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Measured swim speeds of various Dolphin species

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Measured swim speeds of various Dolphin species

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10-31-2015, 10:11 PM

First link;

http://darwin.wcupa.edu/~biology/fish/pu...axSwim.pdf

Mean swim speeds of Bottlenosed dolphins was roughly 6.5 meters a sec. Max speed was 8.15 meters a sec. 8 meters a sec was given for the Common dolphin.

Page 4 in this next link gives the swimming speeds for various dolphin species;

http://fishbull.noaa.gov/1041/edwards.pdf


Lagenor or Pacific White Sided dolphins topped at 7.8 meters a sec, for a total of 2 secs.

Porpoising Bottlenosed dolphins managed 11.2 meters a sec. Common dolphins managed 8.8 meters a sec. Spotted dolphins reached 11.1 meters a sec.

Swim speeds of dusky dolphins, page 15;

http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/...rds270.pdf

Burst speeds ranged from 3.08 - 10.04 meters per sec.
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