We have been so lucky over the past few days as we are seeing more and more of the dolphins and they have been very playful. The dolphins have been playing in the wake of our boats quite often lately which is great to see and always alot of fun. The mother dolphins have also been very trusting with our boats around the newborn calves, normally they will keep them away from boats until they learn how to swim alot better and will put themselves between us and the calf to protect them. However we have found that if we give them some space and let them come to us the mothers are only to happy to show off their babies to us, and have been bringing the calves right up close to our boats at a very young age. We definately don't want to scare the dolphins and find that they trust us around their young calves, we think that the mothers themselves have grown up in the Mandurah water ways around our boats and know that we wont try to hurt them.
Baby Sonic has gotten alot better at swimming now it is similar to when a human baby learns to walk to have to practice for a while. Sonic has even started to swim not only under the bow of the "Dancing Dolphin" but his mother has started to bring him for swims in the wake of the "Super Cat" although he is trying to jump out of the water like his mum he has quite got it right yet but our passengers have had a great time today watching him try.
We will be having a baby naming competition very shortly to name two of the baby calves as we already have named Sonic, so keep an eye on the blog and send us your suggestions. We have put some photos from todays sightings on the blog and we hope you like them as much as we do.
If you would like to see Mandurah's playful dolphins please contact Bouvard Cruises:
Ph +61 89581 1242
Email: info@bouvardcruises.com.au
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