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White beaked dolphin

Order: Odontocetes
Family: Delphinidae
Other names: white-beaked dolphin
Scientific name: Lagenorhynchus albirostris
Size: 2.70 to 3.15 metres
Weight: about 230 kg
Life span : unknown
Dorsal fin: is high, pointed and arched back. He has black sides with gray bands on both sides of the dorsal fin.
Blow: usually inconspicuous.
White beaked dolphins frequent the North Atlantic from Cape Cod to the Labrador Sea and Davis Strait. This is the first dolphin that we encounter in the spring around our islands. It feeds mainly on cod, herring, whiting, squid and cuttlefish.
It is a strong animal that sometimes springs out of the water an often rid the bow wave of boats.
As the white-sided dolphin, it is often associated with fin whales to capture its food.
It can form huge flocks, up to 1500 individuals, however, they are observed more frequently in small groups of several dozen individuals.
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