WHAT DO DOLPHINS EAT?

Dolphins’ world is large and extensive. Let’s take a dig on what do dolphins eat.

What do dolphins eat depends on their species, habitat and aquatic wildlife. Dolphins live in sea water, fresh water, coastal areas, rivers estuaries and unending deep oceans. The fact about what do dolphins eat depend on the amount and kind of fish they hunt and eat. Dolphins feed themselves on fish, shrimps, crabs,cephalopods,  squids. Large dolphins like killer whales they eat marine animals like sea lions, seal,sea birds and sometimes even turtles.

What do dolphins eat is different for each species in particular. Dolphins in SARASOTA BAY feed on variety of fish species, their common prey are pigfish, spot and mullets they also prefer to eat sea trout, lady fish and snook.

BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS: they live in warm oceans and tropical seasthey,eat,squids,shrimps,octopus,fish,crustaceans and other smaller aquatic animals. Bottle nose dolphins eat around 15 to 30 pounds of fish every day.

BOTO DOLPHINS: They live in Amazon River and are real carnivores they eat around 43 different species. They eat piranhas squid crabs fish turtles and shrimps. Boto dolphins move from rivers to lake for the periodical availability of food.

ORCAS: they are large killer whales fond in Polar Regions to equator, they eat fish, salmon and other larger aquatic animals like sea lions, seal and sea birds

SPINNER DOLPHINS feed on jellyfish and krills.

Dolphins need abundant of fish and other aquatic animals to thrive in its marine life.