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Monday, March 5, 2012

Octopus Comb-over

Nice hair!
During one of our recent dolphin sightings, we took notice of a bottlenose dolphin unlike all the others. It was almost as if he was wearing something on his head. Turns out this guy managed to get not one but 2 octopuses stuck on him. He started showing unusual behaviour of which we determined was him trying to get rid of these 2 uncomfortable beings. This included racing around in and out of the water and doing multiple turns and flips. As we continued to watch the dolphins we noticed they all started getting involved in helping this guy rid himself of the octopuses.


The Octopus fights back

From what we could tell this dolphin was able to free himself from the 2 octopuses on its body. Hopefully this guy has learned not to play with his food before dinner. From what we could tell this dolphin was able to free himself from the 2 octopuses on its body. Hopefully this guy has learned not to play with his food before dinner.

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