Dolphins
IiDolphins

© Roger de la Harpe

Igama leentsapho eziqhelekileyo

IDolphins

Ezinye kwintsapho

i-Bottlenose, eqhelekileyo, i-Dusky, i-Humpback, i-Spinner, i-Spotted, i-Striped

Igama lezesayens

Delphinidae

Ubungakanani

Ukususela kwi-1.5m ukuya kwi-6m

Ukukhangeleka

Intle, imizimba ehlaziyiweyo. Uninzi luye lwaba neengcingo zomgca. Inkunzi iyaqhaqhazela i-rostrum ehlukileyo (intshebe). Ezinye ziye zibetha imibala. Ingwevu ngombala, emhlophe kunye emnyama. Blowhole phezu kwentloko.

Inkcukacha jikelele

Iintsapho zeDelphinidae ziqulethe izilwanyana eziyi-17 kunye neentlobo eziyi-32. Ukulinganisa angange-50-900kg. I-Echo-indawo isetyenziselwa ukufumana inyama. Unobulumko kakhulu kwizilwanyana zaselwandle. Zikhawuleza, zishabhaka. Umsila okanye i-flukes i-horizontal emanzini. Unokuwela phakathi kweentlobo. Zihlala ngamaqela emanzini angatye. Ngamanye amaxesha zisebenzisana ngokubamba amaxhoba, njenge-sardines. Viviparous. Incinci izalwe ngokupheleleyo.

Ukutya

Ukutya kakhulu kwiintlanzi kunye ne-squid.

Ukufumaneka

Ivela kuwo onke amalwandle ashushu kunye neendawo ezitshisayo zehlabathi.

Iindidi eziqhelekileyo

Humpback dolphin
Sousa chinensis
Ihlengethwa eqhelekileyo
Delphinus delphis
I-dolphin yaseBotlen
Tursiops truncatus