Leaping Dolphins

Any time is a happy time when you watch Bottlenose Dolphins gracefully swimming along the coastline in small pods, breaching the water every so often.  Sometimes quite close to the shore.

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Watching from my balcony, there was a day a few seemed to be having some fun, leaping as they moved along.  They kept doing it, so I decided to grab my camera and see if I could anticipate the next location of a leap.

(Photos are heavily cropped and definitely not my best….but are fun!)

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Adult Bottlenose Dolphins average 10-14 feet long and about 1100 lbs.

They can reach speeds 20-22 mph and can breach up to 20 feet out of the water, landing with a splash.

Here we go!

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That sure looked like fun to me!

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You can’t help but smile and feel happy after watching Bottlenose Dolphins enjoying life and freedom.