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near Rakhedloo Sunday March 16, 2003

From a trip titled:

Maldives Whale Watching with Chas Anderson

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Bottlenose Dolphin

Bottlenose Dolphin - There are generally recognised two species of Bottlenose Dolphin, a cosmopolitan form (truncatus) that occurs throughout the world and  another confined to ... [>>]

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Latitude: 3.31 Longitude: 73.5021

Trip Summary

Small groups of Spinner Dolphins were seen on the way out of the reef, followed by four Risso's Dolphins. During the day two unidentified beaked whales were seen before great views again of Blainville's Beaked Whales: a group of 7-8 individuals. Eight Striped Dolphins were the first for this trip. 

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Observation Summary

Species	No.
Long-snouted Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris)	557
Risso's Dolphin (Grampus griseus)	239
Striped Dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba)	58
Blainville's Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon densirostris)	12