Ocean · Mammal
Bottlenose dolphin
Tursiops truncatus
Bottlenose dolphins are very clever and playful. They live in groups, hunt together, and talk to each other with whistles and clicks.
- Where it lives
- Warm and temperate seas, including the coasts of Türkiye
- Diet
- CarnivoreEats meat
- Weight
- 150–300 kg
- Length
- 2.5 m
- Top speed
- 35 km/h
- Lifespan (wild)
- 40–50 years
In Pawpedia: What is a mammal?What is a carnivore?
Yaman scale
Drawn side by side with Yaman, to the same scale.
Length1.7Yamans
Bottlenose dolphin: length 2.5 m — that's 1.7 times Yaman's height.
Weight6.4Yamans
Around 225 kg — as heavy as 6.4 Yamans.
Common questions
Where does the bottlenose dolphin live?
- Warm and temperate seas, including the coasts of Türkiye. In our zoo it lives in the Ocean zone.
What does the bottlenose dolphin eat?
- It is a carnivore: it eats meat.
How big does the bottlenose dolphin get?
- Length: 2.5 m. It weighs 150–300 kg.
How long does the bottlenose dolphin live?
- 40–50 years in the wild.
How fast is the bottlenose dolphin?
- It can reach about 35 km/h.
Is the bottlenose dolphin endangered?
- On the IUCN Red List it is listed as least concern. Plenty of them in the wild.
Did you know?
- Each dolphin has its own signature whistle — it works like a name.
- When it sleeps, only half its brain rests; the other half keeps it breathing.
- They also live in the Mediterranean, Aegean and Black Sea.
How safe is it?
- LC
- NT
- VU
- EN
- CR
- EW
- EX
Least concern. Plenty of them in the wild.
IUCN Red List
