Dolphin Facts

• Bottlenose dolphins have 80-100 teeth, but never chew their food!
• Dolphins don't make any noises with their mouth. They don't even have vocal cords. All sounds come through the dolphin's blowhole!
• A dolphin uses its lower jaw and teeth as an antenna!
• Echolocation allows dolphins to use sound to "see" underwater. In fact, a dolphin can tell which direction a scuba diver is facing from a distance of one football field away!
• The average lifespan of a bottlenose dolphin is 25-30 years, but here at Marineland we have the oldest dolphin born in human care. Nellie was born here on February 27, 1953.