‘JUMPING FOR JOY’: CHEERFUL DOLPHINS IN ABACO WATERS
To be totally accurate, one or two of these photographs may have be take from the BMMRO research vessel at some point during an expedition to Andros. But since the boat set off from and returned to Abaco, with an Abaconian team on board, I have stretched a point with the title…
It would be hard to view a dolphin leap as high as this (top photo) as anything other than an expression of pure enjoyment. Difficult to tell the exact height, but it’s fairly spectacular. Dolphins always seem to be looking, or acting, happy. Here are a few more, a mix of bottlenose and spotted dolphins, to spread some cheer…
This dolphin was one of a large pod of 28 seen on a recent BMMRO research trip
Time to get my… erm… paintbox out
Photo credits: Bahamas Marine Mammal Research Organisation BMMRO
In an earlier post I name-checked BMMRO intern Oscar Ward’s blog SeventyPercentBlue. You can read Oscar’s account of his continuing adventures HERE
