Pod of bottlenose dolphins swimming in sea.
Rights: Stephen Wing, University of Otago Published 17 September 2009 Size: 2.2 MB Referencing Hub media

Dolphins are adapted to living in water. They have a streamlined shape and fins instead of legs. They also have blowholes on the tops of their heads.

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