Dolphin Swimming

Dolphin Fun Facts

// October 12th, 2009 // View Comments // About Dolphins, Dolphins for kids

Did you know…..

Dolphins may live in water, but they don’t drink it?  They get all the water they need from the fish they eat.

Dolphins have teeth but don’t chew their dinner?  They use their teeth to catch their fish then swallow them whole!

You can tell a dolphin’s age by counting rings in their teeth like the rings of a trunk of a tree?

Killer whales are not whales at all, they are actually part of the dolphin family?  They can be up to 30 ft in length and weigh 20 000 lbs!

Dolphins only sleep with half their brain at a time and with one eye open?  They need to be at least half awake in order to breathe.

Dolphins communicate using clicks, grunts and whistles?  Every dolphin has it’s own “signature whistle”.

Baby dolphins are called “calves”, just like baby cows?  Calves stay close to their mothers for 3-6 years.

If you have any dolphin questions, let us know, we’ll be happy to help you out!  Leave a comment below and we will answer.  Hope you can join us to swim with the dolphins very soon.

My name is iiiuuiiiioo

// June 23rd, 2009 // View Comments // Dolphins for kids

Bottlenose dolphins identify themselves with a specific whistle. Each dolphin chooses its own whistle, usually by starting the day of its birthday. This name stays the same for at least ten more years.

big big family

// June 15th, 2009 // View Comments // Dolphins for kids

Dolphins are very social animals and they like to travel in large groups called pods. Bottlenose dolphins can travel in pods with other two hundred marine friends. These super pods stroll around several miles of open sea. Dolphins often hunt together, allowing them to cover larger areas.

Tooth fairy’s paradise

// May 27th, 2009 // View Comments // Dolphins for kids

Some dolphins have even more teeth than crocodiles. Bottlenose dolphins have between 88 to 100 teeth, and they only get one set of them for the rest of their lives. They don’t use their teeth to chew their food, they use them to catch their food and then they swallow it.

are sharks afraid of dolphins?

// April 23rd, 2009 // View Comments // Dolphins for kids

Not really, unless the shark is relatively smaller.
This is a common believe, based on the record of a bottlenose dolphin killing a leopard shark, that was publicized by Flipper TV show.

The truth is that dolphins will avoid natural predators whenever is possible. In the wild, dolphins and sharks pretty much leave each other alone, but 70% of wild dolphins show some degree of shark scarring.
In many cases, dolphins are able to elude attack by detecting through echolocation.

Drinks for dolphins

// April 2nd, 2009 // View Comments // Dolphins for kids

Dolphins don’t drink ocean water because is too salty for them. If they decided to drink salt water, they would actually use more water trying to get rid of the salt than the water they drank first. Instead, dolphins get all the water they need from the fish they eat. Their kidneys are also adapted to retain as much water as possible. Although they live in water, they live as desert animals with no direct source of drinkable water.

dolphin’s aunties

// February 27th, 2009 // View Comments // Dolphins for kids

Many pods are formed by mother-calf pairs and pods of mature females and their recent offspring while others occur in mixed-sex and single sex groups. When a mother dolphin is ready to give birth, a second dolphin called an “auntie” will stay nearby to help. As soon as the baby is born, its mother gently nudges the newborn to the surface for its first breath of air. Often the auntie will help with this important chore.