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Tursiops truncatus
The common bottlenose dolphin is grey in color and may be between 2 and 4 metres (6.6 and 13 ft) long, and weigh between 150 and 650 kilograms (330 and 1,400 lb). The dolphins have a short and well-defined snout, that looks like an old-fashioned gin bottle, which is the source for their common name. Like all whales and dolphins, though, the snout is not a functional nose, which has evolved instead into the blowhole on the top of their head. Their neck is more flexible than other dolphins' due to 5 of their 7 vertebrae not being fused together as is seen in other dolphin species.
Warm and temperate oceans worldwide
Spotted on May 18, 2009
Submitted on Feb 5, 2012
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Congrats Mitch, your spotting is featured in the Project Noah blog -http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/55343021040/sea-mammals-and-the-entertainment-industry