Bottlenose Dolphin
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| Class | Mammalia |
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| Order | Artiodactyla |
| Family | Delphinidae |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Mass | Common bottlenose dolphin |
| Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin | |
| Did you know | A bottlenose dolphin's diet consists mainly of fish, squid and crustaceans. |
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| ID | 1440654 |
About Bottlenose Dolphin
Bottlenose dolphins, the genus Tursiops, are the most common members of the family Delphinidae, the family of oceanic dolphin. Molecular studies show the genus contains three species: the common bottlenose dolphin, the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin, and the Burrunan dolphin.
Swimmers injured in dolphin attacks on Japan beach
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Swimmers injured in dolphin attacks on Japan beach
Four swimmers have been injured in dolphin attacks on a beach in central Japan, officials say.
One Man , in his 60s, suffered broken ribs and bites to his hands after a dolphin rammed him a few metres off Suishohama beach in The Town of Mihama, Fukui Prefecture , early on Sunday.
Another man, in his 40s, sustained arm bites in a separate incident on the popular beach the same morning.
Two more people were injured by The Mammals later in The Day .
Fukui has now recorded six such attacks this year, local police say.
Signs have been put up telling swimmers to avoid approaching or touching The Mammals .
While Dolphins are not usually aggressive to Humans , hostility towards swimmers is not unheard of.
Scientists have suggested that finding evidence that it disrupts their behavioural routines.
In The Republic of Ireland, including one who suffered from a broken rib.
A year later.
As well as hostility towards Humans - Dolphins are known at times to behave extremely violently towards their fellow sea creatures.
In Cornwall, south-west England,
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