2007-01-18 16:16:29 · 16 answers · asked by zero cool 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
There are a number of dolphin species that live in fresh water.
They all belong to the river dolphin families. These are: the Platanistidae (Ganges and Indus river dolphins), the Iniidae (the boto or Amazon river dolphin) and the Pontoporiidae (the baiji and the franciscana). There is one species that can be found both in fresh water (the Amazon river) and in coastal sea waters: the tucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis).
In general, salt water species don't do well in fresh water.
They can survive for some time, but they will be come exhausted (since they have less buoyancy in fresh water) and after a while their skin will start to slough (like our own skin after spending a long time in the bathtub).
2007-01-18 16:20:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The sea dolphins cannot live in fresh water but there are some varities of fresh water dolphins ...
Commonly known as ‘Susu’, the Ganges (INDIA) River Dolphins are among the four freshwater Dolphins found in the world - the other three are the Baiji found in the Yangtze river in China, the Bhulan of the Indus in Pakistan and the Buto of the river Amazon in Latin America.
2007-01-18 16:26:40 · answer #2 · answered by Suman 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Saltwater dolphins can tolerate for a while but cant live there, there is a certain species of dolphin though that do live in fresh water rivers
2007-01-18 16:19:50 · answer #3 · answered by Philip D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES.
The Boto, Amazon River Dolphin or Pink River Dolphin[1] (Inia geoffrensis) is a freshwater river dolphin endemic to the Amazon River and Orinoco River systems. The largest of the river dolphins, this species is not to be confused with the Tucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis), whose range overlaps that of the Boto but is not a true river dolphin.
The IUCN lists Amazon Dolphin, Boto Vermelho, Boto Cor-de-Rosa, Bouto, Bufeo, Dauphin de l'Amazone, Inia, Pink Dolphin, Pink Freshwater Dolphin, Pink Porpoise, and Tonina as other names used to describe this species.
2007-01-18 16:25:28 · answer #4 · answered by Twin Peak 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A few rare dolphins live in fresh water. While most dolphin species live in the salt water of the ocean, there are five species that live in rivers and streams.
2007-01-18 16:19:26 · answer #5 · answered by beth3988 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are many different species of dolphin, some of them are only found in fresh water.
2007-01-18 16:19:41 · answer #6 · answered by Bob Peppers 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes dolphin species are known to live in fresh water.
2007-01-18 16:20:45 · answer #7 · answered by blitzkrieg_hatf6 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the performing dolphins at Sea World live in pretty light blue freshwater.
2007-01-18 16:18:43 · answer #8 · answered by genine_s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I put my dolphins in a fresh water tank and they died a few days later
2007-01-18 16:19:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Some dolphins can. There are pink river dolphins in the Amazon, but I think that they can't go between freah and salt and ocean dolphins can't go between salt and resh.
2007-01-18 16:19:08 · answer #10 · answered by Cat Loves Her Sabres 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋