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Attenuata Dolphin Skull Replica measures 16.5 inches. Attenuata Dolphin Skull Replica is museum quality polyurethane resin, 2-part skull (separate cranium and jaw) cast of an original California Academy of Sciences specimen. Made in USA. Known as Pantropical Spotted Dolphin.
Our precise skull can be used as a teaching tool, museum skull exhibit, home decor skull, or office decor skull.
The Attenuata Dolphin or Pantropical Spotted Dolphin’s skull has a long, slender beak with a crease separating it from the melon. The melon is a rounded forehead. Their teeth are slender, sharply pointed in 34 to 48 in each tooth row. The blowhole is located on the top of the skull.
The Pantropical Spotted Dolphin or Attenuata Dolphin is very active and is prone to making large, splashy leaps from the sea. It is a common breacher and will often clear the water for a second or more. Bow-riding and other play with boats is common.
In the Eastern Pacific, the dolphin is often found swimming with Yellowfin tuna (hence the problem with dolphin deaths caused by tuna fishing). However, they do not feed on that fish.
The Pantropical Spotted Dolphin is a fairly slender, streamlined animal, with a dark cape and light spots on its body that increase in number and size as it gets older.
This species has a long, thin beak and a falcate dorsal fin, which is the thinnest among dolphins. The upper and lower jaws are darkly colored, but are separated by thin, white “lips”.
The Pantropical Spotted Dolphin or Attenauta Dolphin chin, throat, and belly are white to pale grey with a limited number of spots.
The flanks are separated into three distinct bands of color. The lightest band at the bottom, followed by a thin, grey strip in the middle of the flank, and a dark-grey back. The tall concave dorsal fin is similarly colored. The thick tail stock matches the color of the middle band.
The vocal repertoire of the Pantropical Spotted Dolphin has not been clearly documented.
The Attenuata Dolphin or Pantropical Spotted Dolphin feeds on epipelagic and mesopelagic fish as well as crustaceans and cephalopods.It consumes about 56 species of fish and 36 species of cephalopods, with a greater predominance of lanternfish. In some regions, it feeds on flying fish and crab larvae.
It is very fast swimmer, and it can reach speeds of 13.6 to 17.39 miles per hour. It jumps very high out of the water or very low at great speed; this is common in the young dolphins.
The Attenuata Dolphin mates any time of the year. Most scientists think that it is a polygamous dolphin and that females give birth every 2 or 3 years. The females reach sexual maturity between 9 and 11 years of age, while males reach maturity between 12 and 15 years.
The gestation period is approximately 11 months, and there is a higher incidence of births during the spring and fall. Only one offspring is born. The breastfeeding period extends for 1 or 2 years after birth and at six months the calf begins trying solid foods.
