General Information on Dolphins

The Cetaceans, the Order that dolphins are a part of, include the whales, dolphins and porpoises. Porpoises are in the Family Phocoenidae. Dolphin are carnivores that primarily eat fish, crustaceans and squid.

Dolphin teeth are used mainly for capturing and holding prey as opposed to biting, tearing and chewing food for swallowing. Dolphin mainly swallow their prey whole.

It is universally accepted that dolphins can not only detect objects using their echolocation system but can also sense the density and "see into" the object similar to ultrasound scanning.

Female dolphins give birth approximately every two years and may show mating behavior throughout the year. Gestation is approximately 12 months.

The Dolphin Project in Georgia has identified over 700 different individual bottlenose dolphin to date. The information is housed in a catalog that also documents the date, time, and location of the sighting as well as weather conditions, behavior at the time and tide state.

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