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Dall's Porpoise

2003-07-08 17:57:42.256046+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

It's the Loch Ness Monster[Wiki]! Well, actually, just a Dall's Porpoise[Wiki] in Haro Strait[Wiki] off of Lime Kiln State Park[Wiki] on San Juan Island[Wiki], cropped from this image. It's a shame (and a tribute to the scenery) that this is the best image I got from that visit, as there were quite a few instances of many porpoises surfacing together, and there was one particularly brazen red fox that walked down the trail looking askance at the humans; given that I've never seen one of those in daylight in the wild before there's obviously been some "feeding of the cute little doggy" going on.

Oh, and you can tell it's a Dall's Porpoise[Wiki] by that bend in the back, which sometimes looks like a second fin.

[ related topics: Photography Nature and environment Dan & Charlene's July 2003 San Juan Trip ]

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