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Science News for Students: Dolphin Sponge Moms ArticleScience News for Students: Dolphin Sponge Moms Article
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Society for Science and the Public
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Science News for Students: Dolphin Sponge Moms

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Some bottlenose dolphins in Australia use a sponge (kind of like a glove) to protect the dolphin when it pokes around on the bottom of the bay. Do they figure this trick out on their own or do they inherit this ability or is it something else?

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animal behavior

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bottlenose dolphin, sponge

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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