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Porpoises
What is the difference from poroise and dolphin?
Dolphins and porpoises differ in their faces, fins, and body shapes. Dolphins have longer noses, bigger mouths, more curved dorsal fins, and longer, l...
What's the difference between porpoises and dolphins?
Dolphins and porpoises differ in their faces, fins, and body shapes. Dolphins have longer noses, bigger mouths, more curved dorsal fins, and longer, l...
What is the life cycle of a porpoise?
Life cycle Porpoises become sexually mature between two and four years of age. Pregnancy lasts about 10 to 11 months and a single calf may be produced...
What are the eating habits for a porpoise?
They are carnivorous, and eat a wide variety of fish and marine creatures. Each species has its own dietary preferences, and Porpoises in different re...
How long can a Harbor Porpoise hold its breath?
Porpoises stay down for only a few minutes, exceptionally up to six minutes and when they surface their exhaling blow sounds like a violent human snee...
What name is given to a baby porpoise?
Since porpoises are mammals, they have live births. The females have a gestation period of 10 to 11 months and give birth to one young at a time. The ...
What difference between dolphins and porpoises?
The difference between a dolphin and a porpoise has to do with their appearance: dolphins have longer snouts, bigger mouths, more curved dorsal fins, ...
Are porpoises shy?
Porpoises are generally shy creatures; they do not approach boats to bow ride and don't jump clear of the water. ... Entanglement in fishing nets pose...
What Japanese do with the porpoises?
Once landed, porpoises and dolphins are processed and sold in supermarkets and fish markets throughout the country, sometimes illegally mislabelled as...