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Dolphin

Tursiops truncates

Photo by joanbstanley
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Field Notes

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.

Reference Links:

Bottlenose dolphin

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Comments (2)
joanbstanley
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
What if it's a shark not a dolphin

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PublishedJuly 7, 2014

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