Dolphin Faqs

In Dolphinaris Cancun we’re aware of the need you have to get some more specific bottlenose dolphin info; that is why we have created this section with the dolphin faqs.

1. How big can a dolphin get?
Largest bottlenose dolphins can be 3 meters and weigh 300 kg., but the average is 2 meters and weighed between 190 and 260 kg.

2. How long does a dolphin live?
Bottlenose dolphins can live to over 30 years of age and some studies have aged individuals at 50 years old when they died.

3. How long can a dolphin hold its breath while diving?
Dolphins can hold their breath up to 12 minutes. A bottlenose dolphin’s average respiratory rate is about two to three breaths per minute.

4. How much does a dolphin eat per day?
Dolphins eat approximately 4% to 5% of their body weight in food per day. They eat between 8 and 16 kilograms per day.

5. How many calves can a female dolphin can bear?
A female dolphin can potentially bear one calf every two years, but calving intervals generally average three years and they will not have twins.

6. Dolphins have their own language?
Dolphins have shown language comprehension abilities. Dolphins produce clicks and sounds that resemble moans, trills, grunts, squeaks, and creaking doors. They also produce whistles. They make these sounds at any time and at considerable depths. The sounds vary in volume, wavelength, frequency, and pattern.

7. How far can dolphin's see?
Dolphins have acute vision both in and out of the water. In clear waters, approximately 200 meters.

8. What is the difference between pectoral fins and the dorsal fin?
Pectoral fins are curved back slightly and pointed at the tips. Dolphins use their pectoral flippers mainly to steer. Pectoral flippers have the major skeletal elements of the forelimbs of land mammals, but they are foreshortened and modified. The back fin is like the keel of the boats, that gives stability while they swim and unlike the pectoral fins this one does not have any bony structure, but woven connective fibrous, that gives its form and firmness.

9. How fast can a dolphin swim?
They can get speeds up to 40 kph or 25 mph.

10. How many different dolphins exist?
There are 36 species

If you are in search for more bottlenose dolphin info, you should dig into our encyclopedia where the data we provide you goes deeper than our dolphin FAQ’s section.