Whales and Dolphins Watching - Boat Trips Tenerife
DOLPHIN FACTS
Known for their playful behavior, dolphins are highly intelligent. They are as smart as apes, and the evolution of their larger brains is surprisingly similar to humans. Dolphins are part of the family of whales that includes orcas and pilot whales. Killer whales are actually dolphins. Dolphins have acute eyesight both in and out of the water. They hear frequencies 10 times the upper limit of adult humans. Their sense of touch is well-developed, but they have no sense of smell.
These beautiful, intelligent mammals are truly fascinating to watch. Dolphins are very social, living in groups that hunt and play together. Large pods of dolphins can have 1,000 members or more.
Because dolphins are mammals, they need to come to the surface of the water to breathe. Unlike land mammals that breathe and eat through their mouths, dolphins have separate holes for each task. Dolphins eat through their mouths and breathe through their blowholes. This prevents the dolphin from sucking up water into the lungs when hunting, reducing the risk of drowning.
DID YOU KNOW?
Dophins are semihemispheric sleepers; half of their brains go to sleep at a time so that they can keep breathing.







