1. Spotted Dolphin By Jason Shinn

2. Habitat Spotted dolphins live in schools that can have up to one-hundred members. Spotted dolphins live in warm seas.

3. Habitat 2 Spotted dolphins are often seen with other dolphins.

4. Diet Spotted dolphin eat fish , squid and crabs. Nursing females tend to eat more squid.

5. Diet 2 Females tend to eat more fish.

6. Interesting facts Spotted dolphins send out a sound called echolocation. (Humans can’t hear it.)

7. Appearance Humans swim slowly because they have hair on their bodies. Spotted dolphins barely have hair so they swim fast.

8. Appearance 2 Spotted dolphins’ name come from their spots. When spotted dolphins are born they have no spots.

9. Appearance 3 Spotted dolphin have a white tipped beak. Spotted dolphins have a gray back.

10. Appearance 4 Spotted dolphins also have a thin, long beak.

11. Life cycle Mating season is year round for spotted dolphins. Female spotted dolphins have 2 to 3 years for breeding.

12. Conservation Spotted dolphins are endangered because fishermen accidentally catch spotted dolphins instead of fish. Some people really try hard to save spotted dolphins.

13. Conservation 2 Yellow fin tuna and spotted dolphins travel together. Now fishermen practice dolphin safe fishing.

14. Prevost, spotted dolphins,1996 Murray, spotted dolphins, 2003 www.arkive.org/ www.nationalgeographic.com Where I got the facts