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Bottle-nosed Dolphin

Tursiops truncatus

Photo by 1Sarah2
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Description:

This dolphin was feeding along the barrier islands off of the FL gulf coast. I was lucky to get this shot as I have plenty of pictures of water swirling as I just missed him.

Habitat:

Widespread across warm and temperate oceans. Spotted off the gulf coast of FL.

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Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821), Common bottlenose dolphin

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