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Experience • Rescued Animals

Dolphins

Updated September 24, 2020 Posted April 8, 2020

Universally loved, dolphins are our best-known animals. These large mammals are intelligent, playful, and full of their own individual personalities! Clearwater Marine Aquarium’s most famous dolphins, Winter and Hope, were featured in the major motion pictures Dolphin Tale and Dolphin Tale 2!

Where to See

  • Ruth & J.O. Stone Dolphin Complex
  • Dolphin Terrace

Meet Our Resident Dolphins

  • Winter the Dolphin
    Winter
  • Hope
    Hope
  • Nicholas the Dolphin Smiling
    Nicholas
  • PJ the Dolphin
    PJ
  • Hemingway
    Hemingway
  • Rudy
    Rudolph
  • Rex

Dolphin Species

Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin

Tursiops truncatus
dolphin bubbles
Status
Least Concern
Average Size
7-12 ft
Threats
Whaling, entanglement, habitat loss
Defining Characteristic
Short rostrum (beak)
Location
Atlantic and Pacific Coasts of North America
  • Two varieties/ecotypes of bottlenose dolphins: inshore and offshore
  • Estimated lifespan of 35-50 years
  • Age determined by examining growth rings in a tooth, just like a tree!
  • Dolphins establish dominance with threatening postures and gestures
  • Communicate through whistles and clicks
  • Dolphins are a top predator in the ocean

Rough-Toothed Dolphin

Steno bredanensis
Status
Least Concern
Average Size
6-9 ft
Threats
Hunting, entanglement, ocean noise
Defining Characteristic
Small head with long rostrum (beak)
Location
Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans from 40° north to 35° south
  • Steno comes from the Greek word for narrow, referring to the dolphin’s rostrum (beak)
  • Can remain underwater for 15 minutes
  • Lifespan up to 36 years or more
  • Have 19-28 roughened teeth in each quarter of the jaw
  • Communicate through whistles and clicks
  • Unlike Bottlenose dolphins, they have no demarcation between their melon (forehead) and beak

Did You Know…

Dolphins can dive to depths of nearly 1,000 feet.
Dolphins have three stomach chambers.
Dolphins never chew their food.
There are over 40 species of dolphins.
Killer Whales are a kind of dolphin!
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Winter & Friends Cam

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Winter, Hope and PJ dolphins together

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Rudy

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Dolphin Care Assistant Teaching Kids to Interact with Dolphin

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249 Windward Passage
Clearwater, FL 33767
727-441-1790

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