Can bottlenose dolphins live in freshwater?

There's none of their usual food sources there, and most sources of freshwater near the ocean are full of floating and suspended debris that messes up their echolocation systems (think Big Muddy, the Mississippi River, for instance). read more

No. There’s none of their usual food sources there, and most sources of freshwater near the ocean are full of floating and suspended debris that messes up their echolocation systems (think Big Muddy, the Mississippi River, for instance). read more

Of the 40 + known species of dolphin most species are not known to live in freshwater environments; at least not for long periods of time. Dolphins that are not considered freshwater dolphins may visit or travel through freshwater environments, but they ultimate return back to their saltwater habitat. read more