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Melon-headed dolphin (view source)
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Little is known about the melon-headed dolphin; most of the scientific data comes from studies of stranded specimens. The broad-billed dolphin often jumps out of the water in shallow jumps. The animals form large pods with mostly 100 to 500, occasionally over 1000 animals. Cuttlefish, squid and fish serve as food.
Little is known about the melon-headed dolphin; most of the scientific data comes from studies of stranded specimens. The broad-billed dolphin often jumps out of the water in shallow jumps. The animals form large pods with mostly 100 to 500, occasionally over 1000 animals. Cuttlefish, squid and fish serve as food.
===Other names===
The other common name it bears, and regularly, is "'''melon-headed whale'''", for as seen in profile it bears a resemblance to a small whale, and more so to other members of the dolphin family which are also called "whales", such as the [[false killer whale]] (''Pseudorca crassidens''), [[pygmy killer whale]] (''Feresa attenuata''), and even larger [[pilot whale]]s (''Globicephala melas'' and ''G. macrorhynchus''); collectively, the five have been nicknamed "[[Blackfish (cetacean)|blackfish]]", giving rise to the name "'''many-toothed blackfish'''" for this animal.
==Range and habitat==
==Range and habitat==