Bottlenose dolphins

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Bottlenose dolphins
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Bottlenose dolphins live in a variety of habitats, from coastal waters to the open ocean.

Diet & Eating Habits
Dolphins are active predators and eat a wide variety of fishes, squids, and crustaceans such as shrimps. The foods available to a dolphin vary with its geographic location.
• Coastal dolphins tend to eat fishes and bottom-dwelling invertebrates.
• Offshore dolphins tend to eat fishes and squid.
• Some offshore dolphins were found with deep-sea fishes in their stomachs. This evidence suggests that offshore dolphins may dive to more than 500 m (1,600 ft.)

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