Gone Fishing!

Passengers often ask us where we are going to find the dolphins and do they swim through the marina and canal systems and the answer is yes! It is not uncommon for dolphins to be found in the canals and are usually looking a food, which could be a number of different types of fish and even octopus. The dolphins are very smart and know that if they chase the fish along the rock wall at great speeds the fish will get confused and they can trap them against the walls of the canals. They will also slap the water with their tails to stun the fish or blow bubbles to scare them.

Dolphins often work together in pods or even join in with other pods when there are large numbers of fish in one area. They circle the fish and round them up then charge in and grab the fish, they can be quite quick and very exciting to watch. Dolphins however can only swallow food they can not chew it first so most of the fish they catch is small enough to swallow whole, however we often see dolphins swimming along with a large salmon, cobbler or octopus which gets thrown into the air a number of times in hopes of ripping it apart.

Mandurahs dolphins are 100% wild and we would like to keep them this way, we do not encourage them with food or toys and they are free to come and go as they like. Dolphins are more then capable to find food themselves so please remember that if you do see dolphins do not feed them, and it is always nice to know that they choose to interact with our vessels of their own free will.

If you would like to see Mandurah's friendly dolphins

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