It's always exciting to watch dolphins performing different activities but has anyone wondered what do dolphins eat? People are only interested to see them perform in the zoo or water parks where there are trainers and strict training is given to them for performing different activities and gathering audiences for a source of money. So for these reasons dolphins are taken captive and then they have to be fed properly and looked after by giving proper medical attention and fulfilling other requirements.

The answer to the question what do dolphins eat would be fishes in general. But the amount of fish that they need to consume mostly depends on their weight. They can also have crabs and different other small fishes that are present in the water. They love to live in the natural environment and they have many methods of hunting food for themselves and then feed themselves. According to the amount of energy they need, they kill fishes to satisfy their energy content which is going to be consumed for different activities. They hunt fishes by different techniques such as by surrounding many fishes and then all the dolphins attack them together calling for a feast coz they can hunt on a large scale in this way specific for a particular type of a species. They can also hit the fishes with their huge tail and then hunt them as those minor fishes get affected by those whacks by the tail. They can also hunt them by fooling the fishes into the shallow water where they are not able to swim back and then the dolphin takes the advantage of this situation and then hunts them down. The technique of hunting or the method may be different form species to species. Engulfment is the name of the process which the dolphins use to have the food which they hunt.

Some people confuse dolphins with whales and they have the mind set that like whales they can also consume anything and everything that is possible. After reading this I hope nobody has to break their head on the question of what do dolphins eat. This question also becomes compulsory for the people who are associated with keeping dolphins for their proper and healthy stay.