Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Works Cited | Haiku | Fun Facts
Kingdom: Animalia | Return To Top
Multicellular
Heterotroph
Lacks cell walls
Warm-blooded
Ingest food and digest it in an internal cavity
Phylum: Chordata | Return To Top
Contains structure called notochord
Complete digestive system
Segmented body, plus segmented muscles
Bilateral System
Ventral heart, with dorsal and ventral blood vessels and a closed blood system
Class: Mammalia | Return To Top
Three middle ear bones
Hair
Mammary glands
Feed newborns on milk
Differentiated teeth
Hear sounds after they are transmitted by three bones malley, incus, and stapes
Order: Cetacea | Return To Top
Live, breed, rest, and carry out their life
Fusiform
Streamlined body shape
Paddle-shaped front limbs
Vestigial hind limbs
No external digits or claws
Tail flattened laterally
Family: Delphinidae | Return To Top
Head shape is distinctive
Forehead appears to bulge over the beak-like rostrum
Facial depression is broadly expanded
Found in all oceans and seas and in some river systems
Highly social and live in very large groups
Dolphins are mammals.
Dolphins are warm-blooded
Dolphins breathe air through their blow hole.
Some people think dolphins are fish, but they aren't
All Dolphins have cone-shaped teeth.
Dolphins are in great extinction because of boats and hunters.
The Brilliant Bottle-nosed Dolphin
Has the thought ever crossed your mind that a dolphin is smarter than an average human? The bottle-nosed dolphin is from the phylum Chordata and is a vertebrate that lives in the vast, blue ocean. The dolphin is a fantastic and wonderful, especially in their traits and habitat.
The Turiops truncatus, or bottle-nosed dolphin, has many interesting and unique features that help it survive. For example, one feature is the pectoral fin and the dorsal fin. This feature shows that the bottle-nosed dolphin can move and that it can swim very well and fairly fast. In addition, another feature is the dolphin's large brain. This feature shows that the dolphin shows a high degree of intelligence and that they use their brain to help them catch food. For example, another feature is the dolphin's short, well defined snout or beak. This feature helps the bottle-nosed dolphin catch food and place its nose in small places. In conclusion, to help the bottle-nosed dolphin exist, the dolphin has many amazing and helpful characteristics.
In order to survive, the bottle-nosed dolphin must live in a habitat that has food and room for it to move. For example, one habitat for the dolphin is a large river. This helps the bottle-nosed dolphin because the river is big, so the dolphin has enough room to move around. In addition, another habitat is the warm, shallow water. This helps the dolphin because the warm, shallow water has a wide variety of food it loves to eat. For example, another habitat for the bottle-nosed dolphin is a bay. This helps the dolphin because the bays have a lot of room to swim and play in. In conclusion, the bottle-nosed dolphin must live in a place where there is a lot of room, so it may survive.
The characteristics of the dolphin are spectacular in the way they use them in their habitat. The bottle-nosed dolphin has many incredible features that help it endure in its comfortable environment. The bottle-nosed dolphin needs a clean habitat and we need to preserve them by keeping the ocean unpolluted.
Dolphins are graceful Swimming in the deep, blue sea Bringing so much joy
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Information
Muzzy, Katherine . Personal interview. Mar. 2003.
Animal Diversity Web.
1995. The Regents of the University of Michigan. Mar. 2003 <http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/tursiops/t._truncatus$narrative.html>
Nakao, Jennifer. All About Dolphins. 10 June 1999. 30 Apr. 2003 <http://www.algorithms.com/users/davies1/JN/jn.html>
Audio
Sound Dogs. 2002. 02 Apr. 2003 <http://www.sounddogs.com/searchresults.asp>.
Pictures
Dolphins Galore.
2001. OneLoveOneSpirit.com. Mar. 2003 <http://www.oneloveonespirit.com/One_Love_One_Spirit_dolphin_pictures.html>
