{"id":1229,"date":"2013-04-19T15:48:29","date_gmt":"2013-04-19T05:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/?p=1229"},"modified":"2016-11-19T08:59:24","modified_gmt":"2016-11-19T08:59:24","slug":"duskys-duskys-everywhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/?p=1229","title":{"rendered":"Dusky’s, Dusky’s Everywhere!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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UPDATE: Kaikoura Earthquake November 2016<\/strong><\/span>
\nOur thoughts, best wishes and prayers are with everyone affected by the earthquakes that struck the northern areas of New Zealand\u2019s South Island.<\/span>
\nPlease know that you have many friends around the world who are standing with you through this very tough time. We are all looking forward to seeing you back on your feet very soon. We also can\u2019t wait to come back to visit and spend time with you in our beloved Kaikoura, one of the most beautiful and special places on Earth.
\nBest wishes and take\u00a0care WS!<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Dusky Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus<\/i>) is found in coastal waters across the Southern Hemisphere. They are know for their spectacular acrobatics displays including jumps, back flips and summersaults.<\/p>\n

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Dusky Dolphin<\/p><\/div>\n

A medium sized dolphin, adult Dusky’s in New Zealand waters are up to 180cm long
\nand up to 85kg’s in weight.<\/p>\n

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Dusky Dolphin<\/p><\/div>\n

The Dusky’s found off Kaikoura, NZ live in large pods that are composed of two smaller sub-groups composed of mating adults (mating groups), mothers with calves (nursery groups) and non-breeding adults.<\/p>\n

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A large pod of Dusky Dolphins<\/p><\/div>\n

They prefer usually prefer cool currents and inshore waters but can be found offshore as well where they feed on fish and squid.<\/p>\n

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The swimmers getting ready<\/p><\/div>\n

Although the Dusky’s of Kaikoura are completely wild a great way has been found to keep them very amused, they let us swim with them! For most people this is a life changing experience, to interact with a totally wild animal on their terms not ours.<\/p>\n

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The swimmers enter the water<\/p><\/div>\n

Dolphin Encounter at Kaikoura runs daily\u00a0Dolphins and Albatross watching\u00a0tours (weather permitting).<\/p>\n

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Dolphin Encounters<\/p><\/div>\n

My great thanks to the crew of Dolphin Encounters\u00a0for taking me out to see more Dusky’s than I thought was possible.\u00a0You were all so positive and great fun to be with!<\/p>\n

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Dusky Dolphin<\/p><\/div>\n

Dolphin Encounter<\/strong>
\nTo find out more about Dolphin Encounters and their Dolphin and Albatross\u00a0watching tours, as well as their Dolphins\u00a0Swims
\nplease see their website www.dolphinencounter.co.nz\u00a0(DEK)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Dolphin Encounter Centre<\/p><\/div>\n

Dolphin Encounter
\n<\/strong>96 Esplanade, Kaikoura (on the beachfront)
\nhttp:\/\/www.dolphinencounter.co.nz\u00a0\u00a0(DEK)<\/a><\/strong>
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———————————————- UPDATE: Kaikoura Earthquake November 2016 Our thoughts, best wishes and prayers are with everyone affected by the earthquakes that struck the northern areas of New Zealand\u2019s South Island. Please know that you have many friends around the world who are standing with you through this very tough time. We are all looking forward to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1230,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel","category-whale-watching"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1229"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2487,"href":"https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1229\/revisions\/2487"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whalespotter.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}