The Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin is typically considered a separate species from the common bottlenose dolphin, with spotted bellies in adults and a distribution centered in warm Indo-Pacific coastal waters. It occasionally enters the eastern Pacific near Mexico. Hawaiian researchers have documented extensive tool use in this species' sponge-carrying behavior.
Habitat
Shallow warm coastal and offshore Indo-Pacific waters
Diet
Fish, squid, and crustaceans
How common
Very rare
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