Characteristics and living habits of gray dolphins

The gray dolphin is also known as tattooed dolphin, Leshi's dolphin, and patterned whale. The head is square and round, with a blunt front end and no rostrum. There is a longitudinal groove in the center of the forehead. The front part of the body is thick and round, tapering sharply from the dorsal fin to the back of the anus, and the caudal peduncle is not high. The dorsal fin is tall, with the front edge tilted backward, the rear edge concave, and the top tip pointed or blunt. The flippers are long and pointed at the end. The son-in-law is deeply lacking. The back of mature individuals is light gray, the abdomen is pale, there are white spots between the two flippers, and the dorsal fin, flippers and tail fin are black. The whole body is covered with white striped scars, especially from the front of the dorsal fin to the head. The whole body of the old beast is almost white. The bodies of young animals are mostly dark brown.

The adult body length can reach 3.85 meters and the weight is about 500 kilograms.

Usually there are groups of 10 to dozens of animals, but there are also large groups of hundreds of animals. Sometimes mixed with other species of dolphins.

The body length of newborn dolphins is 1.2 to 1.5 meters. It can be raised in aquariums, and there are records of survival of hybrids with bottlenose sea veins.

Mainly eats squid and crustaceans, but also fish. It is distributed in the East China Sea, South China Sea and Taiwan Province waters of my country.

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