Photos Courtesy of Michel Roggo

Diet fish, squid, octopi
Birth a
Socialization likes contact with boats and humans
How they look white underside and black upperside with a stripe of white or pale gray; small black patch under eye
Size 110 to 200 lbs (50-90 kgs) - adult weight
7 to 11 lbs (3-5 kgs) - birth weight
5 1/4 to 7 feet - adults
22 to 28 inches - at birth
Where they live widespread in Southern Hemisphere
How many dolphins in a pod groups of 2 to 1000
Threats fishing nets and hunting / whaling
Latin Name Lagenorhynchus obscurus
Interesting facts one of the most acrobatic dolphins;
can do real high leaps and somersaults;
easy to approach
 

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