6 Fin-Tastic Dolphin Facts

Dolphins Have Three Stomachs

While dolphins are cunning hunters, they forgo any semblance of dining manners by wolfing down their food without chewing. Thankfully, they have a three-chambered stomach designed to handle the rapid intake. The easily stretchable forestomach is primarily used to store the food, the main stomach is where the majority of digestion takes place, and the pyloric chamber completes digestion and regulates passage into the small intestine. This streamlined process supports the bottlenose dolphin’s average daily intake of 25 to 50 pounds of fish, squid, and crustaceans.

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