The Atlantic Spotted Dolphin

The Atlantic spotted dolphin’s back in is a dark grey that fades out into a nice smooth looking medium grey along its sides. The spotted dolphin has almost the same body shape as the bottle nosed dolphin, the only major difference is their appearance. The Atlantic spotted dolphin has a shorter and fatter beak, it has a patch of white on each side of its beak, its body is covered with spots, and it has a medium grey that blends with the dark grey. The older an Atlantic spotted dolphin gets, the more spots it’ll get on its body, they look like freckles that are on humans. The Atlantic spotted female is usually a little longer then the male, this is when they’re adults.

The Atlantic spotted dolphin is a carnivore, so it eats meat. The main diet for the spotted dolphin is: a huge variety of fish and squids.

Subtropical and tropical waters are where you’ll find the Atlantic spotted dolphin. The Atlantic spotted dolphin has also been found in a couple parts of the Pacific and the Indian Ocean. They prefer to stay in open water rather then shallow waters or reefs.

The biggest threat to the spotted dolphin is the shark. Sharks prey among several dolphins in all the oceans. Although, spotted dolphins are notorious for turning the tables on sharks and killing them, but dolphins don’t eat the sharks that they kill, thus proving that they did it for self protection. Dolphins use their beaks to bust into the sharks lungs causing the sharks breathing source to fill with flood and killing them.

Dolphins travel in pack and treat each other as family, even if they’re not family. A family of dolphins has been spotted up to 50 dolphins, but the usual size of family for the spotted dolphin only holds about 5, 10 or 15. Spotted dolphins are never found alone, and if they’re found alone then there’s usually something wrong with that dolphin. Spotted dolphins travel in families for many different reasons: