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	Bottlenose dolphin
		The ASR for bottlenose dolphins in oceanaria was calculated to be 0.951 for the period 1988-1992.
		Bottlenose dolphins in the Pacific are often seen in mixed-species groups, most commonly with pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus), pantropical spotted dolphins (Stenella attenuata) and spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) (Scott and Chivers, 1990).
		Verwey, J. and Wolff, W.J. The bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in: P.J.H. Reijnders and W.J. Wolff (eds.): Marine Mammals of the Wadden Sea.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/jaap/tursiops.htm (2442 words)

	The Dolphin Institute - Resource Guide
		Bottlenose dolphins further belong to the family Delphinidae, the oceanic dolphins; they are the only species in their genus.
		Bottlenose dolphins are estimated to live into their forties and fifties; researchers in Sarasota Bay, Florida, found that females can live for over fifty years and males for over forty years.
		Bottlenose dolphins feed on a wide variety of fish and cephalopods (such as squid), and occasionally shrimp and small rays and sharks.
	www.dolphin-institute.org /resource_guide/nathistandecol.htm (1219 words)

	Bottlenose Dolphin \| Cetacean Fact Sheet \| American Cetacean Society
		The color of the bottlenose dolphin varies considerably, but generally this dolphin is light gray to slate gray on the upper part of the body shading to lighter sides and pale, pinkish gray on the belly.
		Bottlenose dolphins are accidentally caught in a variety of fishing gear, including gillnets, purse seiners used to catch tuna, and shrimp trawls.
		Bottlenose dolphins are vulnerable to pollution, habitat alteration, boat collisions, human feeding of and swimming with wild animals, and human disturbance (such as boating).
	www.acsonline.org /factpack/btlnose.htm (867 words)

	Bottlenose Dolphins 2
		The dolphins have a single blowhole, located on the dorsal surface of the head and is covered by a muscular flap which provide a water-tight-seal and is used by the dolphin to breathe and is relaxed in a closed position and to open the blowhole, the bottlenose dolphin contracts the muscular flap.
		Bottlenose dolphins are often considered the most adaptable of the cetaceans because they live amid industrial activity around harbors and ship channels in many parts of the world.
		Bottlenose dolphins have been hunted for meat, fertilizer, and oil, but their numbers do not appear to have beensignificantly reduced except in the Black Sea, where pollution andover-fishing of the dolphin's prey have caused as much damage to them as direct killing.
	www.nelsal.com /bottlenosedolphinstwo.htm (1101 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Bottlenose Dolphins are grey, varying from dark grey at the top near the dorsal fin to very light grey and almost white at the underside.
		Bottlenose Dolphins are still occasionally killed in dolphin drive hunts for their meat or because they compete for fish.
		Bottlenose Dolphins (and several other dolphin species) often travel together with tuna, and since the dolphins are much easier to spot than the tuna, fishermen commonly encircle dolphins to catch tuna, sometimes resulting in the death of dolphins.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=bottlenose_dolphin (3390 words)

	BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS - Habitat & Distribution
		In the Pacific Ocean, bottlenose dolphins are found from northern Japan and California to Australia and Chile.
		In the Atlantic Ocean, bottlenose dolphins are found from Nova Scotia and Norway to Patagonia and the tip of South Africa.
		Bottlenose dolphins are also found in the Mediterranean Sea, and in the Indian Ocean from Australia to South Africa.
	www.seaworld.org /animal-info/info-books/bottlenose/habitat-&-distribution.htm (496 words)

	Detailed Information about Bottlenose Dolphins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Bottlenose dolphins are one of the best known cetaceans, as they are displayed at oceanariums and are frequently seen on television and in movies.
		Bottlenose dolphins sometimes cooperate with each other when hunting and have been reported herding fish into groups then take turns charging through the schools to feed, or trapping schools of fish against sand bars for an easy dinner.
		Bottlenose dolphins are sometimes preyed upon by killer whales or large sharks.
	nmml.afsc.noaa.gov /education/cetaceans/bottlenose2.htm (598 words)

	PBS - The Voyage of the Odyssey - Track the Voyage - MALDIVES
		Bottlenose dolphins vary tremendously in color and shape between individuals, and according to geographical region.
		Bottlenose dolphins are arguably the most easily recognized and best known of all cetaceans, featuring prominently in modern aquaria, scientific and popular literature, as well as in ancient Greek and Roman mythology.
		The Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) appears to be limited to the coastal Indian Ocean and Western Pacific.
	www.pbs.org /search/redir/http://www.pbs.org/odyssey/odyssey/20040517_log_transcript.html (1381 words)

	Bottlenose Dolphins in Jervis Bay and Port Stephens in NSW Australia
		BOTTLENOSE dolphins (genus Tursiops) are found in all temperate and tropical waters (Leatherwood and Reeves 1983).
		The number of recognisable dolphins in the population, or a minimum abundance of the population, was estimated through a mark-recapture model using photo-identification data (including individuals from all residency status categories).
		MÖLLER, L. Coastal bottlenose dolphins from southeastern Australia are Tursiops aduncus according to sequences of the mitochondrial DNA control region.
	www.imaginecruises.com.au /dolphin-research/bottlenose-dolphins.html (5833 words)

	Dolphin Descriptions
		Most bottlenose dolphins are medium to dark gray on top, which fades into a pinkish white belly.
		Dusky dolphins are not very big, which you can tell since their maximum length is only 2.1 meters while their average size is from 1.6 meters to 1.8 meters.
		Spinner dolphins are found in tropical and warm temperature oceans in the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and Indian Ocean.
	www.orgsites.com /ca/i-love-dolphins/_pgg3.php3 (388 words)

	Dolphin Theme by Jim Cornish
		Dolphins and porpoises are found in every ocean of the world.
		The bottlenose dolphin has a medium sized, robust body, a moderately falcate dorsal fin and dark coloration, ranging from light grey to fl dorsally and laterally, with a light belly.
		Common dolphins flanks are coloured ochre and grey and they have a distinct dark stripe around the eye.
	www.stemnet.nf.ca /CITE/dolphin.htm (608 words)

	Bottlenose Dolphins
		Dolphins show affection through their play behavior and may also use these techniques to communicate, find food, or for defense.
		Bottlenose herds are also found in abundance in the Indian Ocean from the coast of India and Sri Lanka to the tips of South Africa and New Zealand.
		Dolphins search for food in large, cooperative groups as a means to pool resources and experience in hunting.
	www.milton.edu /academics/pages/marinebio/dolphin.html (933 words)

	What is your animal
		Large bottlenose dolphins in the Pacific may be 3.7 m (12 ft.) and weigh 454 kg (1,000 lb.).
		Dolphins are active predators and eat a wide variety of fishes, squids, and crustaceans such as shrimps.
		This "auntie" dolphin is often the only other dolphin a mother allows near her calf A mother dolphin stays close to her calf and attentively directs its movements.
	web.hcsps.sa.edu.au /Projects/seacreatures/Emma.htm (832 words)

	Dolphins - Chris' Web Site
		They are highly sociable animals, living in pods which are fairly fluid, with dolphins from other pods interacting with eachother from time to time.
		In the northwest Atlantic, there seem to be at least two ecotypes (forms) of the bottlenose dolphin.
		Most dolphins undergo seasonal movements, probably as a response to variations in water temperature and food availability.
	www.cymach.com /nonjava/njdolphins.html (563 words)

	alt.animals.dolphins FAQ (part 2 of 3)
		dolphins have a falcate (hook-shaped) dorsal fin, whereas porpoises have a triangular dorsal fin.
		Dolphins are marine mammals, but there is also a fish species that's often called "dolphin" or "dolphin fish".
		Dolphins and porpoises are however members of different whale families (see 4.5).
	rosmarus.com /faq_part02.htm (896 words)

	Amendments, done at Cape Town in November 1999, to Appendices I and II of the Convention on the Conservation of ...
		Bottlenose dolphins comprised 60% of the identified cetaceans caught incidentally in the Taiwanese drift gillnet fishery in northern Australian waters between 1981 and 1985.
		Australia is a range state in relation to the Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphin, pantropical spotted dolphin, spinner dolphin and Fraser's dolphin as well as six of the seven petrel species and whale shark added to Appendix II.
		As the nominating Party of three of the dolphin species and the whale shark, it is expected that the Philippines might take a leading role in coordinating the development of a regional agreement.
	www.austlii.edu.au /au/other/dfat/nia/2000/2.html (3808 words)

	eMJA: Byard et al, Dolphin deaths: forensic investigations
		For example, in a previously investigated case in 1999, forensic examination of an infant dolphin showed that the animal had died after being speared to death (Box 5) and enabled the approximate dimensions of the weapon to be determined.
		For the dolphin in Case 1, death was attributed to a stab wound inflicted to the heart, most likely by a knife or similar single-edged sharp weapon.
		This means that the examination of each dead dolphin was undertaken in a similar fashion to a standard human autopsy in a suspicious case, including accurate documentation of times, personnel present and possible trauma.
	www.mja.com.au /public/issues/175_12_171201/byard/byard.html (1165 words)

	Whale Songs * Cetacean Information * Bottlenose Dolphins
		Bottlenose Dolphins live in fairly open groups, generally containing no more than 20 animals, but large herds have been seen offshore.
		There is current controversy in the US senate about the import ban on tuna caught with large dolphin by-catch - this is something you may wish to find out more about.
		Live-capture removals (the taking of dolphins for keeping in captivity have had large effects on populations of bottlenose in the Gulf of Mexico and the U.S. southeast coast.
	www.whalesongs.org /cetacean/bottlenose_dolphin/home.html (321 words)

	Machiavellians of the Deep? - bottlenose dolphins National Wildlife - Find Articles
		The deaths, Wilson discovered, are caused by beatings delivered by the harbor porpoise's larger relative, the bottlenose dolphin, a creature familiar to television watchers from the series Flipper.
		This inlet of crystal blue waters is home to some Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphins that frequently come close to shore and even allow human visitors to wade next to them and touch them.
		Of those species, the bottlenose is probably the most studied since it occurs in coastal waters and survives well in captivity.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1169/is_1998_August/ai_54012191 (873 words)

	Species Profiles — OBIS-SEAMAP
		Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins occur in groups ranging in size up to the low hundreds, but groups of less than 20 are much more common.
		Some Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins are taken in the small cetacean fisheries of Sri Lanka and possibly in Indonesia as well.
		In addition, Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins are killed in anti-shark gillnets in South Africa and Australia.
	seamap.env.duke.edu /species/tsn/612596 (793 words)

	The Herald : News
		Born on the day the pool was opened to the public in 1968, PE’s favourite lady was the first dolphin conceived and born in an oceanarium in the southern hemisphere.
		She is the oldest dolphin living in captivity in the world.
		Models and skeletons of whales, dolphins, sharks and bony fish provide you with an opportunity for close-up study before or after viewing the live animals in the Oceanarium.
	www.theherald.co.za /herald/2003/12/12/news/n13_12122003.htm (542 words)

	RIMS newsletter no' 27 - december 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The injured animal was an adult female Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) named Holly who resides off a Bedouin fishing village in the Gulf of Aqaba, in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, (CMS News, 26, 1999:5).
		Schematic drawing of the hypothetical interaction between the female Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) and the dark-spotted stingray Himantura uarnak, with the three wounds noticed (a-c).
		Finally, the death of the calf only nine days after apparently being scratched by the tip of the spine, together with indications of vomiting on the day he died (previous vomiting episodes could have passed unnoticed), leads one to speculate that the calf was also the victim of the stingray venom.
	maritime.haifa.ac.il /cms/newslett/rims27/27-09.htm (1157 words)

	Bottlenose \| The News is NowPublic.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Japanese researchers said Sunday that a bottlenose dolphin captured last month has an extra set of fins that could be the remains of hind legs, a discovery that may provide further evidence that ocean-dwelling mammals once lived on land.Fishermen captured the four-finned dolphin alive off the...
		TOKYO - Japanese researchers said Sunday that a bottlenose dolphin captured last month has an extra set of fins that could be the remains of hind legs, a discovery that may provide further evidence that ocean-dwelling mammals once lived on land.
		The baby bottlenose dolphin lost her tail, but perhaps her life could be...
	www.nowpublic.com /tag/Bottlenose (285 words)

	Bottlenose Dolphins in Depth
		Bottlenoses are known for their fast, powerful swimming abilities.
		The inshore habitat of the bottlenose dolphin is threatened by the
		Indian and Banana rivers consider bottlenose dolphins to be a
	www.maui-sda-ohana.org /maui-sda-school/bottlenose.htm (4685 words)

	Aquatic Mammal Taxonomy (Cetacea)
		Ocean Futures Society - News and photos of Keiko of "Free Willy" fame at his home in Iceland.
		The Bottle-nosed Dolphin is the species most frequently seen, often in groups as it is a very sociable species.
		The Common Dolphin is widely distributed along the west coast and in the North Sea, and the much rarer Striped Dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba, is found to the south and west of Britain and Ireland.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/snethercott/Cetacea.html (764 words)

	TOOTHED WHALE - Whale Call Cafe - Care2.com
		They may be numerous, with some dolphins bearing over 100 teeth in their jaws.
		At the other extreme are the Narwhal with its single long tusk and the almost toothless beaked whales with bizarre teeth only in males.
		Keeping small whales (mostly Bottlenose Dolphins, Orcas, or Belugas) in captivity is a great attraction for ocean parks and zoos.
	www.care2.com /c2c/groups/disc.html?gpp=7516&pst=564795 (542 words)

	Bottlenose Dolphin Photos, Tursiops truncatus, Phillip Colla Natural History Photography
		Typically, the dolphins held in captivity at these resorts suffer from stress, reduced life expectancy and extremely confined surroundings.
		Some photographers exploit these controlled circumstances for dolphin pictures of the sort seen in calendars and postcards (e.g., a bottlenose dolphin leaping perfectly in front of a tropical sunset).
		The captivity of dolphins for the mere entertainment of resort-going tourists and the pursuit of photos is, frankly, pretty sad.
	www.oceanlight.com /html/bottlenose_dolphin.html (186 words)

	Ocean Wanderers: The Ultimate Resource for Pelagic Birding Enthusiasts
		Europeans saw their first albatrosses only 500 years ago in the Southern Ocean, but in our fleeting overlap with these birds we are threatening all but two of the world’s 21 species with extinction.
		The theme of the trip is for passangers to experience an abundance of albatrosses in their natural element, the Southern Ocean and hopefully bring attention to their growing plight.
		Beaked whales: Cuvier's, Arnoux's, Baird's and Shepherd's (Tasman) Beaked Whales, Tropical, Northern and Southern Bottlenose Whales, Hector's, True's, Gervais', Sowerby's, Gray's, Pygmy, Andrews', Spade-toothed, Hubbs', Gingko-toothed, Stejneger's, Strap-toothed, Blainville's and Perrin’s Beaked Whales.
	www.oceanwanderers.com (4007 words)

	Irish Whale and Dolphin Group
		Holly is one of the few sociable yet solitary dolphins worldwide currently conducting a long-lasting relationship with humans.
		She still uses warning signs employed by wild dolphins when she feels threatened by a swimmer.
		The Bedouins are also on guard and determined to protect their dolphins from swimmers.
	homepage.eircom.net /~iwdg/page22.html (249 words)

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