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Mammal ยท Ocean
Bottlenose dolphin
Tursiops truncatus
Meet the animal
Life as a bottlenose dolphin
Bottlenose dolphins are social, intelligent marine mammals found in warm and temperate seas.
Amazing adaptation
Built to survive
Echolocation clicks reveal the distance, shape and movement of objects in murky water.
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Surprising fact
Dolphins use individually distinctive whistles that work a little like names.