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A couple of facts :D

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. • Gators can have fun, alligators aren't stupid, they can have fun as they along with other crocodilians will give each other piggy back rides, one alligator was seen repeatingly throwing a foot ball that landed in his pond, and another was playing with river otters.

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Birding Inirida, Colombia, or river dolphins and hoatzins, part 2

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Later, we would be seeing dolphins every day. On one hand, dolphins are apex predators and a proof of a preserved ecosystem. said that he dreamt of river dolphins. This dolphin shapeshifter is called an encantado. . “Shameless creatures: An ethnozoology of the Amazon river dolphin” Ethnology.

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Saving Marine Animals that Are NOT Cute

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People want to save the dolphins and the sea otters, but what about the bluefin tuna? It's easier to motivate people to save them as opposed to other species that are vital, but either boring or ugly. It's the same problem with marine life. They don't invoke the pathos of the tragic salmon or the merriment of a playful porpoise.

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Seabirding off Cape Point

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Add to this regular sightings of Humpback and Southern Right Whale, inside and outside the bay, as well as year round sightings of Bryde’s Whale and occasional summer reports of Orca in pursuit of dolphin off Cape Point, and you have some idea as to what to expect in the way of the ‘unexpected’.

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