A newborn and a calf leap in unison. The newborn (left) looks like a pure striped dolphin. The larger calf (right) has a somewhat intermediate pigmentation, possibly due to a combination of striped and short-beaked common dolphin genes.
Calves and newborns are sometimes seen together, and occasionally they stay on their own while their mothers and other adults are diving further away. Such unwary behaviour may be a consequence of low predation risk in the Gulf of Corinth, where large sharks seem to be rare.
(Photo by S. Bonizzoni)
No comments:
Post a Comment