![]() An echolocating bottlenose dolphin can make up to a thousand clicking noises per second. The smallest, the Maui dolphin, is just five feet long.ĭolphins feed chiefly on fish and squid, which they track using echolocation, a built-in sonar that bounces sound waves off prey and reveals information like its location, size, and shape. The largest dolphin, the orca, can grow to be over 30 feet long. ![]() There are a few species, however, like the South Asian river dolphin and the Amazon river dolphin, or boto, that live in freshwater streams and rivers. Most dolphins are marine and live in the ocean or brackish waters along coastlines. ![]() ![]() Dolphins are small-toothed cetaceans easily recognizable by their curved mouths, which give them a permanent “smile.” There are 36 dolphin species, found in every ocean. ![]()
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