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Swimming with dolphins

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People ascribe near mythic status to the members of the family Delphinidae (and other related families). This is one of the smallest dolphin species in the world, not much bigger than the common Harbour Porpoise Americans might be familiar with. Which has always mystified me slightly. Akaroa Harbour. Well, I say we.

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My First West Coast Pelagic Trip

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I’ve been on a whale-watching trip in Orange County , twice gone out to Santa Cruz Island , and even visited Protection Island off the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. So you can imagine my great pleasure when it worked out for me to stay in California for two extra days at the end of our family vacation out west.

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