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Bottle-nosed dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)
Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus).
Take a plunge into the waters of Port Phillip Bay and swim with wild bottlenose dolphins and Australian fur seals
Observe social interactions of bottlenose dolphins at Scandola Nature Reserve on the coast of Corsica, also home to crabs and lobsters and other marine life
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Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters
Animal Group Names
Mute swan with cygnet. (birds)
Match the Baby Animal to Its Mama Quiz
Lion (panthera leo)
Deadliest Animals Quiz
Young chimpanzee dressed in a shirt and sweater vest, scratching his head thinking. (primates)
Wild Words from the Animal Kingdom Vocabulary Quiz
vulture. An adult bearded vulture at a raptor recovery center. The Gypaetus barbatus also known as the Lammergeier or Lammergeyer, is a bird of prey and considered an Old World vulture.
Animal Factoids
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Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvieri).
14 Questions About Aquatic Animals Answered
Dolphin. Delphinidae. Bottlenose dolphin. Bottle-nosed dolphin. Atlantic bottlenose dolphin. Tursiops truncatus. Bottlenose dolphin swimming in a large tank at Marineland, Florida.
A Dose of Dolphin-Induced Dopamine: 8 Species of Adorable Cetacean
animal. Amphibian. Frog. Anura. Ranidae. Frog in grass.
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