Common Bottlenose dolphins

A species sighted often aboard our boats, Common bottlenose dolphins are found throughout the world in both offshore and coastal waters, including harbors, bays, gulfs, and estuaries of temperate and tropical waters. They are one of the most well-studied marine mammals in the wild and often, unfortunately, found in captivity. In addition, they are easy to view in the wild because they live close to shore and are distributed throughout coastal and estuarine waters. But this puts bottlenose dolphins at increased risk of human-related injuries and death. They are a highly intelligent species and use sound both for communication and to hunt for food. Previously thought to be all one species, they now have a counterpart also encountered in the waters around Cape May, New Jersey. For more info check https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/common-bottlenose-dolphin