A curious Pacific bottlenose dolphin leaps from the ocean surface to look at the photographer. Open ocean near San Diego.
Species: Bottlenose Dolphin, Humpback Whale, Tursiops truncatus, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 07167
Lat/Long: 33.07722, -117.41611 (Coordinates: 33° 04' 37.99" N, 117° 24' 58.00" W)
Format: Digital 2:3
Species: Bottlenose Dolphin, Humpback Whale, Tursiops truncatus, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 07167
Lat/Long: 33.07722, -117.41611 (Coordinates: 33° 04' 37.99" N, 117° 24' 58.00" W)
Format: Digital 2:3
Keywords: animal, bottlenose dolphin, bottlenosed dolphin, california, cetacea, cetacean, delphinidae, dolphin, dolphin behavior, dolphin jumping leaping, dolphin spyhopping, marine mammal, odontocete, odontoceti, san diego, truncatus, tursiops, tursiops truncatus, usa
Categories:
- Animal > Cetacean > Dolphin > Bottlenose Dolphin
- Animal > Cetacean > Dolphin > Dolphin Behavior > Dolphin Jumping / Leaping
- Animal > Cetacean > Dolphin > Dolphin Behavior > Dolphin Spyhopping
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