Sailors capture spectacular footage of rare dolphin super pod encounter
“They were aboard Horn’s 110-foot sailboat off Cape Town, South Africa, when perhaps as many as 10,000 common dolphins appeared around their boat, swimming in what’s sometimes referred to as stampede behavior. “At first, on the horizon, we noticed what appeared to be a giant ball of bait fish…The water boiled for literally a mile in every direction … only as it approached at the speed of a swift wave did we see first a nose, then another, then a dorsal fin and then a thousand of them, then more…Only then did we realize we were experiencing the rare ‘super pod’ of dolphins. Not dozens, not hundreds, but thousands of them — so thick you could have walked across their backs had they been game for it.”
~ The GrindTV Blog
Thank you Susan for the share.
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How perfectly lovely…what a smile maker! Thanks!
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And, warm and fuzzy feeling…
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Well…that was beautiful. 🙂
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Wasn’t it now!
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That would be SO COOL to be able to do that. Guess you’d have to be a dolphin, though. Does this count as beginning to experience animals?
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Yes this counts. But you are on 10000 hour plan here and you are 4 minutes in
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Right, Dave. Use my own words against me.
I tried bonding with the platies as I cleaned their tank. They were unco-operative but I figure I can log 30 min.
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🙂
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That is incredible! I can only imagine what an experience for those guys that have sailed for so long.
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Must have looked surreal…like can this be happening?
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Wow wow wow…Did I say wow yet? I love the comment about being marked forever if you’ve seen something like this.
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Wow back at ya…
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Amazing..just amazing – I would love to see something like this in person. Until then, thank you for my Jaques Cousteau moment.
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My pleasure. And you and I are old enough to know who Jaques is…
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Sigh…it’s true..
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Left a trace in my soul and that was just the video version. Can only begin to imagine what that must have been like to actually be there … the amazing beauty, grace, pure awesomeness of our world leaves me speechless sometimes. Thanks for sharing.
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Goosebumps stacked…
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Brings tears to my eyes, they’re just so amazing… WOW. Love them. Thanks so much for sharing this, I hadn’t seen it. ♥
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I’m with you. Incredibly moving
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Reblogged this on Serenity Spell and commented:
I had to share this, posted by David Kanigan on Lead.Learn.Live. Perhaps it’s my upbringing in the South Pacific, but this giant pod of dolphins brought tears to my eyes — so utterly beautiful and inspiring. As the witness says at the end of the video: “Once you’ve lived that experience, it obviously leaves a trace in your mind… you’re marked forever. And from that moment, you just want to protect that natural beauty.”
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THANK YOU – IT REALLY IS QUITE SOMETHING TO SEE!!!! EVEN ON FILM!!!
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It’s completely inspiring and…soul-lifting!! I can’t fathom seeing this in person. WOW. How wonderful that they got such beautiful footage, too. ♥
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I so agree. Supernatural!
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INDEED!!!
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QUITE SPECTACULAR!!! LOOKS LIKE THEY WERE CURIOUS TO KNOW WHERE YOU WERE GOING AND MAYBE TAG ALONG A BIT!!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!
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Yes…going along for the ride…by the thousands!
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HEY, IF YOU ARE GOING TO GO ON AN EXPLORATION TRIP FOR THE FUN OF IT ,MAY AS WELL TAKE ALONG FAMILY AND FRIENDS!!!
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No matter where you are, no matter what you’re doing, no matter who you are – when you come across a sight like this you STOP. And you are suddenly joyful.
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Yes…and most grateful to be alive to see it…
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Had no idea such a thing existed, but man, is that cool!!! And as many have remarked, the comment about experiencing such a phenomenon and being changed is so true….. 🙂
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I had goosebumps watching this. Incredible.
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What a beautiful experience.
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Surreal…I go back to it often.
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