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Heavisides Dolphin
Heavisides DolphinSome interesting facts about Dolphins including the Heavisides Dolphin which isn't so very different from other dolphins. First Fact about dolphins and the Heavisides DolphinQuestion:-What is the dolphins greatest predator? Answer: MAN! Man is the dolphins greatest predator, more then 100,000 dolphins die each year because of man, either in nets or for gastronomy. Another Fact about dolphins and the Heavisides DolphinQuestion:-What do dolphins eat? Answer: Dolphins and porpoises are carnivores - most eat fish and/or squid. Different habitats mean different diets; each type of dolphin and porpoise specializes in catching prey that lives in their specific ecosystem. More information about dolphins and the Heavisides DolphinQuestion:-Do dolphins hibernate? Answer: No. In fact, they never fully sleep. When people breath, they do so involuntarily; as they sleep, they continue to breath. Dolphins, on the other hand, must swim to the surface, and then breath voluntarily. As a result, they don't sleep like we do. It is believed that only half of their brains sleep at a time. While one half of their brains is asleep, the other half is monitoring their swimming to the surface to take a breath. Another interesting snippet about dolphins and the Heavisides DolphinQuestion:-How deep can a dolphin dive? Answer: The dolphin is capable of diving for up to 20 minutes at 300 meters, this is to be considered as maxima for a bottle-nose dolphin although in some experiments they have dived to about 500 meters. Usually, bottle-nose dolphins will not dive very deep. And finally ... about dolphins and the Heavisides DolphinQuestion:-What is the difference between a dolphin and a porpoise? Answer: There are slight physical differences between dolphins and porpoises: If you have any information about the heavisides dolphin that you think should be here, please let us know.
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