Pink Dolphins

Normal Adult Color: Varying Colors of Grey depending on the Species

Weight: Up to 1400 lbs

Length: Up to 12'

Beak: Short and Stubby thus "Bottlenose"

Dorsal Fin: High and Curved

Average Lifespan: Up to 40 years

Hearing: Excellent

Eyesight: Good to Excellent

Food: Crustaceans, small Fish and Squid

Gestation Period: 12 months

Can remain Underwater up to 20 minutes

Occasionally closes One Eye during Sleep cycle

Lives: Worldwide

They can frequently be seen in bays, harbors, lagoons, estuaries, and river mouths. Because of this, scientist believe there are two ecotypes: a coastal form and an offshore form.

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There are many legends about the Amazon River Dolphin. Some believe that if you look a Amazon River Dolphin straight in the eye, you will have nightmares for the rest of you life.

Some say that the Amazon River Dolphin is the guardian of the Amazonian Manatee and that you must first make friends with the dolphin in order to find the manatee.

Ancient legend states that the Amazon River Dolphin is an encantado, or a dolphin shapeshifter, that temporarily changes into a male human at night, seduces and impregnates female humans.

It is also believed to be bad luck to kill an Amazon River Dolphin.

Fresh Water River Dolphin

Neck can bend 90 degrees to it's Body sideways or downward

Adult Color: Shocking Pink, as it continues to age, skin turns white with a bluish-gray cast

Juvenile Color: Upper Portion of Body ~ Dark Gray

Weight: Up to 350 lbs

Length: Up to 9'

Teeth: Up to 100 teeth

Dorsal Fin: They have a Hump on their Back Instead of a dorsal fin

Hearing: Excellent

Eyesight: Good

Sense of Touch: Stiff Hairs on the Beak believed to provide Touch Sense

Food: Crabs, Crustaceans, small Turtles, Catfish, Piranhas, and other fish

Gestation Period: 9 - 12 months

Lives in: Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

Does Not Adapt well to Captivity

Threat Status: Listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of the Nature

Adult Color: White or Pink

Color at Birth: Black

Juvenile Color: Spotted Grey

Average Lifespan: 40 years

Weight: Up to 500 lbs.

Length: Up to 11 1/2'

Teeth: 125 - 135 teeth line jaw

Swallows their Food without Chewing

Highly Intelligent

Food: Fish

Adult Dolphin can Stay Underwater: Up to 8 minutes

Personality: Very Sociable

Gestation Period: 10 months for mother dolphin to give birth and only 1 at a time

Lives in: Subtropical estuaries where salt and fresh water mix, including the pacific coast of southeast of Asia. the northern coast of Australia, the India ocean coast of Africa,

Threat Status: Protected in Hong Kong and China
Listed in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendix I. Appendix I includes species threatened with extinction. Trade in specimens of these species is permitted only in exceptional circumstances.

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Updated: 3/3/12