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Bottlenose dolphins

Pod of bottlenose dolphins swimming in sea.

Dolphins are adapted to living in water. They have a streamlined shape and fins instead of legs. They also have blowholes on the tops of their heads.

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Rights: Stephen Wing, University of Otago
Published: 17 September 2009Size: 2.16 MB
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