Sunday, January 24, 2010

Spinner Dolphin


The Spinner Dolphin is sometimes refers to the long-snouted dolphin. These dolphins can be divided into four species: Eastern Spinner Dolphin(S.I.orientalis), Central American Spinner Dolphin (S.I.centroamericana), Gray’s Spinner Dolphin (S.I.longirostris) and Dwarf Spinner Dolphin (S.I.roseiventris).Adults vary in length from 129-235 centimeters and weight from 23-78kilograms. Females reach maturity at four to seven years while males require seven to ten years. Spinner Dolphin occurs in deep tropical waters in all of the world’s tropical oceans. They eat fish, jellyfish, krill, squid, shell-less snails and copepods. They communicate using click-whistles and pulsed sounds