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Questions 31-40

Complete the notes below

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

 

Behaviour of Dolphins

 

- almost 40 species of dolphin

- found (31)

- usually in shallower seas

- carnivores

 

SOCIALISING

- very sociable and live in pods

- super-pods may have more than (32)  dolphins

- have strong social bonds

- help other animals - Moko helped a whale and calf escape from (33)

- have been known to assist swimmers

 

CULTURE

- discovered in May 2005 that young bottlenose dolphins learn to (34)

- dolphins pass knowledge from mothers to daughters, whereas primates pass to (35)

 

AGGRESSION

- dolphins may be aggressive towards each other

-Like humans, this is due to disagreements over (36)  and competition for females

- Infanticide sometimes occurs and the killing of porpoises

 

FOOD

- dolphins have a variety of feeding methods, some of which are (37)  to one population

- Methods include:

  • herding
  • coralling
  • (38)  or strand feeding
  • whacking fish with their flukes

 

PLAYING

- have a variety of playful activities

- common behaviour with an object or small animal include:

  • carrying it along
  • passing it along
  • (39)  away from another dolphin
  • throwing it out the water

- may harass other animals

- playful behaviour may include other (40)  such as humans

 

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