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kestrel91316

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28. I think these giant pods are fairly common here. I saw

Mon Feb 18, 2013, 12:34 PM

Feb 2013

one about 20 years ago off the SoCal coast. I took a boat trip out to Anacapa Island (one of the Channel Islands).

On the way out, the boat was surrounded by them as far as the eye could see. Some of them were clearly enjoying themselves racing the boat and darting in from of it.

When we got to the island and were walking around on top where you have such great views all around, you could see that same absolutely gigantic pod of dolphins circling the island clockwise, and it had to be hundreds of thousands of them. A truly remarkable sight.

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Umm . . . where are these 100,00 or so dolphins going? [View all] bigtree Feb 2013 OP

Dolphopalooza aikoaiko Feb 2013 #1

Dolphopalooza AlbertCat Feb 2013 #30

Totally union_maid Feb 2013 #57

Wow. Scuba Feb 2013 #2

As I understand it Aguaman has resigned as king of atlantis in favor of a parliamentary system el_bryanto Feb 2013 #3

I just hope it's not goodbye intaglio Feb 2013 #4

lol. My first thought, too. Arkansas Granny Feb 2013 #7

dolphins can see the future bigtree Feb 2013 #11

So long, and thanks for all the fish? n/t Greybnk48 Feb 2013 #5

8) DirkGently Feb 2013 #12

Yes, the dolphins' parting words..... nt Granny M Feb 2013 #25

They tried to warn us RedCappedBandit Feb 2013 #46

"For instance, on the planet Earth, Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #62

maybe something bad is going to happen april Feb 2013 #6

my thoughts too. bunnies Feb 2013 #9

don't panic bigtree Feb 2013 #13

surprised no one said okieinpain Feb 2013 #52

Nuzzle the picture you like, Flipper Bosonic Feb 2013 #8

The Call of Cthulhu jpak Feb 2013 #10

probably chasing food warrior1 Feb 2013 #14

wonder how large a meal is waiting for a 7 mile long mass of dolphins bigtree Feb 2013 #15

Baitball! Baitball Blogger Feb 2013 #16

You would know! pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #21

Boy, do I. Baitball Blogger Feb 2013 #23

That bait ball is history! freshwest Feb 2013 #50

Herding would be more likely Coyotl Feb 2013 #26

"Grab your towel and prepare to make way for a hyperspace bypass." redqueen Feb 2013 #17

It's time for the earth to flip over. loudsue Feb 2013 #18

So long, and thanks for all the fish............. tavalon Feb 2013 #19

Departing on the ship ewagner Feb 2013 #36

You beat me to it. GoneOffShore Feb 2013 #49

They're probably following the Humboldt Squid outbreak - LINK ADDED slackmaster Feb 2013 #20

they were beaching themselves in pretty large numbers on the Pacific coast a short while back bigtree Feb 2013 #22

So it's, "Thanks for all the squid"? Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #32

Do.Not.Panic. lastlib Feb 2013 #24

I wonder what was dumped off San Diego. nt valerief Feb 2013 #27

I think these giant pods are fairly common here. I saw kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #28

I saw a VERY large pod about 500 miles off the coast in 1990 slackmaster Feb 2013 #44

Holy bottlenose bottleneck! Orrex Feb 2013 #29

could be they were just having fun and were talking to each other Botany Feb 2013 #31

dolphins aren't really all that intelligent bigtree Feb 2013 #37

Good one Botany Feb 2013 #41

okay . . . listen to me. For the last time bigtree Feb 2013 #43

our hopes we will one day be able to communicate with dolphins Skittles Feb 2013 #53

when dolphins make those cute whistles and clicking sounds bigtree Feb 2013 #59

LOL Skittles Feb 2013 #63

Here you go: Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2013 #33

Dolphin fin-bump bigtree Feb 2013 #35

Remember when all the elephants headed for the hills just before the tsunami hit hobbit709 Feb 2013 #34

My guess is a Dolphin Pow wow, LOL. awesome. catbyte Feb 2013 #38

It's the centenial all-ocean Squeeeakakak Family Reunion JHB Feb 2013 #39

Reacting to infrasound from the meteor strike? (nt) matt819 Feb 2013 #40

One of them answered "Polo" waaaaay out there pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #42

'Marco!" bigtree Feb 2013 #45

Just the Pacific White-sided Dolphins heading out to the deep NightWatcher Feb 2013 #47

yup, pod of dolphins. Common occurence bigtree Feb 2013 #48

It's their version of a Rainbow Gathering. KittyWampus Feb 2013 #51

Everybody Rainbow Hop - de bop bop Berlum Feb 2013 #55

going on vacation? MFM008 Feb 2013 #54

Going to attack the Japanese fishing fleet? CanonRay Feb 2013 #56

You only need to worry if they said "thanks for all the fish".... quaker bill Feb 2013 #58

Ultra rare? Tree-Hugger Feb 2013 #60

you think you've seen it all . . . then bigtree Feb 2013 #61

There they go Tree-Hugger Feb 2013 #64