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Long-Snouted Spinner Dolphin

Stenella longirostris (Gray, 1828)

Average Size

Newborns: 77 cm

Adults: (males) 7 feet (females) 6 1/2 feet

Weight: 165 lbs.

Location:

They are found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans where they stay in tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate regions.

In case you didn't know:

These dolphins will form groups in the thousands, but groups of 200 or fewer are more common.

They will swim with Spotted Dolphins, Pilot Whales, Pygmy Killer Whales, and Melon-Headed Whales.

Female Long-Snouted Spinner Dolphins will have a calf every 2 or 3 years.

These dolphins are very acrobatic.

They often jump from the water and continuously spin.

They eat different kinds of fish and squid.