River Dolphin
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My First Time Seeing Txuci River Dolphins
I remember the exact moment when I arrived the Amazon and was greatly surprised by a huge group of Txuci’s fishing. I can’t imagine such a creature that was so magical. They have such acrobatic movements and always seem to be smiling. It was a magical moment when I noticed how they worked together to…
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My First Encounter with an Indus River Dolphin – 1998
It’s so difficult to pinpoint because I think every encounter I have is extremely special, but I think I can share a few. So my first time I saw and Indus River Dolphins was more than 20 years ago. This was 1998 and so I was obviously real, like a new recruit. And I think…
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Tagging Araguaian River Dolphins
Our research focus is collecting enough genetic and morphometric information to classify Araguaian River Dolphins’ as a new species. This is where the story begins. Araguaian River dolphins are a species that barely show themselves on the surface of the water, but part of their back and dorsal thing are visible during diving and breathing…
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My Favourite Cetacean Encounter – 2010
I do have another Whale Tale that I would love to share, which is probably my favorite ever encounter with a cetacean. It was actually with river dolphins in Cambodia. And so I went to Cambodia when I was 19. I just booked a flight in my summer holiday from from university. I worked two…
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Kayaking with River Dolphins! – 11/10
Back in 2010 I was on the high school senior trip; we went to the Amazon River in Brazil and one day we had the opportunity to go kayaking. As much as you would think the Amazon has many animals out all the time it’s not true, all I had really seen so far was…