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Dolphins are highly intelligent marine mammals that live in water but breathe through a blowhole on the top of their head. They are remarkable creatures tha have developed a form on sonar called echolocation to hunt and prey. They are very friendly and playful. Below are some interesting facts about dolphins.

Dolphins are marine mammals that are closely related to whales and porpoises.
Dolphins are part of the family of toothed whales that includes orcas and pilot whales. They are mammals and breathe through a blowhole on the top of their head.

They vary in size from 4 feet (1.2 meters) and 90 pounds (40 kilograms) for Maui’s Dolphin and up to 30 feet (9.5 meters) and 10 tons for Orca or Killer Whale.

There are almost forty species of dolphin, and they are found worldwide, mostly in the shallow waters along the continental shelves. Five species live in river.

Dolphins are carnivores, mostly eating fish and squid. Dolphins live in social groups of five to several hundred. They use echolocation to find prey and often hunt together by surrounding a school of fish, trapping them and taking turns swimming through the school and catching fish.

Dolphins will also follow seabirds, other whales and fishing boats to feed on the fish the birds scare to the surface or discard.