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A miles-long cluster of dolphins has been filmed leaping and gliding across Carmel Bay off the central coast of California, forming an unusual “super pod” of more than 1,500 of the marine creatures.

“They were on the horizon I feel like as far as I could see,” said Capt Evan Brodsky, with Monterey Bay Whale Watch, who captured drone footage of Friday’s huge gathering of Risso’s dolphins.

The sighting was rare: Risso’s dolphins typically travel in groups of only 10 to 30 animals, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.…..

‘Super pod’ of more than 1,500 dolphins spotted off California coast

Whale watchers capture rare footage of miles-long cluster of dolphins ‘just having a great time’

www.theguardian.com

 

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A miles-long cluster of dolphins has been filmed leaping and gliding across Carmel Bay off the central coast of California, forming an unusual “super pod” of more than 1,500 of the marine creatures.

“They were on the horizon I feel like as far as I could see,” said Capt Evan Brodsky, with Monterey Bay Whale Watch, who captured drone footage of Friday’s huge gathering of Risso’s dolphins.

The sighting was rare: Risso’s dolphins typically travel in groups of only 10 to 30 animals, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.…..

‘Super pod’ of more than 1,500 dolphins spotted off California coast

Whale watchers capture rare footage of miles-long cluster of dolphins ‘just having a great time’

www.theguardian.com

They are getting ready to depart.

 

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‘Life finds a way:’ Baby shark born in aquarium tank that housed only females

‘It really proves that life... uh... finds a way’ said the aquarium’s curator of live animals Greg Barrick

www.independent.co.uk

That happened here in Shreveport. Wild that it's a UK paper sharing the story instead of an American paper.

 

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‘Groundbreaking’: scientists develop patch that can repair damaged hearts

Cells taken from blood and ‘reprogrammed’ into heart muscle cells may help patients with heart failure

www.theguardian.com