bottlenose dolphin

     

The Bottlenose Dolphin is one of the most common an well-known dolphins. Recent molecular studies show it is in fact two species, the Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) and the Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin (T. aduncus). It inhabits warm and temperate seas worldwide and may be found in all but the Arctic and the Antarctic Oceans.

Trivia about bottlenose dolphin

  • A popular performer at aquariums, this dolphin is named for the shape of its snout
  • John C. Lilly began his pioneering work on the brain of this sea creature in 1955
  • Tursiops truncatus, the scientific name of this beaked dolphin, means "dolphin with a cut-off face"

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