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Merry Christmas, No Dolphins
I was thrilled to see calm seas for today’s dolphin trip! Too many weeks passed without a dolphin trip! Bill & Nowdla had a great boat full of excited passengers and all eyes were scanning the sea. Unfortunately, there were no dolphins to be found. We did enjoy a close-up of a large loggerhead turtle as “he” rested at the surface though.
And the winner is…..
Bill Cunningham!Congratulations to Bill who won our holiday drawing for a signed copy of Dolphin Mysteries, co-authored by DCP director, Dr. Kathleen Dudzinski.
Where do dolphins go on Christmas?
DCP is pleased to introduce an illustrated Christmas web-book: Where do Dolphins Go On Christmas? Written and illustrated by Ranke de Vries, this short children's story is available for download free of charge from the DPC website. Feel free to print out, email and share this story with your friends.
New dolphin DVD – Just in time!
Kathleen and John have just finished updating the DVD that accompanies all Adopt-A-Dolphin kits! The new DVD includes new footage from 2009 for all Adopt-A-Dolphins that were observed this year.
Adopt-A-Dolphin – Holiday extras!
Adopting a dolphin through the Dolphin Communication Project is great out-of-the-box holiday gift. Okay, okay, we’re a little biased, but our kits really do make great gifts. And by adopting a wild dolphin, you ensure that DCP is able to continue not only to research dolphins around the world, but also carry out all sorts of great education programs. This holiday season our kits give you even more.
Final Gazette of 2009!
It’s here – Gazette Issue 13 no. 4.
Kathleen’s DE Summary – 2009
My trip to Dolphin Encounters was only four days this month, but it was very productive and yielded more almost 3.5 hours of data. It was great to see the dolphins again and to record their behavior and interactions. In between my data collection sessions with the dolphins I had the opportunity to watch the sea lions and sea turtle. I even saw a few of the blue crabs feeding on algae.
Friday – our last day of data collection
It rained last night but cleared by morning and the sun shown brilliantly. We had a good start to the day and I was in the water with Dot, Chippy and Jake by about 9:45 am. A few times, I felt that Dot and Chippy were “sneaking” up on me, maybe observing my behavior? They would click on me only just as they swam by me – from about 4 meters away and slowly by me. Jake whistled a few times when he was around the females and as he swam around me.
Better visibility and more behavior!
Today was a great session with the young boys in one of the front pools. The underwater visibility had improved even more and so I could see the parallel swims, and follow the dolphins for farther underwater without being too close. Very neat. Goombay was curious about my fins, but not too curious while Andy and Salvador swam under and around me. They even shared a pectoral fin contact! Of course, I was clicked on and whistled at …