Wild Dolphin Project
Dolphin Sighting Form

www.wilddolpinproject.org
info@wilddolphinproject.org
P.O. Box 8436 Jupiter, FL 33468

Use the online form below, or if you prefer to send us via postal mail, click here and download the offline version.






















    **In order to gain as much information as possible from each sighting, WDP would appreciate copies of your video and photographs. File attachment size is limited to 25mb. Please contact our office to submit larger files/videos directly to us. 561.575.5660.

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    Did You Know

    • Spotted dolphin calves are unspotted and look like young bottlenose dolphins.
    • Spotted dolphins regurgitate hard, indigestible parts of their food, such as squid beaks and fish vertebrae.
    • As spotted dolphins grow up they learn how to behave from their mothers and also from siblings, peers, and elders in the society.
    • Juvenile spotted dolphins babysit younger spotteds.
    • As a spotted dolphin grows up, its role and responsibilities in the dolphin community change Sometimes spotted dolphins travel, forage for food, and socialize with bottlenose dolphins.
    • Atlantic spotted dolphins are relatively unstudied, compared to their pan-tropical cousins who have been slaughtered in the tuna nets.
    • Spotted dolphins use their signature whistles in many different ways, including initiating contact with other dolphins. Spotted dolphins can be identified over long periods of time by spot patterns, by flukes, and by dorsal fins.

    Education

    Interested in Learning About Marine Animals?
    Check out this new iPad app developed by Duke University in itunes. Look under Atlantic spotted dolphins for our information.

    To report a marine mammal stranding please call 1-888-404-FWCC

    For Kids

    Dolphin Word Puzzle Search

    Answer the questions and search for their answers in the wordsearch puzzle. All the clues and answers to the questions can be found throughout the website. Have fun!

    Dolphin Food Pyramid
    Try to match the names of the prey to their pictures then color the Dolphin Food Pyramid.

    Dolphin Picture
    Try to label all the parts of the dolphin, then color it! Try to think of the other animals that share the ocean with the dolphins and draw them in. Are there predators in your picture, food for the dolphins to eat, or researchers, like those at Wild Dolphin Project, taking pictures and videotaping the dolphins?

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