
| Diet |
fish |
| Birth |
1 meter; 25 kg |
| Socialization |
associates with botlenoseand long-snoued
spinner dolphins; difficult to approach; avoid boats |
| How they look |
robust body, elongated hump on back,
small fin sits on hump, long, slender beak, flukes raised on
diving |
| Size |
2 to 2.8 meters; 150 to 200 kg |
| Where they live |
southeastern Asia, eastern Africa;
many off the coast of Hong Kong |
| How many dolphins in a pod |
group size, 1-25 |
| Threats |
people |
| Latin Names |
Sausa chinensis |
| Interesting facts |
A Humpback Dolphin's fatty hump begins to grow
as it gets older. Dolphins living west of Indonesia have very
distinguishable humps; dolphins in the east have no humps. They
sometimes lie on their sides and wave their flippers. |
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