5 Facts about Spinner Dolphins, They Can Spin 7 Times in One Jump

Spinner dolphins are slender fish with long, slender beaks and triangular fins on their backs. Spinner dolphins are usually dark gray on their backs, light gray on the sides of their bodies and the underside of their bodies is white or light gray. They have a dark gray band from their eyes to their fins with thin lines.

Body size: 2.1 m long, weighs 77 kg and when they jump they can reach 3 m above the water. There is a lot of interesting evidence from spinner dolphins, one of which is striking is their repetitive spinning power as their name suggests. Please read the explanation below.

1. Swim to Many Oceans Around the World

The home of spinner dolphins is really wide almost all over the world. Usually they are found in all tropical and subtropical waters in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans. The subspecies, namely the gray spinner, is found in almost all tropical and subtropical regions except for tropical Asia and the tropical eastern Pacific. And other subspecies, the eastern spinner is spread across the American continent: the United States and Central Asia. Finally, the dwarf spinner is only found in Southeast Asia and northern Australia, quoted from Uk whales.

2. Spinner Dolphins Can Do Spinning Actions Repeatedly in One Jump

The interesting attraction of the spinner dolphin in the eyes of some people is that it often jumps out of the water in a circle often, which is usually 7 times in 1 jump. Speaking of height, their jumps reach almost 10 times, you know. Researchers predict that they do it for various purposes. Most likely as a form of communication between spinner dolphins to provide a danger code. Second, the intention is to remove parasites so that they are not consumed by remora fish, based on information from National Geographic.

3. Looking for Food at Night

Oddly enough, spinner dolphins follow the migration pattern of their prey. Some of their prey are in the ocean waters during the day, then move up (vertical migration) and horizontal migration is on land at night. Dolphins will target their prey at night above the water. Their food is like small fish, shrimp and squid which are found at a distance of about 650 to 1,000 feet above the water surface, explained the National Marine Fisheries Service.

4. Spinner Dolphin Resting Pattern

During rest time, spinner dolphins will join in a tight scheme but are still given a distance so that they do not touch each other. They usually sleep about 4 to 5 hours a day. During sleep, spinner dolphins rely on sight rather than sound to scan their environment. Open areas and sandy seabeds are where they rest where predators are more visible.

5. Trapped Through Fishing

According to Animalia bio, the crucial terror of spinner dolphins is getting into fishing traps. Because, the purpose of the net is to catch tuna, but spinners are caught because they often group with tuna. They are often entangled and sought after in the Caribbean, Sri Lanka and the Philippines. This reaches protected bays that disturb their place of residence as well as their place of rest during the day. Like other marine mammals, some researchers know that spinner dolphins are sometimes attacked by serious diseases such as toxoplasmosis and cetacean morbillivirus. The age range of spinner dolphins can reach 20-25 years.

Where can we watch dolphins?

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