scientific Name: Inia Geoffrensis
Sapnish Name: Delfin Gris
Size: 7.5-9 feet
Life Span: 20-30 years
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Diet:
Gray dolphins eat a great variety of fish which includes:
sardines, mullets, pleagic fish, makerel, herring, cod, squids, sardines,
cuttlefish and shrimps.
Predators:
Large sharks such as tiger sharks, dusky sharks or bull sharks,almost
all sharks are predators for the dolphin, but if there is a case were the
male dolphins wins a fight with the sharks, they get to eat them.
Reproduction:
Pregnancy lasts 11 months and produces a single calf.
Adaptations:
They can see better in the ocean and when they are in the rivers.
Interesting Facts:
- The acuatic mammals are known by their inteligense.
- Those can travel hundreds of miles in 1 day or 2.
- They loose its teeth each time they eats a fish.
- When the male is hungry, it kills his wife and babies to
get food
Bibliography:
(ts.com/photo/39688970/39689203oQLrSa
http://www.wiu.edu/users/emp102/DolphinWeb/diet.htm
http://www.ih.k12.oh.us/escomputer/AnimalProjects/sanders/adam.htm#Interesting
Rodriguez, felix Fauna S.A Pamplona Saluat de ediciones 1994
Research by: Victoria L.
Revised By: Sebastian Morales-Bermudez
Irene G.
Nicolas C.
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