• Question: if dolphins an only stay under the water for 15 minutes how can they swim 260m there and back in 15minutes???

    Asked by anniew to Jo, Kevin, Valeria on 21 Jun 2012.
    • Photo: Joanna Cruden

      Joanna Cruden answered on 21 Jun 2012:


      520 meters is less than half a mile and they can swim up to about 25 miles an hour, even when they are coasting they swim about 7 miles an hour, and don’t forget they do come up for air as they swim which is why you can see them easily from boats

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