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What do dolphins eat?

Mar 16, 2011 No comments By Blair Irvine

 

Dolphins in Sarasota Bay eat a variety fish species. The most common prey are those that make sounds.  Dolphins have excellent hearing, and they use it to help catch sound-producing fish . Common prey fish include pinfish, pigfish, spot, and mullet. But when the opportunity presents, dolphin exhibit a preference for sea trout, toadfish, ladyfish, and snook.

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Blair Irvine

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I manage the SDRP website, serve as President of the Dolphin Biology Research Institute, and otherwise volunteer as needed. I started the SDRP in 1970 with then High School student Randy Wells, and I led the research through the 70’s. Randy took over in the early 80s when I changed careers. Since then, my non-dolphin interests mostly have been in the area of human behavioral health. With NIH support, much of my research has involved Internet interventions and training programs. My graduate degrees are in Zoology (MS), Exercise Physiology (MAPE), and Health Education (PhD).
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