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15. Compared to other animals, dolphins are believed to be very intelligent.

14. The dolphin is the only mammal that gives birth with the tail first instead of the head.

13. Dolphins are incredibly social animals. They live in groups and cooperate with each other to get food and in raising offspring (calves).

12. Dolphin have about 100 teeth that they use for grasping food.

11. Some dolphins can understand as many as 60 words, which can make up 2000 sentences. They also show signs of self-awareness.

10. Nearly 40 species of dolphins swim the waters of the world. Most live in shallow areas of tropical and temperate oceans, and five species live in rivers.

9. The real name for a killer whale is an orca, and orcas are really dolphins, not whales! They are the largest member of the dolphin family.

8. Thirty-six armed dolphins trained by the U.S. Navy to kill terrorists have been missing since 2005. The dolphins carry “toxic dart guns” capable of killing a man in a single shot.

7. Although dolphins live in the water, they are not fish but mammal, which means dolphins can’t breathe in the water like fish, they can stay under water for 15 minutes at most then they have to come to the surface to breathe fresh air.

6. Here is another random fact, dolphins can stay up for a very long time. We aren’t saying that they never sleep but we are saying that they can stay awake for up to five days straight. If any one of us tried that we would be in some pretty bad shape physically. However, dolphins can do it without losing any mental acuity.

5. Dolphins don’t smell very well.

4. Dolphins are carnivores (meat eaters).

3. Young dolphins will remain with their mother for a period of 2 or 3 years.

2. Dolphins are extremely playful and curious animals. They play-fight with each other and also play with seaweed. They have also been known to play with other animals such as dogs.

1. Just a tablespoon of water in a dolphin’s lung could drown it.