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The species is an average-sized oceanic dolphin. Females weigh up to 150 kg (330 lb) and males 200 kg (440 lb) with males reaching 2.5 m (8.2 ft) and females 2.3 m (7.5 ft) in length. Pacific white-sided dolphins usually tend to be larger than dusky dolphins. Females reach maturity at seven years.
Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin. At the theme aquarium in Pattaya, Thailand. The Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis) [3] is a species of humpback dolphin inhabiting coastal waters of the eastern Indian and western Pacific Oceans. [4] This species is often referred to as the Chinese white dolphin in mainland China, Macau, Hong Kong ...
Chimelong Ocean Kingdom is a theme park situated in Hengqin, Zhuhai, People's Republic of China. It was designed by PGAV Destinations. [2] The park broke ground on November 28, 2010 [3] and soft-opened on January 28, 2014. [4] The grand opening occurred on March 29 of that year. The first phase of the park cost RMB 10 billion to build. [3]
Around 16 million years ago, a dolphin giant cruised the depths of its watery domain. But unlike most modern dolphins, its home wasn’t an ocean; it lived in a freshwater lake in the Peruvian Amazon.
Manatees (/ ˈ m æ n ə t iː z /, family Trichechidae, genus Trichechus) are large, fully aquatic, mostly herbivorous marine mammals sometimes known as sea cows.There are three accepted living species of Trichechidae, representing three of the four living species in the order Sirenia: the Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis), the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus), and the West ...
Särkänniemi Dolphinarium at Särkänniemi amusement park in Tampere, Finland, was formerly the most northern dolphinarium in the world.It operated from 1985 to 2016. The water in the pools has to be constantly filtered to keep it clean for the dolphins and the temperature and composition of the water has to be controlled to match the conditions dolphins experience in the wild.
Researchers at the University of Zurich estimated that the 16-million-year-old fossil was more than 11 feet long and is said to be the longest freshwater dolphin ever found.
The dugong (/ ˈ d (j) uː ɡ ɒ ŋ /; Dugong dugon) is a marine mammal.It is one of four living species of the order Sirenia, which also includes three species of manatees.It is the only living representative of the once-diverse family Dugongidae; its closest modern relative, Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas), was hunted to extinction in the 18th century.