WATERY WEDNESDAY # 22

WATERY WEDNESDAY# 22

Welcome to another Watery Wednesday! We have a mammal today! Yep, there are mammals that live in the world’s oceans! Neat! Today’s animal lives in the chilly waters of the North Atlantic.  Does everyone have on their wetsuits? Let’s go!

MEET THE WHITE BEAKED DOLPHIN!

Range/Habitat: North Atlantic Ocean/North America-Europe

Diet: Carnivore: fish, squid

Length/Weight: up to 9 ½ ft/ up to 770 lbs

Conservation Status: common

Fun Facts:

• White Beaked Dolphins are large, stocky dolphins.
• They are dark gray with black and white patches. They can vary in color depending on where they live.
• White beaked dolphins are found in schools or pods with around 30 individuals. They have been seen in pods with as many as 1,000 individuals.
• White beaked dolphins are very acrobatic and are often seen jumping out of the water.
• White beaked dolphins are often seen with pods of fin whales and humpback whales.

These stocky dolphins are known to be very acrobatic, breaching (jumping out of the water on their side) and doing flips. We wish we could do such cool stuff in the water! But that’s what dolphins are built for and elephants and horses are not. See, every animal is special! J