Photo: Trained Aquarium Bottlenose Dolphins Valencia Spain

In the aquarium in Valencia, Spain, trained Bottlenose Dolphins hover in one position waiting for a treat from their trainers.

Four of the twenty trained Bottlenose Dolphins at the L'Oceanografic in Valencia, Spain are ready to perform for visitors to the aquarium. Once the trained dolphins perform a trick, they are rewarded with a fish treat which they have become fully accustomed to while residing in the aquarium pool.

Bottlenose Dolphins are extremely intelligent and learning new tricks is something which they catch on to fairly quickly. Sometimes the harder tricks take a little more practice than the simpler ones and the reward for the Bottlenose Dolphins increases when they have perfected it.

The four trained dolphins waiting for their fish in this picture, all have their heads out of the water while keeping their balance with their pectoral fins and tail flukes.

Bottlenose Dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, at the L'Oceanographic in the La Ciutat de les Arts i les Cienies Complex, Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, The City of the Arts and Science, in the City of Valencia, Valencia, Spain, Europe.

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