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Bottlenose dolphins

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Bottlenose dolphins

Fiordland is home to a small population of bottlenose dolphins, which seem to live there year round.

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Paddy Ryan, Fiords – Fish and marine mammals, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/6346/bottlenose-dolphins (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Paddy Ryan, published 2 March 2009.