Marine Creature of the Month Famous Fish May '20
Marine Creature of the Month Made using Canva Common Bottlenose Dolphin Our famous fish this month won by a landslide - sorry Squiddy. So let's dive a little deeper and take a look at Flipper! Kingdom: Animalia Class: Mammalia Conservation Status: Least Concern (LE) Picture from Pinterest WHAT IS FLIPPER? Flipper is a dolphin. He is the most dolphin-y dolphin you can get. And I think that is largely down to having a television presence since the sixties! All dolphins are mammals, meaning they breath air and give birth to live pups - and bottlenoses are no exception. Despite having a nose-like snout, they have a blow hole on the top of their head, which is used for breathing. Common bottlenose dolphins are grey and bear all the body features we expect from dolphins. Flippers, check. Dorsal fin, check. Adorable face, double check. They grow between 2 and 4m (6.6 and 13.1ft) and can weigh as much as 650kg (1,340lbs)! For some context, ...