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Interesting dolphin facts can be found anywhere from your library to your closest aquarium. These incredible friendly animals have inspired love and feelings of fondness in many people, and as a result they have been widely studied and observed. Their natural environment is the ocean where they live on a diet of fish. They are extremely powerful and playful and can often be seen surfing through the waves from South Africa’s beautiful beaches. There are a number of different types of dolphins, and the most common dolphin to see in South Africa is the bottlenose dolphin. Although they live in the sea, they are actually mammals just like people.

So the first of our interesting dolphin facts is that they are mammals. Mammals give birth to live young and suckle them as well. The ocean is the perfect environment for these friendly creatures to grow and live off of the many species of fish. Dolphins are the only other animal to have sex for pleasure which explains the abundance of these joyous creatures in the sea. Dolphins are often seen playing with each other and surfing through the waves. They are able to communicate with each other through a series of high frequency squeak-like sounds and click-like sounds. These sounds travel far distances under the water because sounds travel faster and more efficiently under water than they do on land. Sometimes in eclectic shops you can find audio recordings of these sounds which are extremely relaxing to listen to.

Dolphins can travel far distances in the ocean allowing them to find the perfect temperature water for their type. Some dolphins are happy in cool waters, but most of them prefer warmer water because they are mammals and must regulate their own temperature. Sadly, sometimes these animals beach themselves. It is a puzzling phenomenon that many researchers study every year. The causes are not yet completely understood. Visit your local aquarium for more interesting dolphin facts.

Any dolphin lovers would want to know all of the facts about dolphins that they can get their hands on, so first of all it is a fact that dolphins have always been interacting with humans. Since humans knew of their existence they have been friendly with them and even feed them fish and do what they can to ensure the ocean is safe for them. However, not everyone is as kind hearted as the next person is; unfortunately the dolphin’s most fierce predators are humans. The environment in which dolphins live isn’t easy for humans to keep safe as millions of people use beaches on a daily basis and not all of them understand how important it is to keep the water clean.

The sea is where these beautiful mammals live and their diet consists of squid and fish and other important facts about dolphins are that they can stay under water for fifteen minutes and they are social beings. They are also able to swim anything up to 260m underneath the surface of the ocean, but they are more shallow divers and prefer to stay low because they have to get to the surface to gasp for air. The sea is huge, so the friendly mammals have all the space they need, but their environment must be clean. They cannot survive in oily water that is polluted and filled with litter. This is why it is important for us humans to keep our beaches clean at all times. If you see rubbish on the beach, it wouldn’t hurt you to pick it up and throw it in the bin, even if it isn’t yours, do a good deed.

The diet of a dolphin is simple and it allows them to hunt their own food. Another one of the important facts about dolphins to remember is that they are warm blooded.Life