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Dolphin

Tursiops truncates

Description:

Several dolphins were swimming parallel to the beach, but I could only manage to catch their fins as they broke the surface.

Habitat:

Ocean just off New Smyrna Beach.

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2 Comments

joanbstanley
joanbstanley 9 years ago

I could see the body as it broached the surface, I just couldn't catch it in a photo. There was no second fin; sharks tails are upright, dolphins horizontal. Also dolphins have a curved trailing edge on their fin, shark's are straight.

alanisk
alanisk 9 years ago

What if it's a shark not a dolphin

joanbstanley
Spotted by
joanbstanley

Florida, USA

Spotted on May 22, 2014
Submitted on Jul 7, 2014

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