- Bottlenose dolphins undergo sexual reproduction
- Females tend to mature anywhere from 5 - 12 years while Males tend to mature anywhere from 10 - 13 years They can reproduce at any time of the year. When bottlenose dolphins are in the mood to reproduce, they begin to undergo sexual reproduce with many other bottlenose dolphins It has been proven that they female dolphin is influenced by emotional factors when she wants to mate they become more prone likely not to reproduce with other bottlenose dolphins when they feel sadness. A male bottlenose dolphin would fight with other males in order to be granted the right to reproduce with a female that he with whom he wants to reproduce. Out of the male bottlenose dolphins that fight for the female bottlenose dolphin, the one that looks the most powerful during the fray is the one that the female chooses. Mating for bottlenose dolphins has been known to include a lot of touching and physical contact, to the extent which it sets it apart from the reproduction of other species of animals
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This is a picture of the male reproductive system for a bottlenose dolphin. Notice how the genitalia that would tend to be found outside an organism are located inside the dolphin.
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This is a picture of the female reproductive system for a bottlenose dolphin. Notice how the uterus is made up of two horns streching how to form a heart-shaped uter