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Dolphins sure seem to know how to have fun!
and they like making friends too.
by strawbale
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on Sun Apr 14, 2024 at 07:00 PM PDT
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�I spent an afternoon walking along the St Pete waterfront. At low tide, it’s a good place to see fishies and crustaceans, and at high tide, I often see Dolphins.
So here are some photos …
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by Lenny Flank
9 comments
on Thu Apr 11, 2024 at 01:00 PM PDT
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My last Daily Bucket was about who I saw underwater in Hawaiian waters. Today’s is about who I saw from the boat while we were either traveling or at rest during our surface intervals between dives. Being out in the middle of the Pacific, the Hawaiian...
by OceanDiver
98 comments
on Tue Oct 10, 2023 at 07:00 AM PDT
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The Golden State was a pioneer decades ago in curbing toxic air pollution from tailpipe emissions. Since then California has been in the lead among the states on a whole range of policies designed to curb greenhouse gas pollution, including a ban on...
by Meteor Blades
71 comments
on Sun Sep 24, 2023 at 08:00 AM PDT
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Dolphins know how to have fun!
by strawbale
35 comments
on Thu Apr 14, 2022 at 07:00 PM PDT
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It’s not unusual to see Dolphins out in Tampa Bay. They hunt regularly in the shallow water along the seawall.
Dolphins are very hard to photo, however, since they surface at random for just a ...
by Lenny Flank
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on Sat Feb 05, 2022 at 06:56 AM PST
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It’s not a rare thing to see Dolphins swimming out in Tampa Bay, but every time I�do, I still stop to�watch.
A few photos. (Dolphins are VERY hard to photo—they only surface for a couple seconds,
by Lenny Flank
11 comments
on Sun Apr 25, 2021 at 06:51 AM PDT
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Several years ago, I became a citizen scientist by joining Zooniverse, a platform that recruits people to help add more eyes to data to help further scientific inquiry. One of the projects I ...
by Rise above the swamp
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on Tue Jan 05, 2021 at 09:30 AM PST
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One of the weapons of a warming climate is changing rainfall patterns. Atmospheric changes and changes in the Jet Stream are causing more hurricanes to stall. These phenomena were seen with Hurricanes Wilma in Cozumel, Harvey in Houston, and Dorian in...
by Pakalolo
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on Fri Dec 18, 2020 at 11:19 PM PST
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Welcome back to the odd and whimsical poetery of the Peeps related to holidaze! Let’s investigate what today is , because we need all the holidaze we can celebrate, right? Lately, every day ...
by elenacarlena
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on Tue Apr 14, 2020 at 07:45 PM PDT
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Enjoy vicariously the life of those for whom swimming IS life.
howdy, landlubbers!
by strawbale
37 comments
on Thu Mar 26, 2020 at 07:00 PM PDT
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Subbing for annetteboardman tonight.
Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, Interceptor7, Magnifico,
by side pocket
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on Fri Mar 06, 2020 at 09:00 PM PST
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Dugong Death by Plastic
The eight-month old dugong appears to have been lost, possibly chased out of her normal feeding territory by an adult dugong. Complicating the situation was her ingestion ...
by Austin Bailey
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on Tue Aug 20, 2019 at 07:11 AM PDT
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The massive floods that wracked the Midwest throughout the spring have meant record runoff from the Mississippi into the Gulf of Mexico. That runoff has carried not just a surge of silt-laden fresh water pushing out into the sea, but also a mixture of...
by Mark Sumner
88 comments
on Sat Jun 15, 2019 at 06:26 AM PDT
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Welcome to Thursday Coffee Hour. This is an open topic thread so help yourself to the goodies and sit a spell and let us know what is new with you. I think one of the most fascinating creatures on ...
by michelewln
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on Thu Apr 11, 2019 at 01:00 PM PDT
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One of the hallmark features of this administration is that nothing it does actually benefits the American people as a whole. In fact, the prevailing philosophy seems to be the exact opposite—to harm as many Americans, in as short a period of time, as...
by Dartagnan
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on Sat Dec 01, 2018 at 06:03 AM PST
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Pay attention. Notice the little things not just those big changes that smack you in the face. Be playful as a way to notice change. Design a device that lets you perceive the world dolphin-style. Ponder how lizards keep from being blown away by...
by Besame
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on Sat Jul 28, 2018 at 08:58 PM PDT
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Welcome to Morning Open Thread, a daily post with a MOTley crew of hosts who choose the topic for the day's posting. We support our community, invite and share ideas, and encourage thoughtful,
by officebss
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on Mon Jul 16, 2018 at 03:30 AM PDT
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This is factually true, this dream, the one I had last night. Once, maybe twice, each year I will have a dream that touches me, a dream that comes from a deep place, a place of a different life or a future life. I don’t know, who can be sure?
This...
by gestalt writing
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on Mon Jun 11, 2018 at 09:18 AM PDT
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It was a rather hairy week for a small pod of White Beaked dolphins in a small community in Newfoundland , BUT FIRST:
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT —
You know how this works, but as always, a gentle ...
by Gwennedd
53 comments
on Sun Mar 25, 2018 at 07:00 PM PDT
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