Spinner Dolphins Challenge the Attention Span of CLNC® Consultants
Tom and I were in the Maldives on a dolphin viewing cruise. I’ve seen dolphins at home and worked with dolphins at Sea World, but these are “Spinner” dolphins. Their eccentric behavior is to jump out of the water and spin in the air like an Olympic skater executing a triple Axel jump. Everyone was excited to be on the water and, needless to say, our expectations were high.
Suddenly, there we were, in a channel surrounded by more than 100 dolphins. You could see their white bellies as they swam just in front of the boat – surfing the pressure wave created by the bow. They splashed in the wake, made rolling turns and swam in tightly packed groups of 2-8. They did every type of dolphin behavior – except the one we came for – spinning.
I’ve never seen so many dolphins at one time. They moved so quickly, breaching the surface to breathe and then swimming off at an incredible rate of speed. I’m an amateur photographer. Point, click and hope for a good photo. After taking way too many pictures of dolphin tails and backs (they’re too fast to photograph without being able to anticipate their next move) I just stopped,
