How to Use bottlenose dolphin in a Sentence

bottlenose dolphin

noun
  • In terms of sheer size, a bottlenose dolphin brain bests humans.
    — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 4 July 2024
  • This year, two bottlenose dolphins, two harbor seals and a pair of red foxes have made the list.
    — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Guests may see gray, blue, and humpback whales or a bottlenose dolphin, for instance.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 June 2025
  • Take a boat tour to encounter silvery bottlenose dolphins for an instant hit with the kid.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2017
  • With no other bottlenose dolphins around to talk to, what was Delle doing?
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Nov. 2024
  • The little creature grew just about eight feet long—or the size of a modern-day bottlenose dolphin.
    — Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Higher up the food chain, reports of bottlenose dolphin have increased in recent years.
    — Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2018
  • The most common species is the bottlenose dolphin, the only species found in all Gulf coastal habitats.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Along the shore of the open bay, just down current from the bayou/slough’s mouth, a pair of bottlenose dolphins tore into their meals.
    — Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 14 Apr. 2018
  • While bottlenose dolphins have slender beaks, the mysterious one-month-old’s beak was short and blunt.
    — Erica Tennenhouse, National Geographic, 30 July 2019
  • Or, wake up to a morning of ocean kayaking through kelp beds while on the lookout for sea lions, bat rays, and bottlenose dolphins.
    — Erin Behan, Los Angeles Magazine, 7 May 2018
  • If unfolded, the surface of a bottlenose dolphin’s brain would be about the size of six magazine pages.
    — Katie Palmer, Discover Magazine, 1 Aug. 2011
  • Look down for a chance to spot sea turtles, jellyfish, and bottlenose dolphins playing in the water.
    — Daria Bachmann, Travel + Leisure, 8 June 2026
  • One group of bottlenose dolphins in Australia uses a technique called sponging to find food.
    — Katherine Harmon Courage, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2015
  • Atlantic bottlenose dolphins are also common, so don’t forget to look out at the water.
    — Skye Sherman, Southern Living, 9 Aug. 2025
  • In the end, maybe Delle (or bottlenose dolphins in general) isn't so different from us.
    — New Atlas, 27 Nov. 2024
  • While native fauna spans all walks of life, one of the city's most beloved creatures — the bottlenose dolphin — can be found in abundance just off the shore.
    — Jared Ranahan, Travel + Leisure, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Look out for hammerhead sharks, bottlenose dolphins, and playful sea lions in the sapphire waters.
    — Kerry Spencer, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The Australian bottlenose dolphin, a cetacean, will wear a sea sponge on its rostrum for protection when rooting around the ocean floor.
    — National Geographic, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Then, in 2013, a study suggested that bottlenose dolphins use namelike calls.
    — Tove Danovich, The Atlantic, 18 July 2024
  • As a result, the sub is five knots faster than the average submersible and two knots quicker than a bottlenose dolphin, according to the yard.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 26 Oct. 2021
  • Groups throughout the day were able to see 10 fin whales, a pod of bottlenose dolphins and another pod of common dolphins, the post said.
    — Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 14 May 2025
  • Between the ages of about 4 months and a year, every bottlenose dolphin settles on a whistle of its own that stays the same for the rest of the dolphin's life.
    — Karen Ravn, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2013
  • In the lab, the students learned how to identify bottlenose dolphins in the water and how to read the notches on their dorsal fins, Dahl said.
    — Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The bottlenose dolphin was found dead on Fort Myers Beach, Florida.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 30 Apr. 2022
  • Nearly 300 dead bottlenose dolphins — three times as many as normal — have washed up along the beaches of the Gulf Coast this year.
    — Currie Engel, Time, 21 June 2019
  • In the never-ending symphony of the sea, there's a standout among the percussive pings of bottlenose dolphins and the plaintive calls of humpback whales.
    — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 4 Apr. 2018
  • Gray whales plow through the water on their twice-yearly migration, bottlenose dolphins play in the waves and passersby gather to watch the orange sun dip into the horizon.
    — Lauren Beale, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Human fascination with bottlenose dolphins goes back thousands of years, at least as early as Greek mythology.
    — Laela Sayigh, The Conversation, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The wild bottlenose dolphin was beloved by all in Amble but had a special connection to Cooper, who spent hours with Freddie, rain or shine.
    — Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2023

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