Bottlenose dolphins are highly social animals and are regularly seen traveling with others of their kind and, in some instances, with other dolphin species. During many of my wild bottle dolphin encounters I have seen both bottlenose dolphins and Atlantic spotted dolphins swimming and hunting together. Bottlenose dolphins scan the ocean floor using their echo location (a type of acoustical radar) to locate and capture prey, such as fish, that may be hiding in the sand. Learn more about bottlenose dolphin.