Sunday, 27 June 2010



Hello! Finally got round to uploading some photos. None taken by me by the way, my nature photography skills aren't at the stage where I can photograph dolphins from a moving boat. They were all taken by my supervisor Kevin Robinson. These encounters happened just over a week ago. The female in the photo with the calf is called Panda, and the baby is called Swayze. Swayze has a spinal deformation, which may be the result of numerous factors potentially including attacks by adult male dolphins, but he's gloriously playful, and often bow-rides with us when we meet him. The juvenile on its own is Pirate. And the other picture is the wonderful minke whale which leapt six or so times right out of the water, then followed us out of curiosity for a while. Absolutely incredible experience, to see such a massive creature breach like that, and according to Kevin it's really rare behaviour. As for my project, ArcGIS is finally installed on my laptop and I start analysis tomorrow. I can't wait, it's a fascinating topic, I just hope I fare well with the software... J

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