Dolphin Adventure in Puerto Vallarta Mexico offers the Swim with Dolphins and Dolphin Encounter programs and gives you fun facts and general information about Pacific Bottlenose Dolphins.
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Dolphins are air breathing mammals.
Killer whales and some smaller species of dolphins can swim at speeds of 20 to 25 miles (32 to 40 kilometers) per hour, but they can maintain those speeds for only a short time.
Dolphins hold their breath while below water.
Dolphins spend about 33% of each day sleeping.
Bottlenose dolphins are not endangered.
A dolphin breathes through its blowhole.
Dolphins live in groups called pods.
Dolphin calves are born in the water.
Dolphins identify themselves with a signature whistle.
Meet our Dolphins at the Photo Galleries. | | |
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Dolphins rely on sound production and reception to communicate, navigate, and hunt in dark or murky waters. They communicate with sounds that resemble whistles, moans, grunts, squeaks, and creaking doors. These vocalizations function mainly in social communication, while "clicks" are used primarily in echo location. The term echo location refers to an ability to "see" with their ears by listening for echoes. Dolphins use echo location for navigation and to find and obtain food by producing clicking sounds and then receiving and interpreting the resulting echo. By this complex system of echo location, dolphins can determine the size, shape, distance, and direction of objects in the water. | | |
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