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Common dolphin

It’s all about the School

Dolphins live in huge schools that sometime number well over 1 000 dolphins and they use teamwork to catch their food. They are also caregivers and will help sick or injured dolphins for days, and even weeks, at a time.

Deep Divers

Dolphins can dive down to 126 meters and stay underwater, holding their breath for up to 10 minutes at a time.

Secret Sounds and Powerful Pulses

Although Dolphins talk to each other in many ways, there are two highly specialised types of communication they use. These are Whistles and Echolocation.

Whistles

This is how dolphins talk with each other. For example, they can say, ‘hi!’, ‘I’m 5 years old’ and ‘I’m on the very edge of the school looking for sardines!’

To do this, they each have their own signature whistle. Because dolphins are not born with a whistle, their need to develop their own whistle when they are calves. All the dolphins in the school know each other’s whistle, and this keeps everyone safe within the school.

Echolocation

This is seeing with sound by using clicks and sound pulses.

Clicks are pulsed sounds that are ultrasonic, meaning humans cannot hear it. Dolphins use it to check out what is around them, and to find food. They can work out how big something is, and how far away. By using this cool tool, dolphins can see an object the size of an orange from over 80 meters away!

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