The Bottlenose Dolphin Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the bottlenose dolphin species. Central Idea: Dolphins are unique creatures that possess numerous abilities such as‚ their intelligence‚ communication skills‚ and behavioral patterns. Introduction I. Imagine yourself surrounded by a pool of water‚ but not just any pool of water‚ the biggest one of all: the ocean. You’re in the ocean attempting to swim‚ but only this time‚ instead of moving your arms over your head and your
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I am a bottlenose dolphin. I live in tropical waters worldwide. I am a resident dolphin along the coasts of Georgia‚ Florida‚ Texas‚ Southern California and gulf of California. I love to live in a Coastal zone because is the most productive and valuable ecosystem in the earth. Carbon absorption‚ oxygen production‚ habit for creatures and biodiversecity‚ are just a few of the services‚ Many people think that I am fish because of my shape‚ but I am mammal. Unlike fish‚ I breathe through lungs not
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Coastal Dolphin Survey Project of Orange Coast College focus on the population dynamics and behavior of the coastal bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) along Crystal Cove‚ CA and use of Newport Harbor‚ CA. Lindsay S. King (Student Director CDSP) and Dennis L. Kelly‚ Professor & Project Director. Marine Science Department‚ Orange Coast College‚ 2701 Fairview Rd‚ Costa Mesa‚ CA 92628 INTRODUCTION Photo by Dennis Kelly Photo by Sgt. Hollenbeck Photo by Lindsay King Photo by Google
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Bottlenose dolphins are also known as Tursiops truncates‚ which is their scientific name. This name originated from the Latin word “tursio” which means “dolphin”‚ and the Greek suffix “ops” which means “appearance”. In effect‚ tursiops means “dolphin-like” and their scientific name was derived from these other languages. Bottlenose dolphins are generally 6.6 to 12.8 feet long and weighing around 332 to 442 pounds. The variations in size are because of geographical location and gender. The coastal
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Miami Dolphins Marketing Plan Sports Marketing Spring 2014’ Internal Analysis The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in the Miami metropolitan area. The team is part of the AFC East‚ or American Football Conference’s East Division‚ in the National Football League (NFL). The Dolphins play their home games at Sun Life Stadium in the northern suburb of Miami Gardens‚ and have their headquarters in Davie‚ Florida. The Dolphins are one of the oldest NFL franchises
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Bottlenose Dolphin • Kingdom: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Class: Mammalia • Order: Cetacea • Sub-order: Odontoceti • Family: Delphinidae • Genus: Tursiops Species: Truncatus Habitat Being the most prevalent dolphin species in the world‚ the Common Bottlenose Dolphin is widespread‚ active throughout both temperate and tropical waters worldwide. Despite this extensive range‚ it does not appear to be present in polar waters (pole-ward 45°) except in southern New Zealand and northern
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Title: Island of the Blue Dolphins Author: Scott O’Dell Plot: Once‚ Indians lived on an island in the Pacific that looked like a big fish sunning itself in the sea. When they left‚ one girl was left behind along with her brother. This girl’s name was Karana. Karana and her brother lived on the island for a couple of days when one morning Karana found her brother dead. Wild dogs had killed him. Karana was left alone on the island with nothing but an abandoned village and hopes of a ship returning
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ever-growing controversial debate surrounding the slaughter of 2047 dolphins and the captivity of 58 dolphins for human entertainment over the past year. The cove‚ surrounded by rocky shoreline was once the perfect hiding spot to keep prying eyes away‚ but it could only stay hidden for so long as people started to wonder why during the months of September through February‚ the waters ran a deep crimson red. The newly named dolphin slaughterhouse within the heart of Taiji‚ Japan grabbed the attention
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Maternal Care and Learned Foraging in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncates) Janalee Martin Behavioral Ecology Fall 2012 INTRODUCTION Maternal care is a major factor in juvenile development and studies dating back several decades have shown the impact of early life events on the development of behavioral responses to differences in maternal care (Francis and Meaney‚ 1999). Maternal separation causes acute stress in individuals resulting in them being extremely fearful in situations that
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The book that I chose to present as my book talk was Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell. The genre of this book is fiction. There are many characters discussed in Island of the Blue Dolphins: Karana is the main character. She is a teenage girl whose father is the ruler of the island Chowig is the ruler of the island in the beginning of the story. He has a son and a daughter‚ Karana and Ramo Ramo is Karana’s brother and Chowig’s son. He is a young boy around the age of 10. Captain
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