Rough-toothed Dolphin

In the picture above you can see a Rough-toothed dolphin. It can also be called a slopehead for it's narrow shaped head. It gets it's name from the stuble wrinkles on it's teeth. The Rough-toothed dolphin can be found off shore in the deep waters of Gulf of Mexico and other oceans.The population of Rough-toothed dolphins is unknown because they live away from shore. Since they live away from shore and out where boats are, they have been threatened by sailors hunting them and by getting entangled in fishing nets.

Rough-toothed dolphins travel in groups of 10 to 20 and sometimes several hundreds of them. When new doplhins are born (c.39in = 1m) other members in the group help watch the calfs while the mother hunts for food. The Rough-toothed dolphin adults are 7-8 1/2feet (2.1-2.6 m.) weighing anywhere from 220 lbs to 230 lbs. They usually feed on diffrent fish, squid, and octpus. They have at least 32 to 52 teeth on the top row and 38-56 teeth on the bottom row. That's a lot of teeth. They have white lips and a white lower jaw.

It They swim with their chin and head above the water. This is called skimming. Sometimes they swim rapidly under water while their dorsal fins can be clearly seen above the water, sometimes resembling a dolphin. Rough-toothed dolphins are intresting and beautiful marine animals.