Bottlenose Dolphins Reading Passage

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Bottlenose dolphins

Individual role specialization has also been observed in bottlenose dolphins.


The bottlenose dolphins form groups of three to six. One dolphin acts as the
“driver” and herds the fish in circles towards the “barrier dolphins” who are
tightly grouped together to form a barrier. The driver performs fluke-slaps to
cause the fish to leap into the air. As the fish begin to leap, the driver moves
next to the barrier dolphins, who all catch the fish in the air with their
mouths open. Stefanie Gazda and colleagues predict that this role
specialization is more common in marine than terrestrial animals due to a
higher variability in prey diversity, biomass, and predator mobility in
the ocean.[10]

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Modified from Wikipedia, verified independently through other sources (behavior is common knowledge)

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