~They have live birth, just like us! Babies are called calves.
~ They are born with hair. What? Yes, babies are born with whiskers just above their rostrum, which falls out immediately after birth. You can still see the small black spots on adult dolphins above the rostrum where these used to be.
~ They breathe air. Dolphins cannot breathe under water. They breathe out of their blowhole. This is why you should never attempt to put anything in their blowhole, because this is their route to breathe and make sounds. But they can hold their breath for amazing amounts of time! 7 minutes is no problem for a bottle nose dolphin, other types can vary. But they do need to come up for a breath.
~Baby dolphins drink milk just like other mammals that produce milk for their offspring. The baby will swim along with its mother while drinking.
~They are also warm-blooded just like us.
~They can jump up to 20 feet above water.
~They have 100 teeth.
~Some kinds of dolphins can hold their breath for 30 minutes.
~The dolphin may eat up to 30 pounds of fish a day.
~The baby dolphin can stay with his mother for two to three years.
~The dolphin can live to be 50 years old.
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