Average Size
Newborns: 22-28 inches
Weight: 7-11 lb
Adults: 5-7 feet
Weight: 110-200 lb
Status:
Locally common
Population:
Unknown
Threats:
The two main threats are getting trapped in fishing nets and hunting.
Quick facts:
Other Names Used:
Group Size:Range from 6-15 and 6-500. The largest gatherings of Duskies are generally
found in the summer time.
Behavior:
This highly inquisitive and usually easy to approach dolphin seems to enjoy
contact with boats as well as people. They eagerly ride bow waves and may leap a dozen times in
a row. Usually when one animal will start jumping, the others in the group will join in and do it
too.
Where to look for Dusky Dolphins:
In coastal temperate waters of New Zealand, Southern Africa, and South
America.
Calves:
Diet:They eat anchovies and squid.
Habitat:
Inshore waters
The Dusky Dolphin is one of the
most acrobatic of all the dolphins.
The Dusky Dolphin is known for its extraordinary
high leaps and jumps.
It is very gregarious and seems to invite the
company of other species of cetaceans and its own species.
Fitzroy’s Dolphin
They have about 24-36 pairs of small teeth.
A Dusky may make 40 to 50 acrobatic leaps one after the other at one time.
Frequently found swimming with Right Whales.
Duskies make violent water slaps to herd prey.
