The Mandurah dolphins have been pretty busy over the Christmas season mating, feeding in the shallows, throwing fish but also finding time to play with seaweed and with our vessels "Dancing Dolphin" and "Super Cat". Nikky and her calf who is now one year old have been sighted quite often in the last few weeks, Nikky is teaching her calf how to survive once the calf leaves her side. This week they were seen in Manjar Bay rounding up school's of mullet in the shallow waters. Nikky found herself getting stuck on the sandbank due to the low tides but has learnt how to get herself off again over the years. Many dolphins get caught on sandbanks chasing fish some result in getting sunburnt which heals quickly but leaves a white scar on the dolphin. We are expecting that Nikky pregnant again as she was seen mating with a large male dolphin the gestation period for a dolphin is 12 months.
Another of our favourite dolphins was seen this week "White Spot" and a pod of mostly male dolphins were out in the estuary swimming on the bow wave of the "Dancing Dolphin" White Spot as his name would suggest has a white spot on his head just before his dorsal fin, he is a keen jumper and will usually play with the boats. He also likes to show off a little jumping right next to the boat and wetting passengers onboard.
From the crew at Bouvard Cruises we hope that you had a very Merry Christmas and have a happy and safe New Year and would love to see you on one of our cruises to meet our wonderful bottlenosed dolphins.
If you would like to see Mandurah's dolphin's please contact us:
Phone: +61 89581 1242 Email: info@bouvardcruises.com.au Web: http://www.bouvardcruises.com.au/
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