winter was found when she was two months old tangled in crab trap line, which cut circulation to her tail flukes.

What words need capitalized?

While most dolphins in this situation wouldn’t survive Winter adapted to her new physical form and made a complete recovery!

Where does the comma go in the sentence?

five years and one day after winter was found, Hope was discovered in a similar location in the indian river lagoon.

What words need capitalized?

Dolphins are intensely social mammals that communicate with squeaks, whistles, and clicks.

What is the main reason commas are used in this sentence?

Dolphins are carnivores. Fish, squid and crustaceans are included in their list of prey. Nearly 40 species of dolphins swim the waters of the world. A 260-pound dolphin eats about 33 pounds of fish a day.

Which sentence doesn't really belong?

Dolphins are very social, living in groups that hunt and even play together. Large pods of dolphins can have 1,000 members or more. Dolphins have acute eyesight both in and out of the water.

Which sentence doesn't belong?

Because dolphins are mammals, they need to come to the surface of the water to breathe. Unlike land mammals that breathe and eat through their mouths, dolphins have separate holes for each task. After birth, dolphins are surprisingly maternal. Dolphins eat through their mouths and breathe through their blowholes.

Which sentence doesn't belong?

Dolphins live in the worlds seas and oceans and in some rivers too.

Where do you need an apostrophe s ('s) in this sentence to show possession?

Dolphins are champion power nappers. Rather than sleep for several hours at a time, they rest one hemisphere of their brain for 15 to 20 minutes at a time, and they take these "naps" several times each day.

What would be a good title for this paragraph?

After spending over six years tracking 200 bottlenose dolphins, scientists discovered that dolphins have friends. Instead of spending equal time with the dolphins around them, the animals actually segregate themselves into friend groups.

Which sentence should be added to the end of this paragraph?

With so many different types of turtle, there is no average size. The largest sea turtle species is the leatherback turtle. It weighs 600 to 1,500 lbs.

What word could you substitute for average?

Sea turtles rarely leave the ocean, except to lay eggs in the sand.

_________, tortoises are land animals. Their feet are round and stumpy, adapted for walking on land.

What word can you add to contrast these sentences?

Turtles are not silent creatures. Some sound like electric motors, some sound like belching humans and some bark like dogs. The red-footed tortoise from South America clucks like a chicken.

What would be the best title for this paragraph?

Sea turtles travel from the ocean to lay eggs on beaches. Usually, sea turtles lay around 110 eggs in a nest, _______ the flatback turtle only lays 50 at a time.

What word BEST fits in the blank?

Unlike other turtles, sea turtles cannot retract their flippers and head into their shells.

Retract means to pull something back. Which of the following sentences use the word correctly?

Blooms of the Flower Hat Jellies make swimming in waters off Argentina hazardous. The sting of this jelly is painful, leaving a bright rash. In Brazil, blooms of these jellies interfere with shrimp fishing; the jellies clog their nets and drive shrimp away, probably to deeper water.

Based on the text, what could you substitute for blooms?