Common Bottlenose Dolphin Gallery

Short-beaked dolphin, Delphinus delphis

Short-beaked dolphin, Delphinus delphis, and Hyperoodon ampullatus, N. Atlantic bottlenose whale. . Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuvier's Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals, Paris, France, 1816. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by Bocourt, directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by F.G. Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine's zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History

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Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) mother and calf porpoising during annual Sardine run

Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) mother and calf porpoising during annual Sardine run, Port St Johns, South Africa, June

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Large pod of Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) porpoising over waves during

Large pod of Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) porpoising over waves during annual sardine run, Port St Johns, South Africa. Runner up in the Animals in their Environment Category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards (WPOY) Competition 2015

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