Interesting Facts About Peale's Dolphin
By: EjazUlHaqBhat
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Peale's dolphins are small cetaceans with a stocky body and a very small beak
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Adult Peale's dolphins are dark gray to black in colour with lighter shading on the flanks
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Peale's dolphins are known to ride the bow waves of large vessels and may swim alongside smaller ones
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Although this species is known to swim slowly on occasion, they are agile and acrobatic swimmers
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Peale's Dolphins are the only dolphin outside of the Cephalorhynchus genus that don't whistle
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The species is named after Titian Ramsay Peale, an American explorer, artist, and naturalist who first noted the species in 1848
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They have been observed using group hunting techniques like encircling
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They gather in small groups of between 5 and 20 individuals, but sometimes they can be seen in groups of 100 or more
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