Dolphin Behavior photos

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Pacific white sided dolphin, Kelp carry, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens, San Diego, California
Pacific white sided dolphin, Kelp carry.
Species: Pacific white-sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 00045  
Pacific white sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens, San Diego, California
Pacific white sided dolphin.
Species: Pacific white-sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 00060  
Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis
Atlantic spotted dolphin.
Species: Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis
Location: Bahamas
Image ID: 00674  
Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, foraging in sand, Tursiops truncatus
Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, foraging in sand.
Species: Bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
Location: Bahamas
Image ID: 00694  
Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis, Sao Miguel Island
Atlantic spotted dolphin.
Species: Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis
Location: Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal
Image ID: 02086  
Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis, Sao Miguel Island
Atlantic spotted dolphin.
Species: Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis
Location: Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal
Image ID: 02087  
Common dolphin, Baja California, Delphinus delphis
Common dolphin, Baja California.
Species: Common dolphin, Delphinus delphis
Image ID: 04924  
Common dolphin, Baja California, Delphinus delphis
Common dolphin, Baja California.
Species: Common dolphin, Delphinus delphis
Image ID: 04931  
A Rissos dolphin spyhops, lifting its head above water for a look. Note distinguishing and highly variable skin and dorsal fin patterns, characteristic of this species.  White scarring, likely caused by other Risso dolphins teeth, accumulates during the dolphins life so that adult Rissos dolphins are almost entirely white.  Offshore near San Diego, Grampus griseus
A Rissos dolphin spyhops, lifting its head above water for a look. Note distinguishing and highly variable skin and dorsal fin patterns, characteristic of this species. White scarring, likely caused by other Risso dolphins teeth, accumulates during the dolphins life so that adult Rissos dolphins are almost entirely white. Offshore near San Diego.
Species: Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 07598  
Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis
Atlantic spotted dolphin.
Species: Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis
Location: Bahamas
Image ID: 00680  
Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis
Atlantic spotted dolphin.
Species: Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis
Location: Bahamas
Image ID: 00681  
Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis
Atlantic spotted dolphin.
Species: Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis
Location: Bahamas
Image ID: 00682  
Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis
Atlantic spotted dolphin.
Species: Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis
Location: Bahamas
Image ID: 00683  
Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis
Atlantic spotted dolphin.
Species: Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis
Location: Bahamas
Image ID: 00684  
Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis
Atlantic spotted dolphin.
Species: Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis
Location: Bahamas
Image ID: 00685  
Pacific white sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens, San Diego, California
Pacific white sided dolphin.
Species: Pacific white-sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 01166  
Atlantic  bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
Atlantic bottlenose dolphin.
Species: Bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
Location: Bahamas
Image ID: 04906  
Atlantic  bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
Atlantic bottlenose dolphin.
Species: Bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
Location: Bahamas
Image ID: 04907  
Atlantic  bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
Atlantic bottlenose dolphin.
Species: Bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
Location: Bahamas
Image ID: 04908  
Pacific white sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens, San Diego, California
Pacific white sided dolphin.
Species: Pacific white-sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 04962  
Pacific white sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens, San Diego, California
Pacific white sided dolphin.
Species: Pacific white-sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 04963  
A curious Pacific bottlenose dolphin leaps from the ocean surface to look at the photographer.  Open ocean near San Diego, Tursiops truncatus
A curious Pacific bottlenose dolphin leaps from the ocean surface to look at the photographer. Open ocean near San Diego.
Species: Bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 07159  
Pacific bottlenose dolphin breaches the ocean surface as it leaps and takes a breath.  Open ocean near San Diego, Tursiops truncatus
Pacific bottlenose dolphin breaches the ocean surface as it leaps and takes a breath. Open ocean near San Diego.
Species: Bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 07163  
Pacific bottlenose dolphin hydrodynamically slices the ocean as it surfaces to breathe.  Open ocean near San Diego, Tursiops truncatus
Pacific bottlenose dolphin hydrodynamically slices the ocean as it surfaces to breathe. Open ocean near San Diego.
Species: Bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 07164  
A curious Pacific bottlenose dolphin leaps from the ocean surface to look at the photographer.  Open ocean near San Diego, Tursiops truncatus
A curious Pacific bottlenose dolphin leaps from the ocean surface to look at the photographer. Open ocean near San Diego.
Species: Bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 07166  
Pacific bottlenose dolphin breaches the ocean surface as it leaps and takes a breath.  Open ocean near San Diego, Tursiops truncatus
Pacific bottlenose dolphin breaches the ocean surface as it leaps and takes a breath. Open ocean near San Diego.
Species: Bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 07168  
Pacific bottlenose dolphin hydrodynamically slices the ocean as it surfaces to breathe.  Open ocean near San Diego, Tursiops truncatus
Pacific bottlenose dolphin hydrodynamically slices the ocean as it surfaces to breathe. Open ocean near San Diego.
Species: Bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 07169  
Pacific bottlenose dolphin hydrodynamically slices the ocean as it surfaces to breathe.  Open ocean near San Diego, Tursiops truncatus
Pacific bottlenose dolphin hydrodynamically slices the ocean as it surfaces to breathe. Open ocean near San Diego.
Species: Bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 07170  
Pacific bottlenose dolphin opens its blowhole to breathe at the ocean surface.  Open ocean near San Diego, Tursiops truncatus
Pacific bottlenose dolphin opens its blowhole to breathe at the ocean surface. Open ocean near San Diego.
Species: Bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 07172  
Pacific bottlenose dolphin opens its blowhole to breathe at the ocean surface.  Open ocean near San Diego, Tursiops truncatus
Pacific bottlenose dolphin opens its blowhole to breathe at the ocean surface. Open ocean near San Diego.
Species: Bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 07173  
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