The Irrawady dolphin is very relaxed and usually swims slowly. It surfaces in a rolling fashion and lifts its tail fluke clear of the water for a deep dive only. If you have an Irrawady dolphin in your national zoo, you may see it spit streams of water from its mouth whole spyhopping. Spyhopping is something that many dolphins do. They will peek out their heads to see the outside surrounding just like us treading water.

Do you know who found this special dolphin? It was Sir Richard Owen. Surprisingly, many people think that the Irrawady dolphin is a river dolphin, but in fact, it is an oceanic dolphin. There is this misconception as it is usually seen in the rivers. They actually go to the rivers as it lives near the coasts.

There is a still hope for these dolphins although they are endangered.