Bottlenose Dolphin - birth process has started - with tail and Dorsal Fin out - birth will occur within seconds (Tursiops truncatus). Oltremare lagoon Riccione Italy. The pregnancy lasted 54 weeks. The male calf was born July 2nd 2010 at 8:02 am and started to take milk 2 and half hours after birth (feeding at an average of two/three times per hour). At birth its weight was roughly 16 kg and 120cm in length. After 20 days its weight was 31 kg. The mother is 'Blue', a female born in Delphinarium Rimini Italy in 1996. The father is 'Micha', 25 year old coming from Cuba (in Italy since 1989).