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**brianstewart** · 02-09-04, 03:05 PM

Good one Pete. Great experience. I guess I’m very privileged. One of the upsides of being a marine biologist I suppose… Where I did most of my research through the ‘90s there was a resident pod of around 70 bottlenose dolphins. They used to delight in zooming past you while you were under the water (scared the crap out of you if you weren’t expecting them), then hanging round to see what you were up to, often “standing” on their heads to get a better look at the weird creatures in the funny suits. They invariably soon got bored with us however and took off to do their own thing. Almost always came back to ride the bow wave of the boat when we had finished our dives though. Mindblowingly graceful underwater and smarter than some people I know. I watched a trio of them chase a blue shark off once. They really gave the shark short shirft – I’m glad they view us as not being a threat.

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brianstewart Bronze Supporter Join Date: Jun 2003 GT40: New Zealand Posts: 266 Rep Power: 8	Re: Mind blowing Good one Pete. Great experience. I guess I’m very privileged. One of the upsides of being a marine biologist I suppose… Where I did most of my research through the ‘90s there was a resident pod of around 70 bottlenose dolphins. They used to delight in zooming past you while you were under the water (scared the crap out of you if you weren’t expecting them), then hanging round to see what you were up to, often “standing” on their heads to get a better look at the weird creatures in the funny suits. They invariably soon got bored with us however and took off to do their own thing. Almost always came back to ride the bow wave of the boat when we had finished our dives though. Mindblowingly graceful underwater and smarter than some people I know. I watched a trio of them chase a blue shark off once. They really gave the shark short shirft – I’m glad they view us as not being a threat.